Female Film Critics 24/375
Whether you live with anxiety yourself or care about someone who does, odds are good that Wendy Lobel’s documentary Anxiety Club will strike a resonant chord. As the comedians the movie follows share their stories — and their worries (so very many worries) — they reveal that no matter how funny they are on stage, they’re raw and vulnerable off stage. And that revelation makes them and their experiences all the more relatable.
Read moreAt first blush, Wendy Lobel’s Anxiety Club may seem like another straightforward exploration of individual comics battling their demons amid the broader questions about comedy and mental illness. Even Marc Maron, the OG of digging through emotional muck together, is on hand. Yet he is there as a sort of founding father passing on the torch to a new generation who have already internalized the power of vulnerability as critical to both their well-being and their comedy. They are so fluent and self-aware, seamlessly capturing their generation’s earnestness and their own keen ability for expression.
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When bad things happen to good people, the wind is understandably knocked out of one’s sails – and the loving, concerned people around them. Sorry, Baby is a specific, bittersweet look at how Agnes, a young woman in graduate school, is affected by a sexual assault, and her recovery in the aftermath. Eva Victor, who wrote, directed and starred in this revelatory black comedy-drama, is a fresh new voice that demonstrates how an assured female point of view is sorely needed in modern filmmaking.
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Starring, written and directed by filmmaker Eva Victor (Billions), the Sundance Film Festival 2025 hit Sorry, Baby opens June 27 in theaters, released by A24. A24 acquired worldwide rights to the film for close to $8 million just days after Sorry, Baby earned a standing ovation at Sundance Film Festival, where Eva Victor also won the coveted Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award.
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