Wendy Lobel – ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS

MOVIE OF THE WEEK August 15, 2025: ANXIETY CLUB

August 10, 2025August 10, 2025 Jennifer Merin Anxiety Club, Aparna Nancherla, Baron Vaughn, betsy bozdech, Cate Marquis, comedians, documentaries, Eva Victor, guest post, jennifer merin, Joe List, leslie combemale, marc maron, Mark Normand, nell minow, Tara Brach, Tiffany Jenkins, Wendy Lobel, Yael Friedman

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.

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ANXIETY CLUB – Review by Yael Friedman (Guest Post)

July 28, 2025August 10, 2025 Guest Post Anxiety Club, Aparna Nancherla, Baron Vaughn, comedians, documentaries, Eva Victor, guest post, Joe List, marc maron, Mark Normand, Tiffany Jenkins, Wendy Lobel, Yael Friedman

At 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.