It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley Review: The Man, Not the Myth

Film Review: It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley Is All About That Reminiscence Bump

A new documentary by Amy Berg captures a songwriter's vivid youth cut short. by Charles Mudede It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley, a documentary by Amy Berg (Deliver Us from Evil), offers those who study human memory an excellent examination of what's called a "reminiscence bump."  Reminiscence bump is a real thing, and it profoundly structures an autobiographical perspective, the way one sees the landscape of their life as they get older. Oddly enou…

It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley Review: The Man, Not the Myth

With her new documentary, director and producer Amy Berg presents the late Jeff Buckley as a bottomless vessel for creativity—and rejects the idea that he was fated for a tragic end.

It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley Review — A Sad, Somewhat Reductive Memorial

Virtually every famous musician gets a documentary about their life at some point, so it’s rather shocking that Jeff Buckley hasn’t had a major film made about him yet. Although its heart is in the right place, It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley feels a bit too lamenting for its own good, not to mention a bit too conventional of a biography, keeping it from feeling like as effective of a tribute as it could have been. It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley Re…

It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley Review: A Lovely Document of a Beautiful, Tragic, Talented Life

Amy Berg’s It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley is an impressive archival document as well as a celebration of the life of a tortured artist. And while the term “tortured artist” is certainly overused, it feels especially apt when writing about Buckley. Here was a beautiful man with an almost indescribably beautiful voice, beset by the tragedy of being alive and famous and supremely gifted all at the same time. Of being haunted by the ghost of a father…