Jeff Buckley

Jeff Buckley doc slips into theaters with $400K and a side of remastered angst

Amy Berg’s It’s Never Over: Jeff Buckley climbs to a respectable $400,000 opening from 120 theaters, sliding quietly into indie film territory with sold-out screenings lending it momentum. Magnolia Pictures boosts appeal by appending 26 minutes of remastered footage from a 1994 solo set in Cambridge, MA, a private moment now recontextualized in Dolby-enhanced nostalgia.

Shot before the release of Buckley’s lone album Grace, the footage captures a pre-fame intensity that veers between the confessional and the incandescent. Buckley’s posthumous myth—shaped by an unfinished album and the mythopoetic irony of drowning at 30—continues its slow burn across timelines curated by interviews, unreleased clips, and Cohen covers.