It's Only Life After All

It's Only Life After All
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAlexandria Bombach
Produced by
  • Alexandria Bombach
  • Jess Devaney
  • Anya Rous
  • Kathlyn Horan
Cinematography
  • Alexandria Bombach
  • J Bennett
  • Erick Stoll
Edited byAlexandria Bombach
Production
companies
Distributed byOscilloscope
Release dates
  • January 19, 2023 (2023-01-19) (Sundance)
  • April 10, 2024 (2024-04-10)
Running time
123 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$228,790[2][3]

It's Only Life After All is a 2023 American documentary film, directed, produced, and edited by Alexandria Bombach. It follows the lives and careers of the band Indigo Girls. It had its world premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival on January 19, 2023, and was released on April 10, 2024, by Oscilloscope.

Premise

Explores the lives, careers, and activism of the band Indigo Girls.

Production

In May 2020, it was announced Alexandria Bombach would direct a documentary film revolving around Indigo Girls.[4] Initially the documentary was set to follow the band on tour in a Cinéma vérité style, but the COVID-19 pandemic changed the way the film was made.[5] During post-production, Bombach had 1,000 hours of footage to work with.[6][7]

Release

It's Only Life After All had its world premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival on January 19, 2023.[8] It also screened at South by Southwest on March 14, 2023.[9][10] and Tribeca Festival on June 14, 2023.[11][12] In December 2023, Oscilloscope acquired distribution rights to the film.[13] It was released on April 10, 2024.[14]

Reception

Critical reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 92% of 26 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.00/10. The website's consensus reads: "A frank and candid overview of the duo's long partnership, Indigo Girls: It's Only Life After All should prove fascinating for longtime fans as well as the unconverted."[15] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 71 out of 100, based on 9 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[16]

Robyn Bahr of The Hollywood Reporter wrote: "The rare confessional rockumentary that envelops you like a soft blanket."[17] Jude Dry of IndieWire gave the film a B+ writing: "Brimming with previously unseen footage and refreshingly frank interviews with the artists, it’s an adoring opus befitting two long overlooked musicians and activists."[18]

References

  1. ^ "It's Only Life After All". Sundance Film Festival. Archived from the original on January 27, 2023. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
  2. ^ "It's Only Life After All (2024)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved June 10, 2024.Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ "It's Only Life After All (2024)". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
  4. ^ Vlessing, Etan (May 18, 2020). "Indigo Girls Documentary in the Works (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on January 22, 2023. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
  5. ^ Morfoot, Addie (January 19, 2023). "Sundance Indigo Girls Doc Director Alexandria Bombach on Getting the Film Made and the Independent Spirit". Variety. Archived from the original on January 22, 2023. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
  6. ^ Lopez, Kristen (January 21, 2023). "Indigo Girls Look Back on Band's LGBTQ History in Sundance Doc: 'We Just Were Ourselves' (Video)". The Wrap. Archived from the original on October 5, 2024. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
  7. ^ "It's Only Life After All". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
  8. ^ Morfoot, Addie (January 18, 2023). "Sundance-Bound Indigo Girls Documentary Unveils First Look (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Archived from the original on March 4, 2024. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  9. ^ "It's Only Life After All". South by Southwest. Archived from the original on April 7, 2023. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  10. ^ Reul, Katie (February 1, 2023). "Donald Glover's 'Swarm' Series, Apple's 'Tetris' Movie Among Second Wave of SXSW Film and TV Programming". Variety. Archived from the original on April 4, 2023. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  11. ^ "It's Only Life After All". Tribeca Festival. Archived from the original on March 4, 2024. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  12. ^ Rubin, Rebecca (April 18, 2023). "Tribeca Film Festival 2023: New Movies From Michael Shannon, Jacob Elordi and Chelsea Peretti to Premiere". Variety. Archived from the original on April 18, 2023. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  13. ^ Jones, Abby (December 19, 2023). "Indigo Girls Documentary Coming to Theaters in 2024". Consequence. Archived from the original on March 4, 2024. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  14. ^ "It's Only Life After All". It's Only Life After All. Archived from the original on January 18, 2024. Retrieved March 6, 2024.
  15. ^ "It's Only Life After All". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on May 17, 2024. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
  16. ^ "It's Only Life After All". Metacritic. Archived from the original on May 14, 2024. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
  17. ^ Bahr, Robyn (January 20, 2023). "'It's Only Life After All' Review: The Indigo Girls Look Back in a Heartfelt Doc". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on May 17, 2024. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
  18. ^ Dry, Jude (January 19, 2023). "'It's Only Life After All' Review: Adoring Indigo Girls Documentary Proves the Power of Two". IndieWire. Archived from the original on May 17, 2024. Retrieved May 17, 2024.


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