Film Forum

REMAKE

ROSS McELWEE · 2025 · USA MUSIC BOX FILMS · 114 min

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A lifetime of beautifully captured images of his family allows filmmaker Ross McElwee to craft a heartfelt love letter to his late son Adrian, who struggled with mental illness and addiction. With the premise of chronicling the process of turning his acclaimed 1986 documentary SHERMAN’S MARCH into a fictional movie, McElwee picks up the threads of all his previous films—family, love, death, legacy, time—to expertly weave a portrait that moves between reflection and revelation, exploring the tensions between commercial cinema and artistic integrity, and simultaneously creating and recording the bond between father and son. McElwee’s first film in 14 years, REMAKE “continues in the vein of the filmmaker’s best work, albeit with more emotional weight than ever before.” – Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter