Remake

we will change each other and within ourselves again and again and again, without ever losing the same sneeze, or shadow, or sea, remaining a constant through it all

Ella Kemp

People who film everybody they know are like, "why does everyone hate me? Maybe if I keep filming them I'll find out."

Jack Moulton

Yeah this was an extremely moving portrait of Adrian and Ross’s life over the last 30 years, appreciated that there’s still some levity sprinkled throughout but yeah it’s horribly devastating to watch. This and Blue Heron would make the saddest double feature ever but…

Jared Gilman

All those images and yet they will never add up. Harrowing and fragile. It is honest about McElwee's grief, while using his usual self-centeredness in some painful and ugly ways.

Filipe Furtado

ANYONE FAMILIAR WITH the works of Ross McElwee knows the man on pretty intimate terms. He’s spent four decades filming himself and the people around him, often to their annoyance and our amusement. The autobiographical approach to the many subjects he explores fills each…

Carl Russo

Ross McElwee’s new documentary, “Remake,” which premiered at the 2025 Venice Film Festival, suggests, by its very title, a return of sorts to a prior property. Such market expectations wouldn’t be wholly wrong: the film began as a making-of project of Steve Carr’s hopes for…

Robert Daniels

I don’t remember ever having such mixed feelings about a film. It’s a deeply personal and emotional piece of art but I also believe it to be very troubling.  Ross McElwee is honest, yes. He does show his weakest moments quite bravely but there is a part of this film that’s…

Adam

As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Giants Squids

Bernardo Paganelli

I rate it this not because of the quality or force of the film, but because of the slippery feeling of spiritual loss that underpins the film. I think here filmmaking becomes a really deeply tragic blindness. What are the repercussions and boundaries of the relationship…

Léna