40 Years After ‘Sherman’s March,’ Ross McElwee Confronts His Son’s Death in ‘Remake’

40 years after ‘Sherman’s March,’ Ross McElwee confronts his son’s death in ‘Remake’

Ahead of Remake's July 10 premiere, the documentarian discusses his 1986 breakthrough Sherman's March and how the death of his son Adrian shaped his new film.

Remake — Ross McElwee [Review]

Aside from the late Jonas Mekas, Boston-based director Ross McElwee is probably the best-known practitioner of the diary film. For nearly 50 years, McElwee has been documenting the business of his daily life and, like Mekas, he has thematically organized those quotidian fragments and arranged them into coherent cinematic statements. Unlike most diary filmmakers, however, [...] The post Remake — Ross McElwee [Review] appeared first on In Review O…