# Ross Mcelwee
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ross mcelwee is an American documentary filmmaker known for his autobiographical films about his family and personal life, usually interwoven with an episodic journey that intersects with larger political or philosophical issues. His humorous and often self-deprecating films refer to cultural aspects of his Southern upbringing. He received the Career Award at the 2007 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival.
Ep. 414: Alissa Wilkinson on Jackass, The Odyssey, Ross McElwee’s Remake and Sherman’s March, Recent Viewing
Ep. 414: Alissa Wilkinson on Jackass, The Odyssey, Ross McElwee’s Remake and Sherman’s March, Recent Viewing
Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw, with your host, Nicolas Rapold. After a summer break avoiding the flocks of the Sun God, I was delighted to welcome back to the show Alissa Wilkinson, a mov…
Inside MNFF 12: Jane Fonda, Anaïs Mitchell, and More
I talk to MNFF festival founder Lloyd Komesar and new managing producer Andy Mitchell to talk about what's coming to Middlebury August 26-30.
This year's Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival brings its biggest lineup of honorees yet, including Jane Fonda, Hadestown creator Anaïs Mitchell, producer Al…
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (with Shannon Weber)
Shannon Weber of the new (and great) St. Louis culture mag Soundbite stops by for her third visit with Joshua and Andrew. Could it be that she keeps getting her memories of the Take-Up erased, or does she really do just love it and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind that much? Find out if a seco…
'Remake' Director Ross McElwee
Award-winning filmmaker Ross McElwee discusses his deeply personal documentary Remake, the story of his relationship with his son, Adrian, who was a presence in many of the director's earlier films. Adrian possessed talent and an original way of thinking, but drug addiction would claim his life. Re…
Filmmaker Ross McElwee recontextualizes a seminal work with 'Remake'
Fletcher Powell looks at a movie about devastating loss by a documentary filmmaker who bares it all.
The History of Concrete (2026) + Remake (2025)
Sick of sloughing through shit from the Netflix doc-slop trough? FEAR NOT! It's time to crack open the Tickle Trunk and dig out your formal attire, because we've got two beautifully crafted entrees that will wipe that "premium doc" format aftertaste out of your stupid mouth: John Wilson’s The Histo…
The Movie Brats: Metacinema
Carter and Jonathan are back to discuss a trio of films deal with the consequences of film and television on characters within the films. The films include Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma directed by Jane Schoenbrun, Coyote vs. Acme directed by Dave Green and Remake directed by Ross McElwee.
Nathan Weinbender reviews "Remake"
Ross McElwee’s documentaries are quirky, stream-of-consciousness considerations of his own life and the world around him. In Remake, now on VOD, he stitches together archival footage to process the death of his son, and Nathan Weinbender says it’s a wounding, complicated and deeply moving film.
Sherman's March (1985)
"Could you turn it off? This is important. This is not art, this is life!" This week on Film Junk we are revisiting another film that was way ahead of its time. There was nothing like Ross McElwee's documentary Sherman's March back when it came out in 1985 but now we live in a world where everyone …
Remake: “I hope that it provides—maybe some solace, but actually a better word is probably companionship—to people who’ve also experienced a loss akin to what I went through with the loss of a son.”
I was honored to speak with the extraordinary filmmaker Ross McElwee about Remake, his profoundly moving new documentary built from a lifetime of footage—including material filmed by and with his late son, Adrian. In this intimate vHopeful Conversation, Ross reflects on returning to the archive aft…
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