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On July 10th, REMAKE kicked off its theatrical release at New York City’s Film Forum, garnering some incredible press coverage!
According to Metacritic, REMAKE is the second best reviewed film of the year so far!
Director Ross McElwee visited New York City and participated in sold-out Film Forum Q&As with Ira Glass, Mira Nair, Kirsten Johnson, Yance Ford, and Rachael Horovitz. He has been interviewed far and wide. Here is a sampling of these insightful conversations: Slate, POV Magazine, Documentary Magazine, and Filmmaker Magazine. Calling him “one of the most influential filmmakers of the last half-century,” The New York Times also published a piece on how modern filmmakers of all genres have been inspired and influenced by Ross’s work.
Ahead of its release, REMAKE received rave reviews from The New York Times, The New Yorker, Time, Vulture, The Wall Street Journal, RogerEbert.com, The AV Club and the Los Angeles Times. The film was also chosen as a Critic’s Pick by IndieWire, The Film Stage, and Screen Daily.
Here are a few of our favorite quotes:
“The latest documentary from the groundbreaking filmmaker Ross McElwee, and possibly his masterpiece…REMAKE takes on the pain, and sometimes bittersweet joy, of connecting the past to the present, and trying to figure out what it’s all meant. As the title suggests, REMAKE is really about McElwee going back over a life captured on film and creating something new from it: an elegy, a gift and something of an apology to his lost son. As such, it’s devastating. As a meditation on memory and the passage of time, it is stunning.” Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times
“The best movie of the year so far…Arguably McElwee’s strongest movie since SHERMAN’S MARCH…REMAKE is the masterpiece Ross McElwee never wanted to make.” Sam Adams, Slate
“REMAKE may be the most shattering documentary of the year…McElwee does something perhaps unexpected but also heartbreaking and indescribably generous: He preserves the mystery of his son’s life.” Bilge Ebiri, Vulture
REMAKE continues to screen in New York City and in other cities around the country, including Los Angeles, Chicago, and San Francisco. Many of these theaters are also screening a brand new 4K restoration of Ross’s 1986 classic SHERMAN’S MARCH. You can see a full list of bookings here.
Ivy Meeropol’s lively portrait of the force that is E. Jean Carroll opens in the UK this Friday!
The Guardian calls it “engrossing,” The Times writes that it is a “smartly structured…lyrical…complex portrait” that is “as timely as it is compelling,” and The Financial Times calls it “an honest celebration of the woman in whose effervescent, defiant image it is made.”
London audiences can catch a screening of this must-see film from Friday, July 24th through Thursday, July 30th. Get tickets for screenings at the Bertha Dochouse here and tickets for screenings at the Barbican Centre here.
The film also continues its successful theatrical run across the United States, having been booked at over 100 theaters nationwide. As always, you can find more updates on the film’s website and Instagram.
+ COMING SOON
We’re excited to announce that Autlook has come onto THE ILLUSION OF AN EVERLASTING SUMMER as world sales agent!
Alessandra Sanguinetti’s gorgeous documentary, which follows two cousins growing up in the Argentine Pampas over 25 years, is premiering in August at Locarno Film Festival in the Filmmakers of the Present Competition.
Read the Autlook announcement in Variety here, and catch a first glimpse of the film here!
+ AWARDS
We’re thrilled to share that two Impact Partners films are included on the Grierson Trust Awards Longlist!
THE SHEPHERD AND THE BEAR is long-listed for Best Cinema Documentary.
SONGS FROM THE HOLE is long-listed for both Best Single Documentary – International and Best Arts and Music Documentary.
See the full list here.
Congratulations to both film teams!