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Concrete Reflections: John Wilson Turns a Building Material into a Meditative Comedy
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Concrete Reflections: John Wilson Turns a Building Material into a Meditative Comedy

At Sundance, The History of Concrete, John Wilson's feature-length follow-up to How To with John Wilson, wittily roams from Hallmark movie seminars to New York's cracked streets as it uses concrete to explore permanence, urban life, and mortality; a meandering, funny yet emotionally resonant documentary that combines whimsy with sharp observations about architecture and time.

John Wilson’s The History of Concrete: A Supersized, Meandering Documentary
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John Wilson’s The History of Concrete: A Supersized, Meandering Documentary

Vulture film critic Alison Willmore calls The History of Concrete a supersized, affectionate meander that expands John Wilson’s How to With John Wilson format into a 100‑minute essay about creativity, impermanence, and life under capitalism, anchored by concrete as both material and metaphor and punctuated by detours—from Rome’s ancient structures to a sidewalk gum-remover and a Queens 3100‑mile race.