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“And yet, concrete only lasts for about 40 years before it starts to crumble.”
“But definitely, definitely at least this: They’re all things that John Wilson thinks about when he thinks about concrete.”
“Powered by WordPress.com VIP Film Review ‘The History of Concrete’ Review: John Wilson Illustrates How to Get Over a Beloved TV Show with a Moving and Hilarious Meditation on Death DMX, Hallmark movies, Kim Kardashian, and public diarrhea are just some of the countless things mixed into John Wilson's excellent debut feature.”
“What do those things have in common?”
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“Much like the episodes of his show ( very much like, to the point of being indistinguishable, aside from its length), Wilson’s consistently hilarious and sneakily profound “ The History of Concrete ” is sustained by an internal tension between order and entropy.”
“(The series finale of “How To” is especially relevant, as its search for lasting purpose amid the transience of all things perfectly tees up this debut feature).”
“By the same token, fans of his work will be familiar with how “The History of Concrete” looks askew at its hero characters without ever looking down on them.”
“That circularity is a defining staple of how Wilson has always shaped his vision of the world, and, perhaps even more than the filmmaker’s signature aesthetic, is the thing about this movie that might engender the feeling that he’s simply repeating himself with a longer running time.”
“TV shows come to an end.”
“By David Ehrlich Plus icon David Ehrlich davidehrlich More stories by David ‘The History of Concrete’ Review: John Wilson Illustrates How to Get Over a Beloved TV Show with a Moving and Hilarious Meditation on Death Read more ‘The Surgeon’ Review: Michelle Yeoh Doctors a Gang of Mobsters to Death in a Fun Little Action Movie That Gets by on Its Grossness Read more ‘The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd’ Review: Amanda Seyfried Falls for a Convicted Killer in Tim Blake Nelson’s Sad and Sober Death Penalty Drama Read more September 16, 2026 8:51 am Add us as a Google Preferred Source 'The History of Concrete' John Wilson Share Share on Facebook Post Share on LinkedIn Show more sharing options Submit to Reddit Pin it Post to Tumblr Email Print This Page Share on WhatsApp When most people think about concrete, they think about the obvious stuff: The color gray.”
“The first is as simple as it gets: What is Wilson going to do with himself now that his short-lived but deeply beloved premium cable TV series is over?”
“On the contrary, “The History of Concrete” offers a characteristically roundabout argument for the rewards of sticking to a formula (it involves a trip to the Canadian warehouse where they shoot all of Hallmark’s Christmas movies).”
“When John Wilson thinks about concrete, the erstwhile star of HBO’s “How to With John Wilson” thinks about DMX, Hallmark movies, Kim Kardashian, public diarrhea, a trailblazing Asian American judge, the world’s first 3D-printed Starbucks , and a 3,100-mile footrace that honors a dead Brooklyn cult leader.”
“And that turns out to be all the connective tissue we need to appreciate the relationship between them.”
“That comfort can be manufactured, even inauthentic, but everyone needs to make their own sense of this merciless world if they want to enjoy living in it.”
“A man trying to make space for grief while he scrambles for self-preservation.”
“Other detours would be harder to explain and much easier to ruin, but anyone familiar with “How To” will be unsurprised by how Wilson’s cock-eyed perspective allows him to be movingly sentimental without ever veering into self-seriousness.”
“I’ve already held out for longer than that, and my body is made out of mushy stucco and wiry gray hair.”
“And no hero character in any of Wilson’s previous stuff plays a larger role than part-time rock-and-roller Jack Macco, who Wilson meets when the guy is handing out free tequila samples at a liquor store.”
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“The existential anxiety of that mission provides “The History of Concrete” an even deeper bedrock of wistfulness than could be found in the flooded basement of Wilson’s previous work (among this movie’s other miracles: It made me sympathetic towards a New York City landlord).”
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