The History of Concrete (2026)
Director: John Wilson Run Time: 101 min. Rating: NR Release Year: 2026
Starring: John Wilson, Josh Safdie, Michael Imperioli, Nathan Fielder, Timothée Chalamet
Country: United States
Language: English
About the film:
“Hilarious. John Wilson is the Werner Herzog of the mundane.”
—Daniel Fienberg for The Hollywood Reporter
Following the finale of his TV series, filmmaker John Wilson looks to the bedrock of his beloved New York City for inspiration and structure. Concrete, the world’s most widely used building material, appears as an ever-present life force, and John sets out to make the definitive documentary on the matter.
To tell this seemingly drab story, he decides to use the industry-approved Hallmark formula to increase his movie’s appeal. But his foundation soon begins to crumble—literally and figuratively—as he struggles to balance artistic freedom with the realities of the modern film industry
About the filmmaker:
John Wilson is an NYC based documentarian best known for his acclaimed HBO series How To with John Wilson. His debut feature-length film The History of Concrete (2026) premiered at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival.
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