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Releasing on Sep 18, 2026
The History of Concrete
SummaryAfter attending a workshop on how to write and sell a Hallmark movie, filmmaker John Wilson tries to use the same formula to sell a documentary about concrete.

Directed By:John Wilson

The History of Concrete

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Jan 24, 2026
91
IndieWire
Between meaning and mayhem. This meandering but laser-focused essay film is, like the best episodes of Wilson’s show, sustained by parallel dramatic questions that inevitably answer each other by the end.
Jan 24, 2026
90
Screen Rant
Wilson showed with his television series just how life-affirming it can be to just observe, and, with his triumph of a feature doc, he shows us how merely looking around can reveal entire histories.
Jan 24, 2026
88
The Daily Beast
With his maiden cinematic venture, Wilson doesn’t break new ground so much as continue his idiosyncratic artistry on a larger scale.
Jan 24, 2026
80
Variety
With The History of Concrete, John Wilson takes the least interesting subject imaginable — the dull gray composite used for sidewalks, overpasses and that great big church in “The Brutalist” — and crafts what’s likely to be the most entertaining documentary of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival.
Jan 24, 2026
80
TheWrap
Though an extension of the same tone that was experienced in his HBO series, this feature is more than just one very long episode of his show. Instead, it’s like Wilson has fully become a funnier, more frenetic version of Frederick Wiseman.
Jan 24, 2026
70
Screen Daily
Wilson sometimes struggles to make this feature-length documentary as consistently entertaining as his old series’ half-hour episodes. But he continues to mine surprisingly emotional moments from his wryly comic approach.
Jan 24, 2026
70
New York Magazine (Vulture)
The result is scruffily endearing, though it teeters on the verge of collapse at times, as the pretense that what’s unfolding onscreen is all a serendipitous journey gets stretched to the breaking point.
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  • Bronxburgh
  • Central Pictures
  • Peanut World Pictures
Sep 18, 2026
1 h 41 m
Calgary Underground Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
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