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John Wilson’s feature debut at Sundance is a riotous documentary that uses concrete as a playful lens for observational humor rather than a straightforward history lesson, delivering a witty and entertaining portrait of the material and its world.
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.
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.
A witty, moving review of The History of Concrete, IndieWire praises John Wilson’s 100-minute essay-film as a meditative exploration of loss and meaning, using concrete to thread together chaos and connection while balancing impermanence with a search for peace; the film premiered at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival and is currently seeking U.S. distribution.
Former Staples executive, John Wilson, has been sentenced to one year of probation, including six months of home detention, and 250 hours of community service for his involvement in the college admissions cheating scheme known as Varsity Blues. Wilson was found guilty of filing a false tax return and was ordered to pay a fine of $75,000 and restitution of $88,546. Prosecutors claimed that Wilson falsely claimed payments made to secure his son's admission to the University of Southern California as deductible business expenses and charitable contributions. Wilson's attorneys argued that the payment was a legitimate donation and that his case was different from others in the scandal. This marks the end of a years-long case that resulted in 51 convictions, including actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin.
The convictions of two wealthy businessmen, Gamal Abdelaziz and John Wilson, in the "Operation Varsity Blues" college admissions scandal have been overturned by a federal appeals court. The court rejected prosecutors' claims that the fathers had knowingly conspired with other parents to buy their children's way into elite universities. The court ruled that the convictions were based on misapplications of the law, unsupported by the evidence presented at trial, or tainted by the introduction of evidence about other Singer clients whom Abdelaziz and Wilson had nothing to do with. The court also rejected prosecutors' claim that Abdelaziz and Wilson were guilty of property fraud. The ruling leaves open the possibility of Abdelaziz and Wilson being retried on a narrower set of criminal counts.