The Producers Guild of America has announced the first round of speakers for the 2024 edition of the Produced By Conference, which is taking place on the Fox studio lot in Century City on Saturday, June 8.
Those confirmed to speak so far include Alan Poul (Tokyo Vice), Angela Russo-Otstot (Cherry), Brad Simpson (Crazy Rich Asians), Charles Roven (Oppenheimer), Greg Berlanti, Ghaith Mahmood (Partner of Latham & Watkins), Howard Gordon (Accused), Jack Rapke (Cast Away), Paul W. Downs (Hacks), Jeff Schaffer (Curb Your Enthusiasm), John Wilson (How To with John Wilson), J.T. Rogers (Tokyo Vice), Jen Statsky (Hacks), Kate Crawford (Atlas of AI), Lori McCreary (Madam Secretary), Lucia Aniello (Hacks), Lynette Howell Taylor (A Star Is Born), Mike Farah (@fter Midnight), Renard T. Jenkins, Roxanne Taylor (the Goat) and Tommy Oliver (Juice Wrld: Into The Abyss).
Confirmed to moderate discussions are Amy Gravitt...
Those confirmed to speak so far include Alan Poul (Tokyo Vice), Angela Russo-Otstot (Cherry), Brad Simpson (Crazy Rich Asians), Charles Roven (Oppenheimer), Greg Berlanti, Ghaith Mahmood (Partner of Latham & Watkins), Howard Gordon (Accused), Jack Rapke (Cast Away), Paul W. Downs (Hacks), Jeff Schaffer (Curb Your Enthusiasm), John Wilson (How To with John Wilson), J.T. Rogers (Tokyo Vice), Jen Statsky (Hacks), Kate Crawford (Atlas of AI), Lori McCreary (Madam Secretary), Lucia Aniello (Hacks), Lynette Howell Taylor (A Star Is Born), Mike Farah (@fter Midnight), Renard T. Jenkins, Roxanne Taylor (the Goat) and Tommy Oliver (Juice Wrld: Into The Abyss).
Confirmed to moderate discussions are Amy Gravitt...
- 5/14/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
The sixth annual Critics Choice Real TV Awards nominations were unveiled, and MTV’s RuPaul’s Drag Race and Peacock’s The Traitors lead the pack.
Both competition series coincide in the Best Competition Series and Best Ensemble Cast in an Unscripted Series categories. RuPaul and Alan Cumming will vie for Best Show Host and Male Star of the Year for their respective shows.
Drag Race also scored a nod in the Best Lifestyle Show: Fashion/Beauty category, while The Traitors star Phaedra Parks picked up a Female Star of the Year nom.
“The historic strikes by the WGA and SAG/AFTRA necessitated a record amount of unscripted programming in all areas of television, from broadcast to cable to streaming, making the last 12 months a remarkable time for reality TV,” noted Critics Choice Association TV Branch Vice President Ed Martin. “The depth and diversity of our nominees for the sixth...
Both competition series coincide in the Best Competition Series and Best Ensemble Cast in an Unscripted Series categories. RuPaul and Alan Cumming will vie for Best Show Host and Male Star of the Year for their respective shows.
Drag Race also scored a nod in the Best Lifestyle Show: Fashion/Beauty category, while The Traitors star Phaedra Parks picked up a Female Star of the Year nom.
“The historic strikes by the WGA and SAG/AFTRA necessitated a record amount of unscripted programming in all areas of television, from broadcast to cable to streaming, making the last 12 months a remarkable time for reality TV,” noted Critics Choice Association TV Branch Vice President Ed Martin. “The depth and diversity of our nominees for the sixth...
- 5/13/2024
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
MTV’s RuPaul’s Drag Race and Peacock’s The Traitors lead the nominations for the sixth annual Critics Choice Real TV Awards, with five apiece.
Both series will vie for best competition series, best ensemble cast in an unscripted series, best show host (RuPaul and Alan Cumming) and male star of the year (RuPaul and Cumming, again). Drag Race also is up for best lifestyle show: fashion/beauty, while Traitors‘ Phaedra Parks earned a nom for female star of the year.
Also up for best show host are Will Arnett (Lego Masters), Terry Crews (America’s Got Talent), Kristen Kish (Top Chef) and Keke Palmer (Password).
Male star of the year nominees also include Jerrod Carmichael (Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show), Bertie Gregory (Animals Up Close With Bertie Gregory), Eugene Levy (The Reluctant Traveler With Eugene Levy) and Gerry Turner (The Golden Bachelor).
Also vying for female star are the year...
Both series will vie for best competition series, best ensemble cast in an unscripted series, best show host (RuPaul and Alan Cumming) and male star of the year (RuPaul and Cumming, again). Drag Race also is up for best lifestyle show: fashion/beauty, while Traitors‘ Phaedra Parks earned a nom for female star of the year.
Also up for best show host are Will Arnett (Lego Masters), Terry Crews (America’s Got Talent), Kristen Kish (Top Chef) and Keke Palmer (Password).
Male star of the year nominees also include Jerrod Carmichael (Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show), Bertie Gregory (Animals Up Close With Bertie Gregory), Eugene Levy (The Reluctant Traveler With Eugene Levy) and Gerry Turner (The Golden Bachelor).
Also vying for female star are the year...
- 5/13/2024
- by Kimberly Nordyke
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
[Editor’s Note: this list was originally published in July 2017. It has been updated multiple times with new entries.]
Both on the awards circuit and in the public consciousness, HBO is widely regarded as among the first Hollywood heavyweights to recognize that television, as a medium, had the power to deliver sprawling, large scale stories on a smaller screen. From HBO’s ascent in the late 1990s through its dragon-aided roar across the 2010s, the network’s original series tackled universal stories, stretching across continents and decades.
The network hasn’t been without controversy, though. HBO faced questions about its lack of diversity in flagship series, including “Game of Thrones” and “Girls,” throughout the 2010s. And, unshackled from the restrictions of broadcast TV, the various steps the network took to push the limit of what’s allowed on screen garnered a fair share of pearl-clutching headlines; see “The Sopranos” in the ’90s and “Euphoria” just a few years back. And since the Warner Bros. and Discovery merger, there’s...
Both on the awards circuit and in the public consciousness, HBO is widely regarded as among the first Hollywood heavyweights to recognize that television, as a medium, had the power to deliver sprawling, large scale stories on a smaller screen. From HBO’s ascent in the late 1990s through its dragon-aided roar across the 2010s, the network’s original series tackled universal stories, stretching across continents and decades.
The network hasn’t been without controversy, though. HBO faced questions about its lack of diversity in flagship series, including “Game of Thrones” and “Girls,” throughout the 2010s. And, unshackled from the restrictions of broadcast TV, the various steps the network took to push the limit of what’s allowed on screen garnered a fair share of pearl-clutching headlines; see “The Sopranos” in the ’90s and “Euphoria” just a few years back. And since the Warner Bros. and Discovery merger, there’s...
- 5/7/2024
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
Los Angeles is not the first city fans would associate with comedian John Mulaney. That would be Chicago, his hometown and the backdrop to innumerable childhood anecdotes in his stand-up act, or New York, where he broke out as a writer on “Saturday Night Live” and shot a special at Radio City Music Hall. But L.A. is where Mulaney now lives; it’s also currently home to the second iteration of Netflix Is a Joke, a massive, weeklong comedy festival organized by the streaming service as a show of genre dominance. (Netflix stand-up head Robbie Praw used to run programming at Montreal’s vaunted Just for Laughs event and has essentially created a West Coast version.) And so we have “John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in LA,” a weeklong special event combining studio segments, pre-taped sketches and man-on-the-street interviews into a sort of pop-up talk show.
“We’re only doing six episodes,...
“We’re only doing six episodes,...
- 5/4/2024
- by Alison Herman
- Variety Film + TV
As “The Office” showrunner Greg Daniels looks to create a new series in the world of Dunder Mifflin, he’s tapped “Nathan for You” co-creator Michael Koman to help lead the project, sources tell Variety.
Daniels and Koman would serve as co-creators of the prospective series, which has not yet been greenlit to series and is still in development at Universal Television. It is not a reboot of “The Office” but is set in the same universe, meaning it would likely be set in a different office setting with all new characters.
Daniels opened a development room in January 2024 to begin working on the new iteration of the hit NBC mockumentary sitcom, which ran from 2005 to 2013 and was adapted from Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant’s British series of the same name. The American “Office” took place in Scranton, Penn., and followed the staff of a paper company. It starred Steve Carell,...
Daniels and Koman would serve as co-creators of the prospective series, which has not yet been greenlit to series and is still in development at Universal Television. It is not a reboot of “The Office” but is set in the same universe, meaning it would likely be set in a different office setting with all new characters.
Daniels opened a development room in January 2024 to begin working on the new iteration of the hit NBC mockumentary sitcom, which ran from 2005 to 2013 and was adapted from Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant’s British series of the same name. The American “Office” took place in Scranton, Penn., and followed the staff of a paper company. It starred Steve Carell,...
- 3/20/2024
- by Ethan Shanfeld
- Variety Film + TV
We bet that's not a headline that you expected to read today!
But if you're intrigued by the idea of Logan Roy focusing his wrath on a school-age colleague in the world of pigeon racing, then you've come to the right place.
The Paramount+ original film Little Wing will debut on Wednesday, and we've got an exclusive clip ahead of the big premiere.
Based on a New Yorker article by the legendary Susan Orlean, Little Wing tells the story of a teenage girl who gets involved in the high-flying world of pigeon racing during a difficult time in her life.
"Little Wing, a heartwarming coming-of-age story from Awesomeness, will premiere Wednesday, March 13, exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S. and Canada, and the following day in the UK and Australia," reads a press release.
"Little Wing follows Kaitlyn, a teen who is reeling from her parents’ divorce and the pending loss of her home.
But if you're intrigued by the idea of Logan Roy focusing his wrath on a school-age colleague in the world of pigeon racing, then you've come to the right place.
The Paramount+ original film Little Wing will debut on Wednesday, and we've got an exclusive clip ahead of the big premiere.
Based on a New Yorker article by the legendary Susan Orlean, Little Wing tells the story of a teenage girl who gets involved in the high-flying world of pigeon racing during a difficult time in her life.
"Little Wing, a heartwarming coming-of-age story from Awesomeness, will premiere Wednesday, March 13, exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S. and Canada, and the following day in the UK and Australia," reads a press release.
"Little Wing follows Kaitlyn, a teen who is reeling from her parents’ divorce and the pending loss of her home.
- 3/12/2024
- by Tyler Johnson
- TVfanatic
Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For regular updates, sign up for our weekly email newsletter and follow us @NotebookMUBI.NEWSHard Truths.Mike Leigh’s forthcoming Hard Truths will reunite him with Marianne Jean-Baptiste, star of Secrets and Lies (1996). It will be the British director’s first film set in the present day since Another Year (2010).Jia Zhangke has divulged some details of We Shall Be All, now in the early stages of post-production. In production off and on since 2001, the film will be his first feature since Ash Is Purest White (2018). “I travelled with actors and a cameraman to shoot, without a script, without any obvious story,” the director told Variety. “This is a work of fiction, but I have applied many documentary methods.”Robert Bresson’s rarely seen Four Nights of a Dreamer is being restored by MK2 Films, set for a spring release.
- 2/28/2024
- MUBI
Unlike a movie, a TV show is not generally meant to be consumed in a single sitting. It is, at least in theory, designed to be enjoyed episode by episode. So having already celebrated the best series of the year (and the best TV performances), we’re here now to highlight a few individual chapters that particularly stood out to us from our hundreds and hundreds of hours of viewing.
As a rule, we excluded any title that had already made either of our individual top 10s. (Sorry, Richie episode of The Bear. And “Long, Long Time” from The Last of Us. And half this season of Succession. Half this season of Reservation Dogs. And, and, and …) This was in part to save ourselves the trouble of singing praises we’ve already sung so many times before, but mostly in an effort to spread the love. For the same reasons,...
As a rule, we excluded any title that had already made either of our individual top 10s. (Sorry, Richie episode of The Bear. And “Long, Long Time” from The Last of Us. And half this season of Succession. Half this season of Reservation Dogs. And, and, and …) This was in part to save ourselves the trouble of singing praises we’ve already sung so many times before, but mostly in an effort to spread the love. For the same reasons,...
- 12/19/2023
- by Angie Han and Daniel Fienberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“Jury Duty” is a reality show. Or is it a sitcom? A documentary? An elaborate prank?
How about all of the above?
One of 2023’s defining breakouts, the Amazon Freevee series is the crown jewel of an ascendant hybrid genre sometimes referred to as docu-comedy. Even the people who made the show aren’t sure how to classify it. Director Jake Syzmanski and co-creator Lee Eisenberg say they’ve never heard that term. Eisenberg suggested hidden-camera comedy, but that’s not really accurate either, as everyone involved knew they were being filmed. Robyn Adams, a producer, used “outlined improv.” Whatever nomenclature best applies, this increasingly common format has enjoyed a banner year, with “Jury Duty,” Peacock’s “Paul T. Goldman,” BBC and Netflix’s “Cunk on Earth,” and HBO’s “How To with John Wilson” picking up where the likes of Sacha Baron Cohen and Nathan Fielder left off.
“There was a big worry about,...
How about all of the above?
One of 2023’s defining breakouts, the Amazon Freevee series is the crown jewel of an ascendant hybrid genre sometimes referred to as docu-comedy. Even the people who made the show aren’t sure how to classify it. Director Jake Syzmanski and co-creator Lee Eisenberg say they’ve never heard that term. Eisenberg suggested hidden-camera comedy, but that’s not really accurate either, as everyone involved knew they were being filmed. Robyn Adams, a producer, used “outlined improv.” Whatever nomenclature best applies, this increasingly common format has enjoyed a banner year, with “Jury Duty,” Peacock’s “Paul T. Goldman,” BBC and Netflix’s “Cunk on Earth,” and HBO’s “How To with John Wilson” picking up where the likes of Sacha Baron Cohen and Nathan Fielder left off.
“There was a big worry about,...
- 12/2/2023
- by Matthew Jacobs
- Indiewire
The Curse is a dark comedy-drama series created by Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie. The Showtime series revolves around a newly married couple as they try to get their reality TV show off the ground, which was created by an eccentric TV producer Dougie. The Curse stars Safdie, Fielder, and Emma Stone in the lead roles of Dougie, Asher, and Fielder. So, if you loved the Showtime series here are some similar shows you could watch next.
The Rehearsal (Max & Prime Video Add-On) Credit – HBO
Synopsis: Nathan Fielder returns to television for a new series that explores the lengths one man will go to reduce the uncertainties of everyday life. With a construction crew, a legion of actors, and seemingly unlimited resources, Fielder allows ordinary people to prepare for life’s biggest moments by “rehearsing” them in carefully crafted simulations of his own design. When a single misstep could shatter your entire world,...
The Rehearsal (Max & Prime Video Add-On) Credit – HBO
Synopsis: Nathan Fielder returns to television for a new series that explores the lengths one man will go to reduce the uncertainties of everyday life. With a construction crew, a legion of actors, and seemingly unlimited resources, Fielder allows ordinary people to prepare for life’s biggest moments by “rehearsing” them in carefully crafted simulations of his own design. When a single misstep could shatter your entire world,...
- 11/13/2023
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
Warner Bros. Discovery shed more streaming subscribers in Max’s first full quarter of existence: July-September 2023. The company lost 700,000 streaming subs in the quarter, it reported on Wednesday; Max and Discovery+ now combine for 95.1 million streaming subscribers.
Wbd’s streaming business was able to turn a profit in the third quarter — just like it did at the beginning of the year. Adjusted Ebitda at direct-to-consumer was $111 million. The same segment lost money in Q2, but surprised with positive Ebitda in Q1, which is also the last time Wbd grew its streaming-subscriber base.
The loss of subs in the past two quarters is not really unexpected. Max, which launched on May 23, is a combination of the former HBO Max and Discovery+. While Discovery+ remains available as a standalone platform, it is now pretty redundant for folks who had previously subscribed to both of the Warner Bros. Discovery streaming services.
Warner Bros.
Wbd’s streaming business was able to turn a profit in the third quarter — just like it did at the beginning of the year. Adjusted Ebitda at direct-to-consumer was $111 million. The same segment lost money in Q2, but surprised with positive Ebitda in Q1, which is also the last time Wbd grew its streaming-subscriber base.
The loss of subs in the past two quarters is not really unexpected. Max, which launched on May 23, is a combination of the former HBO Max and Discovery+. While Discovery+ remains available as a standalone platform, it is now pretty redundant for folks who had previously subscribed to both of the Warner Bros. Discovery streaming services.
Warner Bros.
- 11/8/2023
- by Tony Maglio
- Indiewire
Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.NEWSGasoline Rainbow.London Film Festival have announced the films in their competitive sections, with new work by Zhang Mengqi, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, and Bill and Turner Ross included in the Official Competition, plus films by Ehsan Khoshbakht, Cyril Aris, and Chloe Abrahams up for the Documentary award.Meanwhile, the Alliance of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recently returned to the bargaining table with the Writers Guild of America, with CEOs like Bob Iger, David Zaslav, and Ted Sarandos in tow. "On the 113th day of the strike—and while SAG-AFTRA is walking the picket lines by our side—we were met with a lecture about how good their single and only counteroffer was,” wrote the WGA in a statement circulated to members, followed two days later by a thorough explanation of why this proposal was inadequate.
- 9/11/2023
- MUBI
Welcome to the 229th episode of TV’s Top 5, The Hollywood Reporter’s TV podcast.
Every week, hosts Lesley Goldberg (West Coast TV editor) and Daniel Fienberg (chief TV critic) break down the latest TV news with context from the business and critical sides, welcome showrunners, executives and other guests, and provide a critical guide of what to watch (or skip, as the case may be).
This week, we’re joined by Friend of the 5 Alan Sepinwall for a supersized look at some recent finales and break down the latest on the ongoing WGA strike. Here’s how this week’s episode plays out:
1. Mailbag
How can AMC shows film during the strikes? Did the last strike help get Trump elected? That and more in this week’s listener question segment. Have a question you’d like to hear us answer on the show? Email us at TVsTop5@THR.
Every week, hosts Lesley Goldberg (West Coast TV editor) and Daniel Fienberg (chief TV critic) break down the latest TV news with context from the business and critical sides, welcome showrunners, executives and other guests, and provide a critical guide of what to watch (or skip, as the case may be).
This week, we’re joined by Friend of the 5 Alan Sepinwall for a supersized look at some recent finales and break down the latest on the ongoing WGA strike. Here’s how this week’s episode plays out:
1. Mailbag
How can AMC shows film during the strikes? Did the last strike help get Trump elected? That and more in this week’s listener question segment. Have a question you’d like to hear us answer on the show? Email us at TVsTop5@THR.
- 9/8/2023
- by Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
There are a few defining qualities to an episode of the comedy docuseries How to With John Wilson. Every single episode features unique and unglamorous shots of New York City and the people who live there, capturing a very real slice of life in the city. More often than not, John Wilson’s pursuit to answer a seemingly simple and broad question leads him to examining highly specific, niche groups — in the show’s final season, which wrapped on September 1, he delves into communities of vacuum cleaner enthusiasts and cryogenic supporters. Wilson’s personal life is mostly unimportant to the telling of his stories, but slowly over time he reveals more and more about himself through the lens of those he’s interacting with, making the whole series slyly personal.
- 9/5/2023
- by Brianna Wellen
- Primetimer
This post contains spoilers for the series finale of How To With John Wilson, which is now streaming on Max.
The HBO docu-comedy series How To With John Wilson show is so idiosyncratic and unpredictable that it could have concluded on almost any note, and the ending would have seemed right. For three seasons, filmmaker/host Wilson has begun each episode promising to solve some universal problem — the series finale was titled “How To Track Your Package” — before quickly getting distracted by the stories of the people he meets along the way,...
The HBO docu-comedy series How To With John Wilson show is so idiosyncratic and unpredictable that it could have concluded on almost any note, and the ending would have seemed right. For three seasons, filmmaker/host Wilson has begun each episode promising to solve some universal problem — the series finale was titled “How To Track Your Package” — before quickly getting distracted by the stories of the people he meets along the way,...
- 9/2/2023
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “How To with John Wilson” Season 3, Episode 6, “How To Track Your Package” — the series finale.]
Certain scenes from “How To with John Wilson” never really leave your brain. Kyle MacLachlan swiping his Metro card. The multi-purpose use of scaffolding. Muh-ma. Season 3, the documentary’s final season, has already provided indelible memories of self-cleaning public restrooms, an allegorical (yet very real) car explosion, and, of course, professional earwax removal. (Who’s already booked an appointment with your local Otolaryngologist?) But the finale, “How To Track Your Package,” not only triggers (and soothes) acute fears of absent parcels, it also evokes two milestones from “How To’s” debut seasons; two moments that illustrate what makes Wilson’s documentary such a joy to watch and so amazing to behold; two scenes that help send the series off with scholarly closure, while still fitting snugly into this week’s altruistic arc.
The first is...
Certain scenes from “How To with John Wilson” never really leave your brain. Kyle MacLachlan swiping his Metro card. The multi-purpose use of scaffolding. Muh-ma. Season 3, the documentary’s final season, has already provided indelible memories of self-cleaning public restrooms, an allegorical (yet very real) car explosion, and, of course, professional earwax removal. (Who’s already booked an appointment with your local Otolaryngologist?) But the finale, “How To Track Your Package,” not only triggers (and soothes) acute fears of absent parcels, it also evokes two milestones from “How To’s” debut seasons; two moments that illustrate what makes Wilson’s documentary such a joy to watch and so amazing to behold; two scenes that help send the series off with scholarly closure, while still fitting snugly into this week’s altruistic arc.
The first is...
- 9/2/2023
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
For the next two months, Max will be the “one to watch” for AMC series.
On Friday, seven AMC shows will be available on the former HBO Max under a new category “AMC+ Picks on Max.” For the next 60 days, Max users can binge Seasons 1-7 of “Fear the Walking Dead,” the first seasons of “Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire” and “Dark Winds,” Seasons 1 and 2 of “Gangs of London,” Seasons 1-5 of “Ride with Norman Reedus,” Seasons 1, 2, and 3 of “A Discovery of Witches,” and Seasons 1-4 of “Killing Eve.”
The AMC series will be available on both the ad-free and ad-supported Max tiers, although they’ll be commercial-free for all Max users regardless of plan. They will exist on their own branded rail — until Halloween, which thematically feels appropriate for pretty much all of the migrating series.
It’s a win-win, something both companies were quick to point out in the August 28 announcement.
On Friday, seven AMC shows will be available on the former HBO Max under a new category “AMC+ Picks on Max.” For the next 60 days, Max users can binge Seasons 1-7 of “Fear the Walking Dead,” the first seasons of “Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire” and “Dark Winds,” Seasons 1 and 2 of “Gangs of London,” Seasons 1-5 of “Ride with Norman Reedus,” Seasons 1, 2, and 3 of “A Discovery of Witches,” and Seasons 1-4 of “Killing Eve.”
The AMC series will be available on both the ad-free and ad-supported Max tiers, although they’ll be commercial-free for all Max users regardless of plan. They will exist on their own branded rail — until Halloween, which thematically feels appropriate for pretty much all of the migrating series.
It’s a win-win, something both companies were quick to point out in the August 28 announcement.
- 8/29/2023
- by Tony Maglio
- Indiewire
This post contains spoilers for Episode Five of How To With John Wilson, available on HBO and streaming on Max.
About nine minutes into this week’s episode of How To With John Wilson, the titular director/writer/star finds himself hooked up to a polygraph machine and being asked some intense questions.
Have you ever lied to someone on your show?
Have you ever lied about seeing something you didn’t see?
Did you ever betray someone you love?
As Wilson answers “no” to each question, the no-nonsense man...
About nine minutes into this week’s episode of How To With John Wilson, the titular director/writer/star finds himself hooked up to a polygraph machine and being asked some intense questions.
Have you ever lied to someone on your show?
Have you ever lied about seeing something you didn’t see?
Did you ever betray someone you love?
As Wilson answers “no” to each question, the no-nonsense man...
- 8/27/2023
- by Lisa Tozzi
- Rollingstone.com
Episode 5 of this season of “How To with John Wilson” quickly loses interest in bird-watching in order to examine more human mysteries. Wilson mines his own unease with the constructed nature of even the most confessional documentary footage, explores the allure of conspiracy theories, and also has an ominous white van follow him all the way to a Tennessee museum designed as a replica of the Titanic, as a treat.
Each episode of Max’s “How To with John Wilson” meanders its way into absurdity and then back to a hopeful starting point, and so does Episode 5, “How To Watch Birds.” But there’s an electric kind of charge to building more obviously fictional elements into the narrative; it’s changing up the contract that the show has with the audience, just a little bit, to show us the seams of Wilson’s documentary style, the fabrication that’s possible even with verité footage.
Each episode of Max’s “How To with John Wilson” meanders its way into absurdity and then back to a hopeful starting point, and so does Episode 5, “How To Watch Birds.” But there’s an electric kind of charge to building more obviously fictional elements into the narrative; it’s changing up the contract that the show has with the audience, just a little bit, to show us the seams of Wilson’s documentary style, the fabrication that’s possible even with verité footage.
- 8/26/2023
- by Sarah Shachat
- Indiewire
Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.NEWSLa Práctica.The New York Film Festival has announced its Main Slate. Alongside a good showing of Cannes prizewinners, the festival will present new films from Radu Jude, Yorgos Lanthimos, Andrew Haigh, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Hong Sang-soo (x2 this year), Raven Jackson, Martín Rejtman, and the feature debut from playwright Annie Baker.In an interview with Indiewire, Ira Sachs shared that he and Ben Whishaw are preparing a new film about the photographer Peter Hujar, titled Peter Hujar’s Day (and presumably inspired by Linda Rosenkrantz’s book of the same name).Recommended VIEWINGIn memory of William Friedkin, who died this week at the age of 87, revisit Christopher Small and James Corning’s video essay about his films’ deftly constructed endings. “Over the course of Friedkin's films,” they write in their introduction, “our perspective...
- 8/9/2023
- MUBI
In a city where you can discover a film festival every weekend of the year, perhaps the most unique of such offerings is located in Rockaway, Queens. Taking place just a few blocks from the beach, the 6th edition of the Rockaway Film Festival will occur August 19-August 27, and we’re pleased to exclusively debut the lineup of award-winning documentaries, premieres, live music and dance performances, shorts programmes, and rare repertory screenings.
Organized by Sam Fleischner and Courtney Muller and sponsored by Blundstone®, Istic Illic Pictures, and NYC Ferry, this year’s edition will open at their flagship outdoor theater, Arverne Cinema (constructed using scraps of boardwalk that were destroyed during Hurricane Sandy), with Disney’s famous feature masterpiece Fantasia. There will be a program of shorts preceding it by cine-magician Oskar Fishinger, whose groundbreaking animations changed the cinematic frontier. The festival will also present the New York Premiere of...
Organized by Sam Fleischner and Courtney Muller and sponsored by Blundstone®, Istic Illic Pictures, and NYC Ferry, this year’s edition will open at their flagship outdoor theater, Arverne Cinema (constructed using scraps of boardwalk that were destroyed during Hurricane Sandy), with Disney’s famous feature masterpiece Fantasia. There will be a program of shorts preceding it by cine-magician Oskar Fishinger, whose groundbreaking animations changed the cinematic frontier. The festival will also present the New York Premiere of...
- 8/4/2023
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
"Where does the myth of American identity begin and where does it end, and who ultimately gets to cash in?" Memory has revealed the official trailer for a documentary film titled Carpet Cowboys, arriving in select US theaters starting later in August. The film is executive produced by the John Wilson, of HBO's hit series "How To With John Wilson". The many psychedelic carpets lining our hotel hallways, casinos, and convention centers can be traced back to one town: Dalton, Georgia, known as the "Carpet Capital of the World." In this bastion of American manufacturing we find an interwoven set of locals who are the unsung creators behind the majority of the country's carpets. Among them is Roderick James, a Scottish expat living an "American Country Lifestyle" pursuing success in a rapidly changing world. Wilson explains: "This is the kind of documentary that really speaks to me, and I can...
- 8/2/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
It can be challenging to describe HBO’s How To with John Wilson to the uninitiated. The show, which debuts its third and final season Friday night, presents itself on its surface as a guide to modern life with 30-minute episodes titles like “How to Find a Public Restroom” and “How to Clean Your Ears.” But as told through the eyes of its 36-year-old videographer narrator John Wilson — a self-described “anxious New Yorker” who was discovered by Nathan Fielder, who mines similar surreal territory in The Rehearsal — it begins to take on quirkier and more profound inflections. Imagine Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom with cameras trained on mankind; now imagine it drifting off occasionally into a melancholy road diary of lost America. That’s How To with John Wilson. The series has found a passionate following as well as critical acclaim (season two earned an Emmy nomination for outstanding...
- 7/29/2023
- by Seth Abramovitch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Even though John Wilson, the titular creator and host of HBO’s “How to With John Wilson,” had several ideas that could have been part of the documentary series’ future, he knew he had to end on Season 3.
“Rather than just having it go on indefinitely, I wanted it to feel like there was a bit of an arc,” Wilson told TheWrap. “I also feel like the best thing that you can do is to just leave people wanting more.”
Thus marks the beginning of the end for one of the most charmingly bizarre series HBO has ever created. In every season of “How to With John Wilson,” the soft-spoken documentarian offers his expertise — and through a series of investigative interviews, the expertise of others — on a variety of topics. How do you make small talk? How do you be spontaneous? How do you throw out your batteries?
In every episode,...
“Rather than just having it go on indefinitely, I wanted it to feel like there was a bit of an arc,” Wilson told TheWrap. “I also feel like the best thing that you can do is to just leave people wanting more.”
Thus marks the beginning of the end for one of the most charmingly bizarre series HBO has ever created. In every season of “How to With John Wilson,” the soft-spoken documentarian offers his expertise — and through a series of investigative interviews, the expertise of others — on a variety of topics. How do you make small talk? How do you be spontaneous? How do you throw out your batteries?
In every episode,...
- 7/29/2023
- by Kayla Cobb
- The Wrap
Starz might just be the hottest ticket in town this summer. In the wake of “Minx’s” triumphant return last week comes the long-awaited second season of the professional wrestling drama “Heels,” which is quietly one of TV’s best shows.
Starring Stephen Amell and Alexander Ludwig as brothers Jack and Ace Spade, the Georgia-set series explores their complicated family dynamic through the fabricated but exciting world of small-town professional wrestling, in which one is considered a face (hero) and one is a heel (villain). Created by “Loki’s” Michael Waldron and with Mike O’Malley as showrunner, the series is bigger and better in Season 2, which premieres Friday at 10/9c, as it digs further into the brothers’ respective traumas and the ongoing feud between the Duffy Wrestling League (Dwl) and rival promotion Florida Wrestling Dystopia (Fwd), led by O’Malley’s Charlie Gully. With its compelling family drama and a well-placed sense of humor,...
Starring Stephen Amell and Alexander Ludwig as brothers Jack and Ace Spade, the Georgia-set series explores their complicated family dynamic through the fabricated but exciting world of small-town professional wrestling, in which one is considered a face (hero) and one is a heel (villain). Created by “Loki’s” Michael Waldron and with Mike O’Malley as showrunner, the series is bigger and better in Season 2, which premieres Friday at 10/9c, as it digs further into the brothers’ respective traumas and the ongoing feud between the Duffy Wrestling League (Dwl) and rival promotion Florida Wrestling Dystopia (Fwd), led by O’Malley’s Charlie Gully. With its compelling family drama and a well-placed sense of humor,...
- 7/29/2023
- by Kaitlin Thomas
- Gold Derby
John Wilson was filming the scene on Park Avenue with his handheld Sony camcorder when I met him in midtown for coffee. He was sporting a “Jeopardy” T-shirt, and I thought of how the late game show host Alex Trebek might have loved Wilson’s question and answer style of television.
For over a decade, Wilson has been traveling around the boroughs answering the questions every New Yorker has asked themselves at least once. It began with offbeat short films entitled “How to Clean a Cast Iron Pan,” “How to Live With Bed Bugs” and “How to Remain Single,” before rebranding itself into the acclaimed Nathan Fielder-executive produced HBO docu-comedy series “How to With John Wilson.”
In the show’s third and final season, premiering on HBO and Max on July 28, Wilson turns “How To” into something a bit more personal, reflecting on the making of the show, and...
For over a decade, Wilson has been traveling around the boroughs answering the questions every New Yorker has asked themselves at least once. It began with offbeat short films entitled “How to Clean a Cast Iron Pan,” “How to Live With Bed Bugs” and “How to Remain Single,” before rebranding itself into the acclaimed Nathan Fielder-executive produced HBO docu-comedy series “How to With John Wilson.”
In the show’s third and final season, premiering on HBO and Max on July 28, Wilson turns “How To” into something a bit more personal, reflecting on the making of the show, and...
- 7/28/2023
- by Sophia Scorziello
- Variety Film + TV
A few days before the third and final season of “How To with John Wilson” premiered on HBO, its creator and star received an unexpected call. New York City mayor Eric Adams was planning to hold a press conference to discuss the problem of scaffolding looming over sidewalks around town, and Wilson was invited to speak at it. Fans of the Wilson’s droll, unassuming approach, which takes the form of discursive audiovisual essays about the idiosyncracies of New York life, will recall that the second episode of Season 1 from 2020, “How To Put Up Scaffolding,” tackles just that subject, before it catapults into deeper ideas about the personal toll of protective measures on daily life.
The call was proof of the acute way that Wilson’s show has mined profound and poetic truths from seemingly ordinary objects and people lost in their routines. His reaction, however, goes to show how...
The call was proof of the acute way that Wilson’s show has mined profound and poetic truths from seemingly ordinary objects and people lost in their routines. His reaction, however, goes to show how...
- 7/28/2023
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Welcome to the 224th episode of TV’s Top 5, The Hollywood Reporter’s TV podcast.
Every week, hosts Lesley Goldberg (West Coast TV editor) and Daniel Fienberg (chief TV critic) break down the latest TV news with context from the business and critical sides, welcome showrunners, executives and other guests, and provide a critical guide of what to watch (or skip, as the case may be).
This week’s episode looks at the latest ripples to stem from Hollywood’s historic dual strike, pays tribute to the late Sinead O’Connor and much more.
Here’s how the episode plays out:
1. Mailbag
With a shortage of deals amid Hollywood’s hot labor summer, we’re answering listener questions each week. This week, we respond to queries about game shows, why actors aren’t promoting previously filmed work and if the Emmys should create an ensemble category. If you have a question...
Every week, hosts Lesley Goldberg (West Coast TV editor) and Daniel Fienberg (chief TV critic) break down the latest TV news with context from the business and critical sides, welcome showrunners, executives and other guests, and provide a critical guide of what to watch (or skip, as the case may be).
This week’s episode looks at the latest ripples to stem from Hollywood’s historic dual strike, pays tribute to the late Sinead O’Connor and much more.
Here’s how the episode plays out:
1. Mailbag
With a shortage of deals amid Hollywood’s hot labor summer, we’re answering listener questions each week. This week, we respond to queries about game shows, why actors aren’t promoting previously filmed work and if the Emmys should create an ensemble category. If you have a question...
- 7/28/2023
- by Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
No one captures the world quite like John Wilson. For three seasons now, the filmmaker has begun his HBO documentary series “How To With John Wilson” with the greeting “Hey, New Yorkers!” But as the show reaches its natural endpoint with the latest six-episode run, it’s clear that its wide, deep, strange scope goes far beyond the boundaries of the city Wilson calls home. In following the mind map style of observation that has now become Wilson’s signature, the new season features many unexpected detours around America, each more bizarre, surprising, and informative than the last.
Continue reading ‘How To With John Wilson’ Review: HBO’s Unique Comedy Series Wraps Up With A Weird, Mostly Wonderful Final Season at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘How To With John Wilson’ Review: HBO’s Unique Comedy Series Wraps Up With A Weird, Mostly Wonderful Final Season at The Playlist.
- 7/24/2023
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- The Playlist
In the trailer for the final season of HBO’s How To with John Wilson, the eponymous host of the comedy documentary series preps his audience for a farewell.
Wilson is signing off after this third season, and the trailer is crafted as an ode to television itself. “Hey, New York,” Wilson begins in his typical greeting. He then goes on to describe what a rough day in the city looks like with the light at the end of the tunnel being TV. “TV will always be there for you,” he says. “On your proudest day. Or in your darkest hour. That glowing box will be there waiting for you.”
But Wilson also wants you to know that the solace will be short lived. “And when you make it all the way to that final episode, don’t be sad that it’s over, just be glad that you felt anything at all,...
Wilson is signing off after this third season, and the trailer is crafted as an ode to television itself. “Hey, New York,” Wilson begins in his typical greeting. He then goes on to describe what a rough day in the city looks like with the light at the end of the tunnel being TV. “TV will always be there for you,” he says. “On your proudest day. Or in your darkest hour. That glowing box will be there waiting for you.”
But Wilson also wants you to know that the solace will be short lived. “And when you make it all the way to that final episode, don’t be sad that it’s over, just be glad that you felt anything at all,...
- 7/11/2023
- by Esther Zuckerman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
While “I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson” seems to get all of the memes and dominate the social media discourse with each new season, HBO’s “How To with John Wilson” is another example of alternative comedy done in a brilliant way. Where Tim Robinson might hit you over the head with a frenetic pace and outlandish situations, John Wilson is the awkward narrator of your journey through the heart of New York City, showing just how the mundane can be hilarious.
Continue reading ‘How To With John Wilson’ Final Season Trailer: HBO’s Off-Kilter Comedy Series Returns Later This Month at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘How To With John Wilson’ Final Season Trailer: HBO’s Off-Kilter Comedy Series Returns Later This Month at The Playlist.
- 7/11/2023
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
Max is following DC’s lead with its list of new releases for July 2023.
The two big ticket items this month are of the superhero variety. My Adventures with Superman arrives to Max on July 7 after making its Adult Swim premiere the night before. The end of the month sees Harley Quinn season 4 making its long-awaited debut on July 27. Other original TV titles of note are the Steven Soderbergh-directed Full Circle (July 13) and the third and final season of How To With John Wilson on July 28.
On the movie side of things, documentary Glitch: The Rise and Fall of HQ Trivia premieres on July 20. Before that on July 13 is both a fresh reboot of filmmaking competition Project Greenlight and the movie that came of it, Gray Matter. Library movies in July include Pulp Fiction, V for Vendetta, Lethal Weapon, and more on July 1.
Here is everything else coming to HBO and Max this month.
The two big ticket items this month are of the superhero variety. My Adventures with Superman arrives to Max on July 7 after making its Adult Swim premiere the night before. The end of the month sees Harley Quinn season 4 making its long-awaited debut on July 27. Other original TV titles of note are the Steven Soderbergh-directed Full Circle (July 13) and the third and final season of How To With John Wilson on July 28.
On the movie side of things, documentary Glitch: The Rise and Fall of HQ Trivia premieres on July 20. Before that on July 13 is both a fresh reboot of filmmaking competition Project Greenlight and the movie that came of it, Gray Matter. Library movies in July include Pulp Fiction, V for Vendetta, Lethal Weapon, and more on July 1.
Here is everything else coming to HBO and Max this month.
- 7/1/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
The beginning of July TV offers the usual Twilight Zone marathons and fireworks displays, but things really start to heat up mid-month, thanks to a new Steven Soderbergh show, a Justified revival, and a soft reboot of The Real Housewives of New York City. After hiatuses of various lengths, the crews of Futurama and Minx are back at work, also delivering packages of various lengths. Later in the month, Nicole Kidman is a Lioness, Michelle Buteau finds sex in the city, Timothy Olyphant dusts off his spurs, and Netflix tosses a coin to Henry Cavill's Witcher for the last time.
We've done our sworn duty and put together our top TV picks for July, including new seasons of The Afterparty, How to With John Wilson, and Below Deck Down Under.
Premieres July 10...
We've done our sworn duty and put together our top TV picks for July, including new seasons of The Afterparty, How to With John Wilson, and Below Deck Down Under.
Premieres July 10...
- 6/29/2023
- by Primetimer Staff
- Primetimer
Hey, "Jimmy Kimmel Live" fans. Unfortunately, we're back with more bad news. The WGA writers strike is still going on, which means ABC will have to air another set of repeat episodes of the Jimmy Kimmel Live show this week, June 26-30, 2023. That's right, guys. The writers strike started back on May 2, 2023, and there still doesn't appear to be any end in sight according to the latest updates. So, this is going to be a long ride as we head into the second month of this strike. With all that said, we did track down all the repeat episodes of Jimmy Kimmel Live that ABC will be airing this week. So, let's get into that right now. Tonight, June 26, 2023, ABC is re-airing the episode that originally aired back on November 17, 2021. It featured appearances from: actor Michael Keaton promoting “Dopesick.” John Wilson promoting “How To with John Wilson.” Musical Guest The War on Drugs.
- 6/27/2023
- by Andre Braddox
- OnTheFlix
Timothy Olyphant, Claire Danes, and Dennis Quaid in ‘Full Circle’ (Photograph by Sarah Shatz)
Max’s July 2023 schedule includes the premiere of the drama Full Circle and the return of Shark Week. The hot summer month’s lineup also includes the final season of How To With John Wilson, the premiere of Project Greenlight, and the final episodes of the popular comedy The Righteous Gemstones.
The two-part documentary The Golden Boy about the life and career of Oscar De La Hoya joins the streaming service’s lineup on July 24th. Shaun White: The Last Run, a docuseries about the Olympian, is set to premiere on July 6th.
Series & Films Arriving On Max In July 2023:
July 1
300 (2006)
17 Again (2009)
20th Century Women (2016)
A Life Less Ordinary (1997)
A Walk in the Woods (2015)
American Sniper (2014)
Angels Sing (2013)
Ballet 422 (2014)
Barbershop (2002)
Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004)
Beauty Shop (2005)
Because of Winn-Dixie (2005)
Brandi Carlile: In the...
Max’s July 2023 schedule includes the premiere of the drama Full Circle and the return of Shark Week. The hot summer month’s lineup also includes the final season of How To With John Wilson, the premiere of Project Greenlight, and the final episodes of the popular comedy The Righteous Gemstones.
The two-part documentary The Golden Boy about the life and career of Oscar De La Hoya joins the streaming service’s lineup on July 24th. Shaun White: The Last Run, a docuseries about the Olympian, is set to premiere on July 6th.
Series & Films Arriving On Max In July 2023:
July 1
300 (2006)
17 Again (2009)
20th Century Women (2016)
A Life Less Ordinary (1997)
A Walk in the Woods (2015)
American Sniper (2014)
Angels Sing (2013)
Ballet 422 (2014)
Barbershop (2002)
Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004)
Beauty Shop (2005)
Because of Winn-Dixie (2005)
Brandi Carlile: In the...
- 6/26/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Max announces programming coming to the platform this July, including the debut of the Max Original limited series Full Circle (7/13), from director Steven Soderbergh and writer Ed Solomon, which tells the story of an investigation into a botched kidnapping that uncovers long-held secrets connecting multiple characters and cultures in present day New York City. The six-episode limited series stars Zazie Beetz, Claire Danes, Jim Gaffigan, Jharrel Jerome, Timothy Olyphant, Cch Pounder, Phaldut Sharma, Adia, Sheyi Cole, Gerald Jones, Suzanne Savoy, Ethan Stoddard, Lucian Zanes and Dennis Quaid.
The third and final season of the HBO Original docu-comedy series How To With John Wilson (7/28) follows documentary filmmaker and self-described “anxious New Yorker” John Wilson as he continues his heartfelt mission of self-discovery, exploration, and observation as he films the lives of his fellow New Yorkers while attempting to give everyday advice on six new deceptively simple and wildly random topics. Building upon season two,...
The third and final season of the HBO Original docu-comedy series How To With John Wilson (7/28) follows documentary filmmaker and self-described “anxious New Yorker” John Wilson as he continues his heartfelt mission of self-discovery, exploration, and observation as he films the lives of his fellow New Yorkers while attempting to give everyday advice on six new deceptively simple and wildly random topics. Building upon season two,...
- 6/24/2023
- by TV Shows Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid - TV
Michael J. Fox was honored with a lifetime achievement award at the Museum of the Moving Image’s Spring Moving Image Awards on Tuesday, where Martin Scorsese spoke about the personal impact that Fox’s Parkinson’s advocacy has had on his own life.
Looking back on the actor’s career, saying he was “stunned by the energy and force of his presence” when bursting onto the scene in the ’80s, Scorsese noted at the New York event that, “Michael was a powerhouse; he was made for movies.”
“Now if you look at Michael’s filmography, pay attention to the amount of work he’s done since his Parkinson’s diagnosis,” the director continued, pointing out collaborations with Tim Burton, Woody Allen and Peter Jackson. “And along the way, Michael not only started his foundation, which has raised so much money for research and raised just as much awareness, but...
Looking back on the actor’s career, saying he was “stunned by the energy and force of his presence” when bursting onto the scene in the ’80s, Scorsese noted at the New York event that, “Michael was a powerhouse; he was made for movies.”
“Now if you look at Michael’s filmography, pay attention to the amount of work he’s done since his Parkinson’s diagnosis,” the director continued, pointing out collaborations with Tim Burton, Woody Allen and Peter Jackson. “And along the way, Michael not only started his foundation, which has raised so much money for research and raised just as much awareness, but...
- 6/7/2023
- by Kirsten Chuba
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
You’ll have to figure out how to do things on your own soon enough: HBO’s How To With John Wilson is ending with its upcoming third season, the network announced on Thursday.
We also have a premiere date for John Wilson‘s final run: The six-episode Season 3 will debut Friday, July 28 at 11/10c. In it, host and filmmaker John Wilson “continues his heartfelt mission of self-discovery, exploration, and observation as he films the lives of his fellow New Yorkers while attempting to give everyday advice on six new deceptively simple and wildly random topics,” like how to find a public restroom,...
We also have a premiere date for John Wilson‘s final run: The six-episode Season 3 will debut Friday, July 28 at 11/10c. In it, host and filmmaker John Wilson “continues his heartfelt mission of self-discovery, exploration, and observation as he films the lives of his fellow New Yorkers while attempting to give everyday advice on six new deceptively simple and wildly random topics,” like how to find a public restroom,...
- 5/25/2023
- by Dave Nemetz
- TVLine.com
The third and final season of the critically acclaimed HBO Original docu-comedy series How To With John Wilson debuts Friday, July 28 (11:00-11:30p.m. Et/Pt) on HBO and will be available to stream on Max. New episodes of the six-episode season will debut on subsequent Fridays. In season three of How To With John Wilson, documentary filmmaker and self-described “anxious New Yorker” John Wilson continues his heartfelt mission of self-discovery, exploration, and observation as he films the lives of his fellow New Yorkers while attempting to give everyday advice on six new deceptively simple and wildly random topics. Nathan Fielder (HBO’s “The Rehearsal”), Michael Koman, and Clark Reinking, who previously worked together on “Nathan For You,” serve as executive producers. Building upon season two, the episodes take unexpected turns, as John navigates a new set of topics including; how to find a public restroom, how to work out,...
- 5/25/2023
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
"How To With John Wilson" is one of the most delightful and insightful shows on TV, but given how time-intensive the process of shooting and editing the docuseries undoubtedly is, it makes sense that it wouldn't last in its current iteration forever. Every episode of Wilson's show includes unlikely moments and surprising images that feel like the documentarian's version of striking gold, whether Wilson is talking to an "Avatar" fan club or a man who invented a machine to un-circumcise adults. The show is curious, deadpan, life-affirming, and hilarious. It's also concluding with its upcoming third season, per Variety.
Luckily, the announcement of the end of "How To With John Wilson" comes with a pick-me-up: a teaser trailer for the third season, which is set to debut in late July on HBO and the artist formerly known as HBO Max. The loose "how to" format that frames each episode will...
Luckily, the announcement of the end of "How To With John Wilson" comes with a pick-me-up: a teaser trailer for the third season, which is set to debut in late July on HBO and the artist formerly known as HBO Max. The loose "how to" format that frames each episode will...
- 5/25/2023
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
HBO‘s street-wise, quirky doc series “How To With John Wilson” offered a solace for some during the crazy days of the Covid-19 pandemic after it premiered in October 2020. But all good things must come to an end. After another well-regarded season in 2021, the third season of “How To” will be the last.
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Wilson spoke about the series ending in a press statement attached to a new trailer for the show’s third season.
Continue reading ‘How To With John Wilson’ Season 3 Trailer: HBO’s Quirky Street Doc Series Premieres Its Final Episodes Starting July 28 at The Playlist.
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Wilson spoke about the series ending in a press statement attached to a new trailer for the show’s third season.
Continue reading ‘How To With John Wilson’ Season 3 Trailer: HBO’s Quirky Street Doc Series Premieres Its Final Episodes Starting July 28 at The Playlist.
- 5/25/2023
- by Ned Booth
- The Playlist
“How To With John Wilson,” the quirky and oftentimes surprisingly poignant docu-comedy filmed on the streets of New York, is coming to an end with Season 3. It is releasing on HBO and Max (the streaming service formerly known at HBO Max) on July 28.
“As we started work on Season 3, I found it exciting to think of it as the last one. It ended up opening a lot of narrative possibilities that weren’t available to us before and gave us the freedom to try some really ambitious stuff,” said creator, documentarian and self-described “anxious New Yorker” John Wilson in a statement. “While a part of me would be happy to go on making ‘How To’ indefinitely, I take a lot of pride in trying to make the style and imagery feel surprising, and I would prefer to end the show while that’s still the case. Thematically, we also kind...
“As we started work on Season 3, I found it exciting to think of it as the last one. It ended up opening a lot of narrative possibilities that weren’t available to us before and gave us the freedom to try some really ambitious stuff,” said creator, documentarian and self-described “anxious New Yorker” John Wilson in a statement. “While a part of me would be happy to go on making ‘How To’ indefinitely, I take a lot of pride in trying to make the style and imagery feel surprising, and I would prefer to end the show while that’s still the case. Thematically, we also kind...
- 5/25/2023
- by Jordan Moreau
- Variety Film + TV
This July, John Wilson is going to teach us all how to say goodbye. The third and final season of “How to With John Wilson,” HBO’s critically acclaimed docu-comedy, will premiere on Friday, July 28 at 11 p.m. Et/Pt.
New episodes of the six-episode season will premiere on Fridays and will be available to watch both linearly on HBO and on Max. Topics for this season will include how to find a public restroom, how to work out and how to clean your ears.
In this last season, Wilson will continue his odd yet heartfelt mission of self-discovery and observation as he films his fellow New Yorkers and gives advice on six new, deceptively simple topics. Simply put, there is nothing on TV like “How to With John Wilson.” Wilson’s camera whips between everything from an energy drink millionaire’s lavish mansion party to a dog pooping on the sidewalk.
New episodes of the six-episode season will premiere on Fridays and will be available to watch both linearly on HBO and on Max. Topics for this season will include how to find a public restroom, how to work out and how to clean your ears.
In this last season, Wilson will continue his odd yet heartfelt mission of self-discovery and observation as he films his fellow New Yorkers and gives advice on six new, deceptively simple topics. Simply put, there is nothing on TV like “How to With John Wilson.” Wilson’s camera whips between everything from an energy drink millionaire’s lavish mansion party to a dog pooping on the sidewalk.
- 5/25/2023
- by Kayla Cobb
- The Wrap
How To with John Wilson will soon be coming to an end. HBO announced Thursday that the series will end with the upcoming third season.
Season 3 will premiere on July 28 at 11 p.m. Et/Pt on HBO and will be available to stream on Max. New episodes of the six-episode season will debut on subsequent Fridays.
HBO also released a trailer for Season 3, which is above.
In Season 3, Wilson continues his heartfelt mission of self-discovery, exploration, and observation as he films the lives of his fellow New Yorkers while attempting to give everyday advice on six new deceptively simple and wildly random topics. Building upon Season 2, the episodes take unexpected turns, as Wilson navigates a new set of topics including how to find a public restroom, how to work out, and how to clean your ears.
Related: 2023 Premiere Dates For New & Returning Series On Broadcast, Cable & Streaming
The first season...
Season 3 will premiere on July 28 at 11 p.m. Et/Pt on HBO and will be available to stream on Max. New episodes of the six-episode season will debut on subsequent Fridays.
HBO also released a trailer for Season 3, which is above.
In Season 3, Wilson continues his heartfelt mission of self-discovery, exploration, and observation as he films the lives of his fellow New Yorkers while attempting to give everyday advice on six new deceptively simple and wildly random topics. Building upon Season 2, the episodes take unexpected turns, as Wilson navigates a new set of topics including how to find a public restroom, how to work out, and how to clean your ears.
Related: 2023 Premiere Dates For New & Returning Series On Broadcast, Cable & Streaming
The first season...
- 5/25/2023
- by Katie Campione
- Deadline Film + TV
John Wilson’s hanging up his handheld camera. The creator and star of HBO’s acclaimed docu-comedy series “How To with John Wilson” is ending the show with its upcoming third season, set to premiere on July 28.
The 25-minute series, which originally premiered in October 2020, is shot and narrated by Wilson, and compiled from candid footage taken in New York City as well as interviews. Each episode is framed as an instructional guide on a different activity — for example, Season 3 episodes include installments focusing on finding a public restroom, working out, and cleaning your ears — and uses the seemingly mundane topic to approach larger philosophical issues. The show’s first two seasons received critical acclaim, and the Season 2 finale nabbed an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Writing for a Nonfiction Program.
In a statement accompanying the announcement of the season, Wilson said the choice to end the show in its third season came from him,...
The 25-minute series, which originally premiered in October 2020, is shot and narrated by Wilson, and compiled from candid footage taken in New York City as well as interviews. Each episode is framed as an instructional guide on a different activity — for example, Season 3 episodes include installments focusing on finding a public restroom, working out, and cleaning your ears — and uses the seemingly mundane topic to approach larger philosophical issues. The show’s first two seasons received critical acclaim, and the Season 2 finale nabbed an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Writing for a Nonfiction Program.
In a statement accompanying the announcement of the season, Wilson said the choice to end the show in its third season came from him,...
- 5/25/2023
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Comedic documentary filmmaker John Wilson is joining Michael J. Fox among honorees at the Museum of the Moving Image’s spring Moving Image Awards benefit on June 6.
MoMI’s board of trustees announced Monday Wilson will receive the award for Innovative Series in recognition of his career and his HBO show How To with John Wilson. The series, which will premiere its third season later this year, finds Wilson exploring New York in all its eccentricities.
“We are thrilled to honor John Wilson at our Spring 2023 Moving Image Awards benefit event and present him with the award for Innovative Series,” said MoMI’s co-chairmen Ivan Lustig and Michael Barker. “His one-of-a-kind docu-comedy style is a breath of fresh air for the television industry and we are honored to celebrate his work here at the Museum next month.”
Wired magazine called How To with John Wilson “an observational marvel,” and...
MoMI’s board of trustees announced Monday Wilson will receive the award for Innovative Series in recognition of his career and his HBO show How To with John Wilson. The series, which will premiere its third season later this year, finds Wilson exploring New York in all its eccentricities.
“We are thrilled to honor John Wilson at our Spring 2023 Moving Image Awards benefit event and present him with the award for Innovative Series,” said MoMI’s co-chairmen Ivan Lustig and Michael Barker. “His one-of-a-kind docu-comedy style is a breath of fresh air for the television industry and we are honored to celebrate his work here at the Museum next month.”
Wired magazine called How To with John Wilson “an observational marvel,” and...
- 5/15/2023
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
MakeMake Entertainment announced MakeMake Residencies’ inaugural class.
With outreach help from a network of leading culture change organizations including Ghetto Film School, UCLA’s Center for Scholars & Storytellers, Storyline Partners, Chicken & Egg Pictures, and more, the program received an enthusiastic response exceeding 500 applicants.
The five residents selected to participate in the program are Adiana Rivera (Editorial), Mohammed Rahman (Editorial), Jason Gaines (Design & Visual Effects), Pilar Fitzgerald (Sound Supervision), and Anfernee Aguado (Production).
Managing Director Jennifer Sofio Hall said, “As residents explore their interests across creative lanes, they’ll have the opportunity to gather meaningful resources and industry knowledge, setting them up for a productive path ahead. We’re grateful to our colleagues at Netflix whose support allows us to continue our dedication to the future of our industry.”
The nine-month paid residency program is designed to open pathways for diverse professionals working in the entertainment industry. Areas of focus include editorial,...
With outreach help from a network of leading culture change organizations including Ghetto Film School, UCLA’s Center for Scholars & Storytellers, Storyline Partners, Chicken & Egg Pictures, and more, the program received an enthusiastic response exceeding 500 applicants.
The five residents selected to participate in the program are Adiana Rivera (Editorial), Mohammed Rahman (Editorial), Jason Gaines (Design & Visual Effects), Pilar Fitzgerald (Sound Supervision), and Anfernee Aguado (Production).
Managing Director Jennifer Sofio Hall said, “As residents explore their interests across creative lanes, they’ll have the opportunity to gather meaningful resources and industry knowledge, setting them up for a productive path ahead. We’re grateful to our colleagues at Netflix whose support allows us to continue our dedication to the future of our industry.”
The nine-month paid residency program is designed to open pathways for diverse professionals working in the entertainment industry. Areas of focus include editorial,...
- 2/10/2023
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
“All That Breathes” and “Fire of Love” led the 16th Annual Cinema Eye Honors awards ceremony on Thursday night, which took place at the Museum of Moving image in Astoria, N.Y. and honored excellent craftsmanship and artistry in nonfiction films.
Shaunak Sen’s “All That Breathes,” which follows two brothers who run a bird hospital dedicated to rescuing injured black kites, won the top honor for outstanding achievement in nonfiction filmmaking as well as the award for cinematography.
Sara Dosa’s “Fire of Love” took home the most honors with three, including for editing, visual design (tied with “Moonage Daydream”) and original score. The film documents husband and wife volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft.
Founded in 2007, Cinema Eye Honors recognizes the subjects and entire creative team behind international nonfiction works, with several of its honorees going on to win Oscars for best documentary feature.
Films “Fire of Love” and...
Shaunak Sen’s “All That Breathes,” which follows two brothers who run a bird hospital dedicated to rescuing injured black kites, won the top honor for outstanding achievement in nonfiction filmmaking as well as the award for cinematography.
Sara Dosa’s “Fire of Love” took home the most honors with three, including for editing, visual design (tied with “Moonage Daydream”) and original score. The film documents husband and wife volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft.
Founded in 2007, Cinema Eye Honors recognizes the subjects and entire creative team behind international nonfiction works, with several of its honorees going on to win Oscars for best documentary feature.
Films “Fire of Love” and...
- 1/13/2023
- by Julia MacCary and Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
“All That Breathes,” a documentary about two brothers who run a refuge for birds that have been injured by the pollution in New Dehli, has been named the best nonfiction film of 2022 at the 16th annual Cinema Eye Honors ceremony, which took place on Thursday night at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens, New York.
“All That Breathes” previously won the top award at the International Documentary Association’s IDA Documentary Awards, the other major award devoted to nonfiction film. It is also on the 15-film shortlist for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
Laura Poitras won the award for directing for “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” while “Navalny” won the award for production.
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“All That Breathes” previously won the top award at the International Documentary Association’s IDA Documentary Awards, the other major award devoted to nonfiction film. It is also on the 15-film shortlist for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
Laura Poitras won the award for directing for “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” while “Navalny” won the award for production.
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‘All That Breathes’ Director Shaunak Sen on Breaking Nature Doc Clichés While Filming Hospitalized Birds
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- 1/13/2023
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
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