How To With John

It’s rare that the odd-ball assortment of celebrities on my Twitter feed coalesce around a show, so when they were ALL telling me to watch HOW TO WITH JOHN WILSON on HBO, I felt like I needed to at least check it out. The show consists of quirky documentarian John Wilson walking around NYC with his handheld camera, filming how-to videos. Each episode tackles a different topic like “How to cover your furniture” or “How to make the perfect risotto”. Although the premise is weird and John doesn’t actually tell you how to do any of these things, beneath the weirdness are some really meaningful meditations on life and the simple relationships and encounters that make it up. The story builds to a final episode that I wasn’t expecting. I may have cried.

—Bennett Levine, Executive Assistant