How To with John Wilson (Seasons 1–3)

How To with John Wilson (2020) is an HBO documentary comedy series you can watch online on iFILM. Every episode opens like an earnest little guide — how to put up scaffolding, how to make small talk, how to cook risotto — and then wanders somewhere completely different.

John Wilson calls himself an anxious New Yorker. Camera in hand, he spends years filming strangers, storefronts and tiny street details, then cuts it all into awkward, funny and unexpectedly moving observations about modern life. His voiceover stumbles and backtracks, sounding like a person thinking out loud rather than reading a script.

This is a one-man project: Wilson writes, directs, shoots and produces it himself, with guests from Kyle MacLachlan to Martha Stewart drifting through. If you like humor that grows out of ordinary city embarrassment instead of setup-and-punchline jokes, this is a rare find. Stream How To with John Wilson (2020) online on iFILM.