Films That Matter
I think about filmmaking through films. The ones below have shaped how I see: how I frame a shot, how I structure a story, what I think is worth pointing a camera at. Music does the same thing differently. These aren't reviews. They're the things that got inside my head and stayed there across 303 episodes.
Draft for Van's review before publish. Sourced from 303 video transcripts. Ordered by reference frequency within each category.
My Own Work
Paradox Bullets
My short film narrated by Werner Herzog.
Ten Bullets
Made for Tom Sachs studio.
iPod's Dirty Secret
My 2003 film against Apple.
The Neistat Brothers
Our HBO series.
Science Experiments
Holland Tunnel
Films
The Rider
My favorite film.
Catfish
Stand by Me
The Godfather I & II
Rushmore
Max Fischer.
Blade Runner
The Shining
The Lobster
Come On Come On
Schindler's List
E.T.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
There Will Be Blood
Punch-Drunk Love
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Sophisticated but simple.
Stalker
Central to the episode theme.
Spirited Away
From Up on Poppy Hill
Nomadland
Amadeus
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
Lost in Translation
The Royal Tenenbaums
Little Miss Sunshine
The Mosquito Coast
Mystic Pizza
Inside Out
Arrival
Kill Bill Vol. 2
Marty Supreme
Love the Beast
Documentary about Eric Bana's Ford Falcon.
The Red Shoes
Dancing to death. Metaphor for do-list obsession.
Documentaries
Century of the Self
About power and media.
Bitter Lake
US-Saudi Arabia from FDR to Afghanistan.
Can't Get You Out of My Head
About China, Mao, global power.
Fitzcarraldo
White Diamond
Into the Inferno
Lo and Behold
Burden of Dreams
Hoop Dreams
The Fog of War
No Direction Home
Time
The Donut King
Drive to Survive
Telemarketers
TV Shows
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
The 1969 Senate testimony.
Jay Leno's Garage
Selling Sunset / Selling the OC
The Wire
Season 4. About the education system.
Saturday Night Live
Meeting with Marcy Klein for digital shorts.
Music
When I Paint My Masterpiece
Check Your Head
Atwater Village connection.
Blonde on Blonde
Shut Up and Play the Hits
Crazy Clown Time
Good Day
This list grows with every episode. Sourced from all 303 transcripts in the archive. Watch the show to see what's next. See things I love.