Deep Dive Film School

This week we have a bonus episode to our Movies About Movies Festival with Tom DiCillo's 90's meta indie love story to independent filmmaking and a true forgotten gem. A fascinating execution with hilarious outcomes. Great discussion for a great movie!

This week we deep dive into the scene reveal of Tim Curry's Darkness in Ridley Scott's underrated 1985 film Legend. Make sure to play along with each festival and leave comments so we can interact with you and remember to subscribe to the channel if you like what you see. Follow us for more interaction and content: INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/deepdivefilmschool YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/deepdivefilmschool TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@deepdivefilmschool LETTERBOXD: https://letterboxd.com/adampalcher Join our growing community for new videos every week! 

This week we dive into our 4th installment of our Movies About Movies Festival with quite possibly Tim Burton's best film in his 1994 biopic with Johnny Depp, Ed Wood. What a fun rewatch and a great conversation. Enjoy!

This week we dive into the wild and intense Russian Roulette scene from Michael Cimino's debut film about a group of young men from Pennsylvania getting shipped to Vietnam and realizing that war is not everything they signed up for. Fascinating scene and conversation. Enjoy!

This week end our Movies About Movies Festival with an underrated 90's comedy with arguably the 2 funniest men of their generation in Steve Martin's and Eddie Murphy's first time working together in the 1999 Frank Oz film Bowfinger. A scrappy director follows his dream of making that one great film while the big Hollywood actor is scared of his own shadow. Truly hilarious stuff folks!

This week we dive into the famous 4th wall scene from Spike Lee's important 1989 film, Do The Right Thing. Mookie and Pino discuss all things racial in their society while as Lee creates a trope he'd end up using for decades in his films. Great conversation! Make sure to play along with each festival and leave comments so we can interact with you and remember to subscribe to the channel if you like what you see. Follow us for more interaction and content: INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/deepdivefilmschool YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/deepdivefilmschool TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@deepdivefilmschool LETTERBOXD: https://letterboxd.com/adampalcher Join our growing community for new videos every week!

This week we dive into our 2nd installment of the Movies About Movies Festival with Federico Fellini's 1963 odd masterpiece 8 1/2. A film about a struggling filmmaker who has too many expectations and resorts to his dreams and fantasies to give him direction. What a ride! Enjoy!

This week Palcher goes through his 5 favorite films of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. Then the boys get into the best and worst of 2024. Enjoy! Make sure to play along with each festival and leave comments so we can interact with you and remember to subscribe to the channel if you like what you see. Follow us for more interaction and content: INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/deepdivefilmschool  YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/deepdivefilmschool TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@deepdivefilmschool LETTERBOXD: https://letterboxd.com/adampalcher Join our growing community for new videos every week!

This week we dive into the intro and opening scene of Wes Anderson's lovely 2001 film The Royal Tenenbaums. We examine all the luxurious ways he handle every aspect of film and what he can accomplish with a budget. Fantastic movie and discussion. Enjoy! Make sure to play along with each festival and leave comments so we can interact with you and remember to subscribe to the channel if you like what you see. Follow us for more interaction and content: INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/deepdivefilmschool YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/deepdivefilmschool TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@deepdivefilmschool LETTERBOXD: https://letterboxd.com/adampalcher Join our growing community for new videos every week!

This week we begin our Movies About Movies Festival with Steven Spielberg's autobiographical film The Fabelman's, an honest retelling of his childhood and how he fell in love with movies. A perfect opening film for this show. Enjoy the conversation!  

This week we dive into the epic scene from the 1993 Tony Scott film True Romance. This is the scene where Gary Oldman won us over for a lifetime playing Drexel to Christian Slater's Clarence. What a scene! What a movie! What a conversation! Enjoy! Make sure to play along with each festival and leave comments so we can interact with you and remember to subscribe to the channel if you like what you see.  Follow us for more interaction and content: INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/deepdivefilmschool YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/deepdivefilmschool TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@deepdivefilmschool Join our growing community for new videos every week! 

This week we have a bonus episode! This is the documentary that inspired our Albert Brooks Festival and we wanted to share our thoughts with you about the doc itself, how it changed our view of Albert after the festival and celebrate what a damn comedic prodigy he really was. Enjoy!

This week we delve into the wild mind of the one and only Stanley Kubrick. We discuss his final movie, Eyes Wide Shut, and the intensity and horror that is felt as Tom Crusie's character William gets more than he bargained for when he's invited to a party. You know the scene, we all know the scene. Great movie and conversation! Enjoy! Make sure to play along with each festival and leave comments so we can interact with you and remember to subscribe to the channel if you like what you see. Follow us for more interaction and content: INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/deepdivefilmschool  YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/deepdivefilmschool TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@deepdivefilmschool Join our growing community for new videos every week!

This week we close out our Albert Brooks Festival with his underrated 1991 classic, Defending Your Life. A fascinating story of a man between worlds after he gets hit by a bus. This after life brings him something he's never felt before, calm and joy but also angst as he has to defend his life to prove he's worthy of moving on. Great film and conversation, enjoy!

Happy Halloween! This week we dive into a wonderful example of exposition in horror with the infection scene from David Robert Mitchell's 2014 horror throwback, It Follows. Great scene and conversation! Enjoy! Make sure to play along with each festival and leave comments so we can interact with you and remember to subscribe to the channel if you like what you see. Follow us for more interaction and content:  INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/deepdivefilmschool  YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/deepdivefilmschool TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@deepdivefilmschool Join our growing community for new videos every week! 

In the third installment of our Albert Brooks festival, we break down the 1985 road trip comedy about a mid-thirties couple quitting society and living off their life savings in a Winnebago. A hilarious take on societal norms. mid-life crisis and the trouble of marrying a gambler. Great movie and conversation! Enjoy!

This week we break the classic ending to the Sergio Leone's 1966 spaghetti western masterpiece The Good, The Bad And The Ugly. A tale of bounty hunters on a quest for hidden treasure buried in a secret place. Wow, what a scene! Enjoy the conversation! Make sure to play along with each festival and leave comments so we can interact with you and remember to subscribe to the channel if you like what you see.  Follow us for more interaction and content: INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/deepdivefilmschool  YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/deepdivefilmschool TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@deepdivefilmschool Join our growing community for new videos every week! 

This week we continue our Albert Brooks festival with our second installment, Modern Romance from 1981. Written, directed and acted all by Brooks himself we get a self loathing, selfish man who is too into his own world and his own problems to truly face what's actually affecting his relationship with his patient girlfriend. Enjoy the conversation!

This week we break down the intense card table scene from the dominating cop drama, Training Day, by Antoine Fuqua. With Denzel playing him like a fool, Ethan Hawke brings the intensity in this is emotional rollercoaster of a scene that leaves you unsettled. Enjoy the conversation! Make sure to play along with each festival and leave comments so we can interact with you and remember to subscribe to the channel if you like what you see. Follow us for more interaction and content: INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/deepdivefilmschool YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/deepdivefilmschool TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@deepdivefilmschool Join our growing community for new videos every week! #deepdivefilmschool #trainingday #trainingdayreview #moviereview #movieessay #movie #film #filmreview #filmessay #filmreviews #moviereviews #filmessays #movieessays #movie #film #filmanalysis #movieaddict trainingdaymovie #trainiingdayfilm #moviesaboutcops #copmovies #cop #police

This week we kick off our newest festival where we explore the comedic mind of Albert Brooks in his directional debut, 1979's Real Life. A story about a reality show hosted and starring Albert Brooks as a heightened paranoid version of himself trying to direct this family during the greatest show of all, LIFE! Enjoy the conversation!

This week we break down the famous chest bursting scene from Ridley Scott's 1979 sci-fi classic, the first in the series, the original Alien. Wow, what a scene and so many stories surrounding it. Great conversation too. Enjoy! Make sure to play along with each festival and leave comments so we can interact with you and remember to subscribe to the channel if you like what you see. Follow us for more interaction and content: INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/deepdivefilmschool YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/deepdivefilmschool TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@deepdivefilmschool Join our growing community for new videos every week!

This week we offer an extension to our Cyberpunk Film Festival with the one and only Kathryn Bigelow and her underrated end of the century thriller Strange Days from 1995. Where a former cop turned street-hustler accidentally uncovers a conspiracy in Los Angeles in 1999. What a movie and what a conversation! Enjoy! Make sure to play along with each festival and leave comments so we can interact with you and remember to subscribe to the channel if you like what you see. Follow us for more interaction and content: INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/deepdivefilmschool YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/deepdivefilmschool TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@deepdivefilmschool Join our growing community for new videos every week! #deepdivefilmschool #moviereview #strangedays #movieessay #movie #film #filmreview #filmessay #filmreviews #moviereview #filmessays #movieessays #movie #film #filmanalysis #movieaddict #cyberpunk #cyberpunkfilmfestival #kathrynbigelow #strangedaysmoviereview #review #kathrynbigelowstrangedays #strangerthings

This week we break down the famous barfing scene from Rob Reiner's 1986 film Stand By Me, adapted originally from Stephen King's short story, The Body. Taking a break for searching for the body Gordy tells the story of a small town kid named Davey, getting revenge in the grossest way possible. What a scene and what a conversation! Enjoy! Make sure to play along with each festival and leave comments so we can interact with you and remember to subscribe to the channel if you like what you see. Follow us for more interaction and content: INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/deepdivefilmschool YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/deepdivefilmschool TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@deepdivefilmschool Join our growing community for new videos every week!

This week we end out our Cyberpunk Festival with an absolute gem from 1995. Terry Gilliam brings us into a post apocalyptic world filled with disease and famine. James Cole (Bruce Willis) is sent back in time to stop the disease and save the world. Amazing cast in this one and it's pure Gilliam. Enjoy the convo!

This week we dive into the criminally underrated Spanish horror film from 2007, J.A. Bayona's directorial debut and a great haunted house movie, The Orphanage. A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage for handicapped children. This seance scene is well worth the great discussion! Enjoy!

This week we dive into our third installment of our Cyberpunk Film Festival with the global phenomenon that is Akira. The 1988 film created by Katsuhiro Ôtomo goes inside a strange and futuristic world in peril from a military project that goes awry and where the future of Neo-Tokyo is in question. Enjoy the conversation!

This week we dive into the classic ending from David Fincher's 1995 murder mystery Se7en. What's in the box? Listen to the great conversation of Adam & Adam breakdown this truly epic and defining scene of 90's movie history. Enjoy! Make sure to play along with each festival and leave comments so we can interact with you and remember to subscribe to the channel if you like what you see.  Follow us for more interaction and content: INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/deepdivefilmschool YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/deepdivefilmschool TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@deepdivefilmschool Join our growing community for new videos every week! 

This week we continue our Cyberpunk Film Festival with Denis Villeneuve's sequel to the sci-fi classic Blade Runner with Blade Runner 2049. We see this world through the eyes of K, played by Ryan Gosling, as he investigates this world and questions what's real and what's not in this masterpiece. Enjoy the convo!

This week we dive deep into the famous Top That rap scene from 1989's Teen Witch. We discuss the ridiculousness of the scene, the history behind it and what caused it to have a second life and becoming a viral sensation in the internet age. This thing is dripping of the 80's! Enjoy the conversation and our first punishment review scene breakdown. Make sure to play along with each festival and leave comments so we can interact with you and remember to subscribe to the channel if you like what you see. Follow us for more interaction and content: INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/deepdivefilmschool YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/deepdivefilmschool TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@deepdivefilmschool Join our growing community for new videos every week!

This week have our first installment of our Cyberpunk Film Festival. We begin with the 1998 Alex Proyas directed Dark City. A strange world full of distant memories and Strangers lurking about. Underrated movie and great conversation, enjoy!

The week we dive into the famous "next morning" scene from Todd Phillips 2009 classic drunk comedy The Hangover. We discuss the brilliant gags, setups and laughs through this scene and the movie itself. Great convo, enjoy! Make sure to play along with each festival and leave comments so we can interact with you and remember to subscribe to the channel if you like what you see. Follow us for more interaction and content: INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/deepdivefilmschool YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/deepdivefilmschool TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@deepdivefilmschool Join our growing community for new videos every week!

This week we discuss the truly and offensively bad Dana Carvey vehicle Master of Disguise from the early 2000's. We dive into the ridiculous plot, the lazy joke telling, and the endlessly painful and unwatchable impressions Carvey has in his bag. This is an epic takedown and conversation, enjoy!

This week we dive into that one scene from the epic 80's sports movie, The Karate Kid. A life changing movie from our childhood was so fun to revisit and discuss the sand the floor scene as the culmination of the film. Great convo, enjoy!

This week Palcher covers his 2024 Sundance Film Festival experience. We discuss the major themes of the festival this year and discuss all great films that came out this year. Enjoy!  Make sure to play along with each festival and leave comments so we can interact with you and remember to subscribe to the channel if you like what you see. Follow us for more interaction and content: INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/deepdivefilmschool YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/deepdivefilmschool TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@deepdivefilmschool Join our growing community for new videos every week!

This week we end out our Yasujirô Ozu Film Festival with his most adored film from 1953, Tokyo Story. His most retrospective film about elderly grandparents visiting their kids only to be ignored and pawned off. This is a call your grandma movie. Enjoy the conversation! Make sure to play along with each festival and leave comments so we can interact with you and remember to subscribe to the channel if you like what you see. Follow us for more interaction and content: INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/deepdivefilmschool YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/deepdivefilmschool TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@deepdivefilmschool Join our growing community for new videos every week!

This episode Palcher dives into his top 5 films of 2023 and Sherlock dives into his top 5 films he glad he didn't see, kind of. Awesome year for movies! Great conversation, enjoy!

This week we continue to dive into the wonderful world of Yasujirô Ozu with his 1949 film Late Spring about young Noriko gets societal pressure to marry but battles with her desire to continue to take care of her ailing father. Amazing Ozu and great conversation! Enjoy!

This week we dive into our scene breakdown of the cumulative 90's action film from the great James Cameron, Terminator 2: Judgement Day. We discuss the classic chase scene through the city into the aqueducts of LA. You know the scene! This was a great conversation about a movie we both truly love. Enjoy! Make sure to play along with each festival and leave comments so we can interact with you and remember to subscribe to the channel if you like what you see.  Follow us for more interaction and content: INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/deepdivefilmschool YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/deepdivefilmschool TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@deepdivefilmschool Join our growing community for new videos every week!

This week we continue our our Yasujirô Ozu festival with our second installment, his 1951 film, Early Summer. The story of a mid 30's Japanese women who is still unmarried as her family begins to immense pressure on her to follow the cultural and societal norms. Enjoy the conversation!

This week we dive into one of the many classic scenes from the original 1988 (Christmas?) film Die Hard, directed by John McTiernan. We chose the "Ho ho ho, now I have a gun" scene. We discuss the origins of John McClane, his effect on future action stars, how smart of a character he is and the ultimate question, is Die Hard a Christmas movie? Enjoy the conversation!

This week we dive into first episode of the inspiring Japanese filmmaker, Yasujirô Ozu. We discuss his 1959 film Floating Weeds about a traveling actor of a famous kabuki show tries to re-kindle a life with his son who doesn't know who he really is. Fascinating director and conversation. Enjoy!

This week we dive into the classic rooftop finale of one of the best sci-fi films of the 80's, Ridley Scott's Blade Runner. We discuss the build up to this scene, the atmosphere of the movie and Rutger Hauer's memorable performance. Enjoy the convo! Make sure to play along with each festival and leave comments so we can interact with you and remember to subscribe to the channel if you like what you see. Follow us for more interaction and content: INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/deepdivefilmschool YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/deepdivefilmschool TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@deepdivefilmschool Join our growing community for new videos every week!

This week we have a bonus episode from our Stand-Up Film Festival. We dive into the 1988 romantic comedy film Punchline from David Seltzer. Tom Hanks and Sally Field play two comedians in very different stages of their careers finding a way to bond and perfect their craft. Really fun conversation. Enjoy!

This week we delve into the absolutely classic horror movie from Tobe Hooper from 1974, the original The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. We discuss the film as a staple for horror and breakdown the intro of Leatherface and the complete 180 this movie does once this scene happens. Enjoy the conversation! Make sure to play along with each festival and leave comments so we can interact with you and remember to subscribe to the channel if you like what you see.  Follow us for more interaction and content: INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/deepdivefilmschool YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/deepdivefilmschool TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@deepdivefilmschool Join our growing community for new videos every week!

This week we end out our Stand-Up Film Festival with the one and only Bob Fosse and his biopic of the late and great Lenny Bruce. Lenny was made in a unique style that only Fosse can execute. This was a absolutely fascinating movie and outstanding discussion. Enjoy!

This we week examine the ninja sword burglar scene from Ang Lee's fantastical masterpiece 2000's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. We get the reveal of the magic of the movie in this scene and discuss the importance Chinese cinema in American pop culture in the early 2000's. Enjoy! Make sure to play along with each festival and leave comments so we can interact with you and remember to subscribe to the channel if you like what you see. Follow us for more interaction and content: INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/deepdivefilmschool YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/deepdivefilmschool TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@deepdivefilmschool Join our growing community for new videos every week! 

In the third installment of our Stand-Up Film Festival we discuss the Kumail Nanjiani wild real-life story, The Big Sick. A bad break up gets turned on it's head with a hospital visit and the clashing cultural norms of Pakistan and America get exposed. Great discussion! Enjoy!

The week we examine the classic and hilarious fake orgasm scene from the 1989 Rob Reiner rom-com, When Harry Met Sally. We discuss why this is as close to the perfect comedic scene there is out there. Enjoy! Make sure to play along with each festival and leave comments so we can interact with you and remember to subscribe to the channel if you like what you see.  Follow us for more interaction and content: INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/deepdivefilmschool  YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/deepdivefilmschool TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@deepdivefilmschool Join our growing community for new videos every week!

In the second installment of our Stand-Up Film Festival we discuss the underrated Scorsese film, The King Of Comedy. Rupert Pupkin, a delusional and threatening comedian is desperate to make it big and goes to uncomfortable lengths to befriend Jerry Langford and gets a spot on his nightly talk show. Great discussion! Enjoy!

This week we dive into the T-rex reveal scene from the original 1993's Spielberg classic and practical CGI powerhouse, the one and only Jurassic Park. Enjoy the conversation about one of our most nostalgic movies. Make sure to play along with each festival and leave comments so we can interact with you and remember to subscribe to the channel if you like what you see.  Follow us for more interaction and content: INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/deepdivefilmschool YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/deepdivefilmschool TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@deepdivefilmschool Join our growing community for new videos every week! 

This week begin a new film festival, movies about stand-up comedy! We're very excited for this festival and we kick off with Mike Birbiglia's movie adaptation of his one-man show Sleepwalk With Me. We delve into what it takes to be a comedian and the apathy of life that follows you. Enjoy! Make sure to play along with each festival and leave comments so we can interact with you and remember to subscribe to the channel if you like what you see. Follow us for more interaction and content: INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/deepdivefilmschool YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/deepdivefilmschool TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@deepdivefilmschool Join our growing community for new videos every week!