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Deep Dive Film School

Adam Palcher and Adam Sherlockwww.youtube.com
Every Friday we review films that are part of our non-stop festivals. These festivals will cover a treasure trove of topics about film history from famous directors to genres to modern classics and punishment reviews. We are here to dive deep into each film and educate ourselves and you along the way. And what better way to have these discussions than with old friends. Adam Sherlock and Adam Palcher had a podcast since 2007 named A Damn Movie Podcast with over 300 episodes, in 2019 we decided to rebrand into Deep Dive Film School. Our brotherly love is a huge part of the show and we want to share that with you while we drink, curse, laugh and dissect our love of movies. We do SPOIL in most every episode so please be aware! Please subscribe and you can email us at deepdivefilmschool@gmail.com or hit us up on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter. Enjoy! *We are not an actual accredited film school, it's just a clever name.

Episodes

8 1/2 | Movies About Movies Festival

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!

Mar 03, 202529 min

Sundance 2025 + Top & Flops of 2024

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/@deepdivefilmschoo...

Feb 13, 202539 min

That One Scene From...The Royal Tenenbaums

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/deepdivefilm...

Jan 23, 202515 min

The Fabelmans | Movies About Movies Festival

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!

Jan 11, 202535 min

That One Scene From...True Romance

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...

Dec 21, 202415 min

Albert Brooks Festival | Defending My Life

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!

Dec 12, 202425 min

That One Scene From...Eyes Wide Shut

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...

Nov 25, 202419 min

Defending Your Life | Albert Brooks Festival

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!

Nov 14, 202437 min

That One Scene From...It Follows

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/deep...

Oct 31, 202416 min

Lost In America | Albert Brooks Festival

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!

Oct 30, 202431 min

That One Scene From...The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

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/deepdivefilmsc...

Oct 29, 202417 min

Modern Romance | Albert Brooks Festival

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!

Sep 25, 202432 min

That One Scene From...Training Day

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...

Sep 15, 202417 min

Real Life | Albert Brooks Festival

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!

Sep 03, 202424 min

That One Scene From...Alien

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...

Aug 17, 202416 min

Strange Days | Forgotten Gems

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 interac...

Aug 02, 202431 min

That One Scene From...Stand By Me

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. Fol...

Jul 17, 202416 min

12 Monkeys | Cyberpunk Festival

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!

Jul 09, 202430 min

That One Scene From... The Orphanage

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!

Jun 23, 202416 min

Akira | Cyberpunk Festival

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!

Jun 04, 202431 min

That One Scene From...Se7en

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:...

May 13, 202420 min

Blade Runner 2049 | Cyberpunk Festival

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!

May 05, 202443 min

That One Scene From...Teen Witch

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...

Apr 13, 202414 min

Dark City | Cyberpunk Festival

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!

Apr 04, 202435 min

That One Scene From...The Hangover

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.you...

Mar 23, 202412 min

Master Of Disguise | Punishment Review

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!

Mar 18, 202434 min

That One Scene From... The Karate Kid

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!

Feb 29, 202421 min

Sundance 2024 Recap

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: http...

Feb 17, 202417 min

Tokyo Story | Ozu Film Festival

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...

Feb 03, 202435 min

Best & Worst Movies of 2023

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!

Jan 25, 202440 min