Film Versus Film
A nerdy and fun comparison of two films by a Film Professor, Comedy Filmmaker and Cinephile who grew up together watching movies in the 90’s. Featuring Craig Anderson, Bruce Isaacs and Herschel Isaacs.
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Does the Oscar winner Greenbook do a better job of dealing with race then the Richard Pryor film The Toy? What do Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite and 70’s horror classic The Texas Chainsaw Massacre tell us about family? Is there any difference between Revenge Of The Nerds and Olivia Wilde’s Booksmart?
We’ll be exploring these questions and many more. We’ll also shout out to some of the Western Sydney institutes that made us love film. The video stores, drive-ins, and our public High School in the nineties!
Join Associate Professor of Film Studies at The University of Sydney, Bruce Isaacs, his identical twin brother and cinephile Herschel Isaacs, and comical filmmaker Craig Anderson, three nerds who grew up together loving movies.
Recorded on Gadigal country by three boys who grew up on Dharug land.
Presented in association with the University Of Sydney.
Episodes
Saturday Sep 20, 2025
Saturday Sep 20, 2025
All about the future, AI and robot women. One film is the directorial debut of an A24 darling, the other is almost 100 years old. Both films talk about class, technology and the creation myth. Join us as we look at Fritz Laing’s Metropolis and Alex Garland’s Ex Machina.
Saturday Sep 13, 2025
Saturday Sep 13, 2025
Check out the spectacle of The Wizard of Oz at the Las Vegas Sphere on social media, then join us for a brief discussion about this, and immersion in cinema. Regular episode next week.
Saturday Sep 06, 2025
Saturday Sep 06, 2025
Two films that are all about fidelity. One was a box office smash, that made deep waves throughout the cultural landscape of the 1980s, the other is the last film of a meticulous auteur that caused its two stars to break-up. Adrian Lynne’s Fatal Attraction and Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut.
Saturday Aug 23, 2025
Saturday Aug 23, 2025
Two of the best exponents of the body horror genre! One film is an under-appreciated, incest-riddled, TrashFest, and the other is an Oscar-nominated, hyper-realistic, indie smash. Both films use the body to present satirical narratives about class, family, capitalism and the patriarchy. Brian Yuzna’s Society and Coralie Fargaet’s The Substance.
Friday Aug 15, 2025
Friday Aug 15, 2025
We celebrate everything we loved about one of Australia's greatest film figures David Stratton. We also share what films we're covering this season.
Tuesday Nov 05, 2024
Tuesday Nov 05, 2024
A live recording from Hoyts cinema on the eve of the US Election, with special guest Dr David Smith from the US Studies Centre, discussing Alex Garland's Civil War (2024) and all things US Election. Featuring our three hosts- Bruce Isaacs, Craig Anderson & Herschel Isaacs, in a special live recording to complete the US Election Series. *This podcast does not represent the views of the US Studies Centre or The University of Sydney.
Sunday Oct 20, 2024
Sunday Oct 20, 2024
We’re looking at the way party aligned actors manipulate the narrative surrounding presidents and presidential candidates. One of these films is a star-studded hollywood comedy, and the other a fly-on-the-wall documentary. Yes, we’re looking at the D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus’ The War Room and Barry Levinson’s Wag The Dog.
Sunday Oct 20, 2024
Sunday Oct 20, 2024
This episode is all about conspiracies, or is it? Two films made twenty years apart, that bookend the grand period of US counterculture paranoia. One film is from the early sixties and introduced cinema audiences to the concept of brainwashing, and the other is a suspense-riddled thriller with an unlikely investigator. We’re discussing John Frankehimer’s The Manchurian Candidate and Brian De Palma’s Blow Out.
Sunday Oct 13, 2024
Sunday Oct 13, 2024
Two Oscar nominated comedies that tell us a lot about the US election. One is a prince and the pauper tale, the other a microcosm of election meddling. Join us as we discuss Ivan Reitman’s Dave and Alexander Payne’s Election.
Sunday Oct 06, 2024
Sunday Oct 06, 2024
Two films that deal with dramatic endings to leaderships. One is about the scandal that brought down US president Richard Nixon, the other is about the events that lead to the dismissal of Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam. One won four Oscars and the other three Logies. Yes, today we’re looking at Alan Pakula’s All The President's Men and Kennedy/ Miller’s TV Series’ The Dismissal.