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
Monday Sep 18, 2023
Monday Sep 18, 2023
Today we’re looking at two ground-breaking horror films from the year 1960. Both films ushered in new eras of what was acceptable in the world of cinema, from morals and censorship, to form and the representation of serial killers, to the complicity of the audience. One film destroyed the director’s career, the other cemented the director as the greatest auteur of the 20th century.
Monday Sep 11, 2023
Monday Sep 11, 2023
Today we compare what many consider to be the best time travel film of all time to the Oscar-winning story of Aliens who teach a linguist how time doesn't work.
Monday Sep 04, 2023
Monday Sep 04, 2023
We're back for S02 with multiple multi-verses! A superhero 'cartoon', versus a bizarre sci-fi comedy that won 7 Oscars! What do these two films have in common? And what does the “multiverse” actually mean in a post-truth, post-science world?
Sunday Aug 20, 2023
Sunday Aug 20, 2023
Today it's high concept horror versus low-rent slasher with Dario Argento’s Opera Versus Lucia Gudagino’s 2018 remake of Argento’s most famous film Suspiria. A very special episode in honor of the Randwick Ritz Cinema and the Italian Cultural Institute of Sydney’s celebration of filmmaker Dario Argento.
Sunday Jul 30, 2023
Sunday Jul 30, 2023
Our special BarbieHeimer episode! One is about an iconic doll brought to life, and the other is about the biggest weapon of mass destruction of all time. Both films are about a huge cultural figure that defined the 20th century. Both films are about a character dealing with a giant ontological shift in their world, and both films are made by extremely well regarded auteurs. Individual discussions for each film begin at Oppenheimer (9:55) and Barbie (38:16).
Thursday Jul 20, 2023
Thursday Jul 20, 2023
Two of the most beloved nostalgic franchises of all-time go head to head in this battle of the blockbusters. How will these two films perform at the box office and which film does the best job of carrying the torch into the 2020’s?
Monday Jun 12, 2023
Monday Jun 12, 2023
We discuss our plans for Series 2, a new format, upcoming blockbuster reviews and reveal a very funny and possibly tragic outtake.
Monday Jun 05, 2023
Monday Jun 05, 2023
In our Series 1 finale, join us for two intense Sci-Fi Action interrogations of the body & technology as we compare Verhoven’s ultra-violent RoboCop (1987) to Cronenberg’s body horror The Fly(1986).
Monday May 29, 2023
Monday May 29, 2023
We take a look at two very different and flawed interrogations of race, the Richard Pryor comedy The Toy (1982) and Oscar Winner for Best Picture Green Book (2018).
Monday May 22, 2023
Monday May 22, 2023
Join us as we compare two amazing examples of true-crime storytelling with the granddaddy of murder-documentaries in Errol Morris’ The Thin Blue Line (1988) and Bong Joon Ho’s personal message to a serial killer with Memories of Murder (2003).