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Associate Professor Bruce Isaacs
B.A., PhD
Chair of Discipline: Film Studies
Senior Lecturer
Senior Lecturer
Address
A20 - John Woolley Building
The University of Sydney
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Member of Sydney Environment Institute
I am interested in a wide range of film studies-related topics: histories of film (with a focus on Hollywood, though I have abiding interests in various ‘New Waves’ and movements), film aesthetics and style, critical approaches to film production, film and popular culture (including the relationship between film and other pop culture art forms such as television, literature and music). I am currently intrigued by various developments in High Concept Hollywood and its evolution of new aesthetic practices, including digital and 3D cinema.
- Film Aesthetics: the legitimacy of ‘Film Style’
- Realism and Spectacle
- American Cinema: Classical Hollywood/Hollywood Renaissance (late 60s to Coppola’s Apocalypse Now, 1979)/Hollywood High Concept Cinema
- Auteur Theory, Independence, New Aesthetic Sensibilities
- Digital Cinema and Aesthetics: ‘Future Cinema’
- Film Production Practice – with a focus on screenwriting as a literary and cinematic form
- Neobaroque Aestheticism in the Modern Genre Film: Sergio Leone, Brian De Palma, John Carpenter, Quentin Tarantino
- The Mechanics of continuity in the cinema of Michael Bay
- Screenwriting and the ‘cinematicality’ of a literary form
- Popular Culture Association of Australia and New Zealand. Current Film Area Chair for PopCAANZ.
- Sydney Film Festival – Film Advisory Panel
- Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS)
- Stereoscopic Media
- 2016 SUPRA Supervisor of the Year Award - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
- 2015: FASS Teaching Award (Excellence in Teaching Design and Practice)
- 2013: FASS Teaching Award (Excellence in Teaching Design and Practice)
| Project title | Research student |
|---|---|
| Whole New Worlds: The Effect of Simulation Technology on Post-Digital Cinema and Entertainment | Michael CHIAN |
| South Korean New Wave Cinema: multi-perspective minjunghwa film and '1029' film project | Seung Je KOH |
| The spirituality of affect in contemporary East Asian cinema: body intensity and digitality | Chenlei XIAO |
Selected publications
The Art of Pure Cinema: Hitchcock and His Imitators
(Oxford University Press, 2020)
The Orientation of Future Cinema: Technology, Aesthetics, Spectacle
(Bloomsbury Academic, 2013)
Toward a New Film Aesthetic
(Continuum, 2008)
Publications
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Books
- Isaacs, B. (2020). The Art of Pure Cinema: Hitchcock and His Imitators. New York: Oxford University Press. [More Information]
- Isaacs, B. (2013). The Orientation of Future Cinema: Technology, Aesthetics, Spectacle. London: Bloomsbury Academic. [More Information]
- Isaacs, B. (2008). Toward a New Film Aesthetic. United Kingdom: Continuum. [More Information]
Book Chapters
- Isaacs, B. (2024). The In-Between of Stage and Screen: "Rope" (1948), "Stage Fright" (1950), and "Dial M for Murder" (1954). In R. Barton Palmer and Homer B. Pettey (Eds.), Alfred Hitchcock and Film Noir: The Darker Side, (pp. 155-170). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. [More Information]
- Isaacs, B. (2018). The Body. In Jim Craddock, Barry Keith Grant (Eds.), Books to Film: Cinematic Adaptations of Literary Works, (pp. 31-34). Farmington Hills, Michigan: Gale Research Co. [More Information]
- Isaacs, B. (2016). Reality Effects: The Ideology of the Long Take in the Cinema of Alfonso Cuaron. In Julia Leyda, Shane Denson (Eds.), Post Cinema: Theorizing 21st-Century Film, (pp. 474-513). Falmer: REFRAME Books. [More Information]
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Journals
- Curtis, L., Isaacs, B., Mills, J., Scarparo, S., Vaughan, J. (2023). A Roundtable Discussion Pier Paolo Pasolini: Poetry, Politics, and Provocation. Framework: the journal of cinema and media, 64(1), 117-143. [More Information]
- Isaacs, B. (2023). Affective Itineraries in Images and Sounds: A Formal Analysis. Quarterly Review of Film and Video, 40(2), 257-273. [More Information]
- Isaacs, B. (2023). Pasolini's Poetic Image: Il vangelo secondo Matteo/The Gospel According to Matthew. Framework: the journal of cinema and media, 64(1), 8-24. [More Information]
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Edited Journals
- Bennett, B., Gurevitch, L., Isaacs, B. (2015). The Cinema of Michael Bay: Technology, Transformation, and Spectacle in the 'Post-Cinematic' Era. Senses of Cinema, 75(June 2015). [More Information]
Textual Creative Works
- Isaacs, B. (2005). The Land and Nightfall. Nebula, 2.1, (pp. 73 - 73). Australia: Samar Habib. [More Information]
Web Site / Exhibition
- Isaacs, B., Anderson, C., Isaacs, H. (2023). Film Versus Film: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) Versus Parasite (2019 Murder On The Orient Express (1974) Versus Knives Out (2018 The Taking of Pelham 123 (1974) Versus Die Hard (1988 The Revenge Of The Nerds (1984) Versus Booksmart (2019 The Conversation (1974) Versus The Lives Of Others (2006 Batman (1989) Versus The Dark Knight (2008 The Shining (1980) Versus It: Chapter One (2017 Wall Street (1987) Versus The Wolf Of Wall Street (2013 On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969) Versus No Time To Die (2021 The Thin Blue Line (1988) Versus Memories Of Murder (2003 The Toy (1982) Versus Green Book (2018 The Fly (1986) Versus Robocop (1987 FVF- Series 1 Wrap Up; Indiana Jones & The Dial Of Destiny (2023) Versus Mission: Impossible- Dead Reckoning Part One (2023 Oppenheimer (2023) Versus Barbie (2023 Opera (1987) Versus Suspiria (2018 Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022) Versus Spiderman: Across The Spiderverse (2023 Back To The Future (1985) Versus Arrival (2016 Peeping Tom (1960) Versus Psycho (1960 In The Mood For Love (2000) Versus Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019 Where Eagles Dare (1968) Versus Inglourious Basterds (2009 Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse (1991) Versus American Movie (1999 They Live (1988) Versus They Cloned Tyrone (2023 Unforgiven (1992) Versus The Power Of The Dog (2021 The Wicker Man (1973) Versus Midsommar (2019 Crocodile Dundee (1986) Versus Borat (2006 Blue Steel (1989) Versus The Departed (2006 The Wizard of Oz (1939) Versus The Matrix (1999 Draft Of The 10 Worst So Far..; Draft Of The 10 Best So Far..; Tales From Western Sydney; It’s A Wonderful Life (1946) Versus National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989 Draft of The Worst Best Picture Winners 2000-2024; Oscars Predictions and Best of 2024; Draft of The Best Best Picture Winners 2000-2024; The Princess Bride (1987) Versus Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (2004 Joker (2019) Versus Poor Things (2023). Film Versus Film, United States of America: PodBean. [More Information]
- Isaacs, B. (2021). Close-Up: Bernardo Bertolucci's The Conformist (1970). Close-Up: Rewatching film classics, Australia: The Conversation. [More Information]
- Isaacs, B. (2020). Close-Up: Inception, 2010. Close-Up: Rewatching film classics, Australia: The Conversation. [More Information]
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Magazine / Newspaper Articles
- Isaacs, B. (2023). The incredible creativity of William Friedkin: Oscars, box-office hits - and arthouse, experimental genre cinema. The Conversation. [More Information]
- Isaacs, B. (2022). Baz Luhrmann's Elvis is super-spangly, explosive, narratively unhinged - and an artistic triumph. The Conversation. [More Information]
- Isaacs, B. (2019). Pass the popcorn - Scorsese cinema boycott will shape the future of movies. The Conversation. [More Information]
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Reference Works
- Isaacs, B. (2018). James Cameron. In Krin Gabbard (Eds.), Oxford Bibliographies in Cinema and Media Studies. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. [More Information]
Other
- Isaacs, B. (2021), Raising The Bar: 'Hollywood Making And Breaking Culture'. [More Information]
- Isaacs, B. (2020), Corruption, hipsters and Hitchcock. Radio interview: ABC The Screen Show. [More Information]
- Isaacs, B. (2016), Bruce Isaacs. ABC Radio National. [More Information]
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2024
- Isaacs, B. (2024). The In-Between of Stage and Screen: "Rope" (1948), "Stage Fright" (1950), and "Dial M for Murder" (1954). In R. Barton Palmer and Homer B. Pettey (Eds.), Alfred Hitchcock and Film Noir: The Darker Side, (pp. 155-170). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. [More Information]
2023
- Curtis, L., Isaacs, B., Mills, J., Scarparo, S., Vaughan, J. (2023). A Roundtable Discussion Pier Paolo Pasolini: Poetry, Politics, and Provocation. Framework: the journal of cinema and media, 64(1), 117-143. [More Information]
- Isaacs, B. (2023). Affective Itineraries in Images and Sounds: A Formal Analysis. Quarterly Review of Film and Video, 40(2), 257-273. [More Information]
- Isaacs, B., Anderson, C., Isaacs, H. (2023). Film Versus Film: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) Versus Parasite (2019 Murder On The Orient Express (1974) Versus Knives Out (2018 The Taking of Pelham 123 (1974) Versus Die Hard (1988 The Revenge Of The Nerds (1984) Versus Booksmart (2019 The Conversation (1974) Versus The Lives Of Others (2006 Batman (1989) Versus The Dark Knight (2008 The Shining (1980) Versus It: Chapter One (2017 Wall Street (1987) Versus The Wolf Of Wall Street (2013 On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969) Versus No Time To Die (2021 The Thin Blue Line (1988) Versus Memories Of Murder (2003 The Toy (1982) Versus Green Book (2018 The Fly (1986) Versus Robocop (1987 FVF- Series 1 Wrap Up; Indiana Jones & The Dial Of Destiny (2023) Versus Mission: Impossible- Dead Reckoning Part One (2023 Oppenheimer (2023) Versus Barbie (2023 Opera (1987) Versus Suspiria (2018 Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022) Versus Spiderman: Across The Spiderverse (2023 Back To The Future (1985) Versus Arrival (2016 Peeping Tom (1960) Versus Psycho (1960 In The Mood For Love (2000) Versus Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019 Where Eagles Dare (1968) Versus Inglourious Basterds (2009 Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse (1991) Versus American Movie (1999 They Live (1988) Versus They Cloned Tyrone (2023 Unforgiven (1992) Versus The Power Of The Dog (2021 The Wicker Man (1973) Versus Midsommar (2019 Crocodile Dundee (1986) Versus Borat (2006 Blue Steel (1989) Versus The Departed (2006 The Wizard of Oz (1939) Versus The Matrix (1999 Draft Of The 10 Worst So Far..; Draft Of The 10 Best So Far..; Tales From Western Sydney; It’s A Wonderful Life (1946) Versus National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989 Draft of The Worst Best Picture Winners 2000-2024; Oscars Predictions and Best of 2024; Draft of The Best Best Picture Winners 2000-2024; The Princess Bride (1987) Versus Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (2004 Joker (2019) Versus Poor Things (2023). Film Versus Film, United States of America: PodBean. [More Information]
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2022
- Isaacs, B. (2022). Baz Luhrmann's Elvis is super-spangly, explosive, narratively unhinged - and an artistic triumph. The Conversation. [More Information]
2021
- Isaacs, B. (2021). Close-Up: Bernardo Bertolucci's The Conformist (1970). Close-Up: Rewatching film classics, Australia: The Conversation. [More Information]
- Isaacs, B. (2021), Raising The Bar: 'Hollywood Making And Breaking Culture'. [More Information]
2020
- Isaacs, B. (2020). Close-Up: Inception, 2010. Close-Up: Rewatching film classics, Australia: The Conversation. [More Information]
- Isaacs, B. (2020). Close-Up: JFK, 1991. Close-Up: Rewatching film classics, Australia: The Conversation. [More Information]
- Isaacs, B. (2020). Close-Up: World War Z, 2013. Close-Up: Rewatching film classics, Australia: The Conversation. [More Information]
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2019
- Isaacs, B. (2019). Close-Up: Rome, Open City (1945). Close-Up: Rewatching film classics, Australia: The Conversation. [More Information]
- Isaacs, B. (2019). Pass the popcorn - Scorsese cinema boycott will shape the future of movies. The Conversation. [More Information]
- Isaacs, B. (2019). The Part is Greater than the Whole: Montage as Fragment in Hitchcock, Argento and De Palma. Journal of Asia-Pacific Pop Culture, 4(1), 78-99. [More Information]
2018
- Isaacs, B. (2018). Close-up: 2001 - A Space Odyssey. Close-Up: Rewatching film classics, Australia: The Conversation. [More Information]
- Isaacs, B. (2018). Close-up: Back to the future. Close-Up: Rewatching film classics, Australia: The Conversation. [More Information]
- Isaacs, B. (2018). Close-up: Darren Aronofsky's Requiem for a Dream. Close-Up: Rewatching film classics, Australia: The Conversation. [More Information]
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2017
- Isaacs, B. (2017). Close up: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Close-Up: Rewatching film classics, Australia: The Conversation. [More Information]
- Isaacs, B. (2017). Close-Up: Jaws. Close-Up: Rewatching film classics, Australia: The Conversation. [More Information]
2016
- Isaacs, B. (2016), Bruce Isaacs. ABC Radio National. [More Information]
- Isaacs, B. (2016). Close-Up: The Passenger, 1975. Close-Up: Rewatching film classics, Australia: The Conversation. [More Information]
- Isaacs, B. (2016). Close-Up: Vertigo, 1958. Close-Up: Rewatching film classics, Australia: The Conversation. [More Information]
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2015
- Isaacs, B. (2015). Digital Performance: Demoscene and the Phenomenology of Digital Code. Empedocles: European Journal for the Philosophy of Communication, 5(1-2), 111-116. [More Information]
- Isaacs, B. (2015). Far From Folsom: Resurrecting the Spirit of Johnny Cash. The Conversation. [More Information]
- Bennett, B., Gurevitch, L., Isaacs, B. (2015). The Cinema of Michael Bay: Technology, Transformation, and Spectacle in the 'Post-Cinematic' Era. Senses of Cinema, 75(June 2015). [More Information]
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2014
- Isaacs, B. (2014). Nick Cave's '20000 Days on Earth' Opens the Sydney Film Festival. The Conversation. [More Information]
- Isaacs, B. (2014). The Image of Time in Post-Classical Hollywood: Donnie Darko and Southland Tales. In Warren Buckland (Eds.), Hollywood Puzzle Films, (pp. 198-213). London: Routledge. [More Information]
- Isaacs, B. (2014). Winners, Losers and Bruisers At This Year's Sydney Film Festival. The Conversation. [More Information]
2013
- Isaacs, B. (2013). The Orientation of Future Cinema: Technology, Aesthetics, Spectacle. London: Bloomsbury Academic. [More Information]
2012
- Isaacs, B. (2012). Cinema's Autonomous Image in Michelangelo Antonioni and Francis Ford Coppola. Sydney Studies in English, 38, 19-49.
2011
- Isaacs, B. (2011). Art, Image and Spectacle in High Concept Cinema. In Matthew Kapell, Steven McVeigh (Eds.), The films of James Cameron: critical essays, (pp. 90-108). Jefferson, NC: McFarland.
2010
- Isaacs, B. (2010). A Vision of a Time and Place: Spiritual Humanism and the Utopian Impulse. In Matthew Wilhelm Kapell (Eds.), Star Trek as Myth: Essays on Symbol and Archetype at the Final Frontier, (pp. 182-196). Jefferson, NC, United States of America: McFarland.
2009
- Isaacs, B. (2009). Screening 'Australia': Samson and Delilah. Screen Education, 2009 (54), 12-17.
- Isaacs, B. (2009). The Birth of a Nation: Living on the Land in Lucky Country. Metro Magazine, 2009 (161), 36-40.
2008
- Isaacs, B. (2008). Toward a New Film Aesthetic. United Kingdom: Continuum. [More Information]
2007
- Isaacs, B. (2007). The Cinematic Real: Aesthetics and Spectacle. Sydney Studies in English, 33, 96-124.
2006
- Isaacs, B. (2006). A Survey of Popular and Scholarly Receptions of the Star Wars Franchise. In Matthew Wilhelm Kapell, John Shelton Lawrence (Eds.), Finding the Force in the Star Wars Franchise: Fans, Merchandise, and Critics, (pp. 265-282). New York, United States of America: Peter Lang Publishing.
2005
- Isaacs, B. (2005). Non-Linear Narrative. In Nicholas Rombes (Eds.), New Punk Cinema, (pp. 126-138). Edinburgh, United Kingdom: Edinburgh University Press.
- Isaacs, B. (2005). The Land and Nightfall. Nebula, 2.1, (pp. 73 - 73). Australia: Samar Habib. [More Information]
2004
- Isaacs, B., Trost, T. (2004). "Story, Product, Franchsie: Images Of Postmodern Cinema. A Postmodern Cinema". A Postmodernist Redemption Myth with a Control-Freak Messianic Hero. In Matthew Kapell, William Doty (Eds.), Jacking in to the Matrix Franchise: Cultural Reception and Interpretation, (pp. 65-79). New York and London: Continuum.
- Isaacs, B. (2004). Popular Postmodernism: The Cultural Logic Of The Matrix. New Media Poetics: An International Fully Refereed e-Journal of Theory and Practice, 2004 (3), online-online.
Selected Grants
2014
- The Digital Image , Isaacs B, University of Sydney/Blended Learning Innovation Fund
2013
- Performing Genre: Industrial, Aesthetic and Ideological Formations in the Films of Sergio Leone, Dario Argento and Brian De Palma, Isaacs B, University of Sydney/Research Support Scheme
- Virtual Affect: The Immateriality of Bodies, Spaces and Times in Virtual Cinema Production , Isaacs B, University of Sydney/Film Studies Journal Incentive Grant
- Camera-Stylo: Intersections in Literature and Cinema, Isaacs B, Kelly D, Marks P, University of Sydney/Conference Seed Funding Scheme
- Mapping a Transnational Genre Aesthetic: Sergio Corbuccis Django (1966) and il Grande Silenzio (The Great Silence, 1968), Isaacs B, University of Sydney/Faculty Research Incubator
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In the media
- regular guest appearance on ABC Radio National 'The Bookshelf'
- 20/02/2025 - interviewed in The Age (print version): 'Not cool, but watchable. Welcome to Dad TV'
- 19/02/2025 - interviewed in The Sydney Morning Herald (syndicated across Nine newspapers): Not cool, but watchable. Welcome to Dad TV
- 17/01/2025 - interview on 702 ABC Sydney 'Afternoons' to talk about the impact of the late David Lynch
- 19/10/2024 - quoted in The Sydney Morning Herald: Bigger than the Fab Four and Swift: The Queen who rocked Sydney
- 18/07/2024 - quoted on ABC News: The story behind Hollywood's all-powerful studio logos as Netflix, streaming services force change
- 10/07/2024 - interviewed on 6PR 882 News Talk 'Breakfast with Gareth Parker' about the decline in popularity of cinemas
- 08/06/2024 - quoted on 9Now: Call for lower cinema prices as high-budget blockbusters fail to reel in moviegoers
- 15/05/2024 - interviewed on 702 ABC Sydney 'Mornings with Sarah Macdonald' to talk about the Mad Max "Universe"
- 15/05/2024 - interviewed on 702 ABC Sydney 'Mornings with Sarah Macdonald' to talk about onscreen chemistry Steven Carroll: dystopia, butter, murder
- 20/03/2024 - quoted on London Reviews: How Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind offered a warning about modern love and relationships
- 20/03/2024 - interviewed on 702 ABC Sydney 'Mornings with Sarah Macdonald' about box office flops and superhero movie fatigue
- 11/03/2024 - interviewed on 6PR 882 News Talk about the 2024 Oscars
- 06/03/2024 - interviewed on 702 ABC Sydney 'Mornings with Sarah Macdonald' about the sequel to the film Bladerunner
- 16/03/2024 - quoted in JoyOnline: How Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind offered a warning about modern love and relationships
- 06/03/2024 - interviewed on 702 ABC Sydney 'Mornings with Sarah Macdonald' about the movie Dune, and it's sequel
- 21/02/2024 - interviewed on 702 ABC Sydney 'Mornings with Sarah Macdonald' about tv shows versus movies
- 07/02/2024 - interviewed on 702 ABC Sydney 'Mornings with Sarah Macdonald' about film recommendations
- 28/01/2024 - interviewed on ABC News Online: The most iconic depictions of Elvis Presley from Jacob Elordi to Li'l Elvis
- 25/01/2024 - guest on 666 ABC Canberra to discuss to discuss nominations for the Oscars
- 24/01/2024 - guest on Triple M Port Hedland 94.1 to discuss nominations for the Oscars
- 22/01/2024 - interviewed on ABC Radio National about a popular novel Chain Gang All Stars
- 20/01/2024 - interviewed on ABC Radio National about about a popular novel 'Chain Gang All Stars'
- 18/01/2024 - interviewed on 702 ABC Sydney 'Mornings with Sarah Macdonald' about book to film adaptations
- 16/11/2023 - interviewed on 702 ABC Sydney 'Mornings with Sarah Macdonald' to talk about history and films
- 30/10/2023 - interviewed on ABC Great Southern(Western Australia) about the legacy of the TV show 'Friends'
- 19/10/2023 - guest on 702 ABC Sydney' Mornings with Sarah Macdonald' to discussing 'Killers of the Flower Moon'
- 05/10/2023 - interviewed on 702 ABC Sydney 'Mornings with Sarah Macdonald' to talk about geeky science films
- 15/08/2023 - The Conversation article republished on ScreenHub: The creativity of William Friedkin: from arthouse to Oscars
- 11/08/2023 - interviewed on radio ABC Radio Perthabout films currently showing in cinemas
- 09/08/2023 - article from The Conversation republished in Australian Arts Review: The incredible creativity of William Friedkin: Oscars, box-office hits - and arthouse, experimental genre cinema
- 22/07/2023 - interviewed in the Weekend Australian: Movie buffs in the pink at Barbenheimer boom
- 14/07/2023 - interviewed on ABC Radio Perth: How will the Hollywood actor's strike affect your favourite TV show
- 06/07/2023 - interviewed on ABC Newcastle: about the Barbie movie
- 01/07/2023 - quoted in The Age: Why Cruise could be film’s last action hero
- 30/06/2023 - interviewed on ABC Illawarra about the new Indiana Jones movie
- 15/06/2023 - interviewed on ABC Online: What are the best film soundtracks?
- 11/05/2023 - interviewed on ABC Radio Sydney about the Marvel film franchise
- 29/04/2023 - interviewed in The Saturday Age, Melbourne: Mother knows best: Working through horror films’ mummy issues
- 29/04/2023 - interviewed in 2GB about Jerry Springer
- 20/04/2023 - interviewed on ABC Radio Sydney: What is your favourite music film or documentary?
- 06/04/2023 - interviewed on ABC Radio National: Dystopia, satire, gladiators and gardeners: new fiction from Eleanor Catton and Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
- 01/04/2023 - interviewed on ABC Nightlife: Warner Bros: How four brothers changed global culture
- 05/03/2023 - interviewed in 9News.com.au: Diamonds may be forever, but some novels now finding themselves subject to change
- 20/02/2023 - interviewed in The Australian: No sex scenes please, we’re Gen Z and we’re prudish
- 02/02/2023 - interviewed on ABC Radio Sydney about changing perspectives in popular culture
- 19/01/2023 - interviewed on ABC Radio Sydney: How far will actors go to commit to a character?
- 19/01/2023 - interviewed on ABC Radio Sydney about screen culture for 2023
- 11/10/2022 - interviewed on ABC radio Sydney about the death of actor Angela Lansbury
- 30/09/2022 - interviewed in The Oz: Bruce Willis' next film may not actually star Bruce Willis
- 26/09/2022 - interviewed in The Oz: Who needs critical acclaim when you've got cash
- 16/09/2022 - interviewed on ABC Radio Sydney about the psychological complexity of Marilyn Monroe
- 21/07/2022 - interviewed on ABC Radio Sydney about the Hollywood career of Australian actor Toni Collette
- 08/07/2022 - interviewed on ABC Radio Sydney about film in the 1970s
- 27/06/2022 - quoted in The OZ: Should skinny actors play fat roles?
- 19/06/2022 - quoted in The Sydney Morning Herald: Mind the gap: Calling out movies pairing men with much younger women
- 03/05/2022 - guest on 2SER Breakfast: May the 4th be with you
- Bruce Isaacs reqularly posted articles on 'The Great Movie Scenes' and now on 'Close-up' See all of his articles here.
- 'Couch culture - six months’ worth of expert picks for what to watch, read and listen to in isolation' 19/03/2020
- 'Pass the popcorn - Scorsese cinema boycott will shape the future of movies' 08/11/2019
- 'The Sydney Symphony Orchestra brings The Godfather to life' 02/02/2015
Eastside Radio: 89.7 FM
Guest Presenter:
- “The Hollywood Musical” May 3, 2015
- “The Music of James Bond” April 3, 2015
- “The Music and Cinema of David Lynch” March 1, 2015
- “The Film Soundtrack” February 1, 2015
- Sydney University Researcher Talks Series
- "Future Cinema: Technology and Images" July 9, 2014
