Film Swap

Film Swap is the podcast for the adventurous film lover! Join David and Jonathan as they uncover those hidden gems and forgotten classics that you always wanted to see but didn't know it!

David and Jonathan swap films that were early career breakthroughs for major film stars. Both Bob Hoskins and Pierce Brosnan featured in John Mackenzie’s The Long Good Friday and a pre-fame Scarlett Johansson featured in Terry Zwigoff’s cult classic Ghost World. After you listen to the podcast, be sure to check out our ongoing series of Film Swap Factoids on our Youtube channel at @filmswap_podcas...

For your consideration: Jonathan and David take a closer look at two all time film classics of the 1950's that were nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars, but didn't win! Fred Zinnemann's High Noon and Sidney Lumet's 12 Angry Men. And if that's not enough to fill your ballot paper, they also drop quick takes on Netflix's Orson Welles documentary “They'll Love Me When I'm Dead” and the Indicator...

On their honour as gentlemen, David and Jonathan face off in a duel of great films as they discuss two all-time cinema classics: Ridley Scott's The Duellists and Masaki Kobayashi's Harakiri.

David and Jonathan feed their film addiction with a discussion of Thomas Vinterberg's Another Round (AKA Druk) and Gus Van Sant's Drugstore Cowboy. Plus, they drop quick takes on BBC Television's much talked about series drama Happy Valleys and King Hu's Wuxia Martial Arts masterpiece Dragon Inn.

What’s our motivation!  At the swap starting line, we introduce the show and kick off the conversation with a look at John Ford’s She Wore A Yellow Ribbon and Youssef Chahine’s Cairo Station.  Plus we drop some quick takes on Noah Baumbach’s White Noise and Béla Tarr’s Sátántangó.