Graham Swon Archives | Talkhouse

Unconscious Possibilities: Dream-state Movies

By Graham Swon | March 14, 2024

By Graham Swon | March 14, 2024

Unconscious Possibilities: Dream-state Movies

Graham Swon, whose new film, An Evening Song (for three voices), plays First Look in NYC this week, on his history with “cinematic hypnagogia.”

Horrors Far Beyond Mere Violence: On Schalcken the Painter

By Graham Swon | October 29, 2020

By Graham Swon | October 29, 2020

Horrors Far Beyond Mere Violence: On Schalcken the Painter

Writer-director Graham Swon shines a light on Leslie Megahey's vastly underseen "indirect horror" movie, a lost BBC gem from 1979.

A Culture of Violence: On Wes Craven’s Scream

By Graham Swon | October 30, 2019

By Graham Swon | October 30, 2019

A Culture of Violence: On Wes Craven’s Scream

The World is Full of Secrets writer-director Graham Swon on Wes Craven's genre-defining 1996 horror classic.