Swoon

Directed by Tom Kalin

The true story of gay lovers Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold Jr., who kidnapped and murdered a child in the early 1920s. The plot covers the crime, investigation, trial, and their final fate.
Tom Kalin’s Swoon revisits the Leopold and Loeb murder case with icy visual elegance and a deliberately provocative refusal to turn its gay killers into either monsters or martyrs. The stylisation can create emotional distance, but its intelligence and formal confidence make it a striking example of early New Queer Cinema.

Swoon

Directed by Tom Kalin

The true story of gay lovers Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold Jr., who kidnapped and murdered a child in the early 1920s. The plot covers the crime, investigation, trial, and their final fate.

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Tom Kalin’s Swoon revisits the Leopold and Loeb murder case with icy visual elegance and a deliberately provocative refusal to turn its gay killers into either monsters or martyrs. The stylisation can create emotional distance, but its intelligence and formal confidence make it a striking example of early New Queer Cinema.