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“M3GAN 2.0” Is a Victim of Inflation

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story With “M3GAN 2.0,” the franchising of the 2022 sci-fi-horror mashup “M3GAN” suffers from sequelitis. At least it shows its symptoms clearly: inflammation and swelling. In the first film, Gemma (Allison Williams),…

The Shrewdly Regenerative Apocalypse of “28 Years Later”

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Perhaps because cannibalism comes with the territory, the zombie movie has proved uncommonly immune to a certain strain of critical attack: the kind that instinctively finds fault with the derivative. This…

Glory and Gore in “Afternoons of Solitude”

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story You don’t have to like bullfighting to watch “Afternoons of Solitude” with fascination, any more than you have to like crime to enjoy a film noir. Full disclosure: I squeamishly watch…

An Enduring Archive of Queer Writers’ Portraits

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story “When I was ten years old, I looked up the word ‘homosexual’ in the family dictionary,” Robert Giard writes in the introduction to his book “Particular Voices.” “Symbolic act: I’ve been…

“The Gilded Age” Is a Poor Man’s Period Drama

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story In the HBO drama “The Gilded Age,” the characters are keenly aware that they live in interesting times. Early in the series, which is set in the eighteen-eighties, an estate lawyer…