Alex Garland

Magnificently bloodthirsty: 28 Years Later reviewed

21 June 2025 9:00 am

First it was 28 Days Later (directed by Danny Boyle, 2002), then 28 Weeks Later  (Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, 2007) and…

The politics of horror

21 June 2025 9:00 am

Everyone forgets the actual opening scene of 28 Days Later, even though it’s deeply relatable, in that it features a…

Secrets of the dorm: Come and Get It, by Kiley Reid, reviewed

27 January 2024 9:00 am

An academic who also writes a column for a teen magazine eavesdrops on the conversations of rich university students and reproduces them for readers to sneer at