On a weekday night in Riyadh, close to 10 p.m., the lobby of a newly built multiplex hums with the low roar of a city that has discovered the movies. Teenagers cluster around concession stands, families drift toward escalators, and showtimes stretch deep into the early hours — 1 a.m., 2 a.m., even later — timed to a climate that keeps life indoors until after dark. Inside one auditorium, a late screening of 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple unspools before a mixed crowd. The graphic, R-rated horror film embraces themes of satanism and references to a notorious British pedophile. But a woman in a burka settles into her seat, apparently unperturbed, balancing popcorn and a drink discreetly beneath the fabric. She watches without hesitation as the gore plays out onscreen. The only overt censorship involves nudity — a particularly well-endowed zombie, naked in the original, is given a discreet
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