In Saudi Arabia, women are deemed inferior, banned from driving, playing sports, voting, holding most jobs, and walking in public without permission. That ain’t right! But one woman there has, for the ...

Matt Goldberg has been an editor with Collider since 2007. As the site's Chief Film Critic, he has authored hundreds of reviews and covered major film festivals including the Toronto International ...

Remember the name “Wadjda.” It belongs to a 10-year-old Saudi girl who wants nothing more than to own a bicycle, a desire so intense that she decides to compete in a Koran-reciting contest, even ...

Haifaa Al-Mansour may not have intended to base the titular character of her film, Wadjda, on herself, but given Al-Mansour's experience as the first female Saudi Arabian filmmaker, she certainly ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The critically acclaimed new movie Wadjda is not just the first feature-length motion ...

Who: With Waad Mohammed, Reem Abdullah, Sultan al-Assaf. Directed by Haifaa Al-Mansour. Rated: Not rated. Running time: 98 minutes. When: Opens Friday. Where: Cedar Lee Theatre, 2163 Lee Road in ...

“Wadjda,” a film about a resourceful young tomboy, has been selected as Saudi Arabia’s official submission for the Oscars’ foreign language category, the first time the country has submitted a film ...

Saudi Arabia’s new national film organization the Saudi Film Council is supporting its first feature in the shape of Wadja director Haifaa Al-Mansour’s upcoming The Perfect Candidate. The movie will ...

The film's focusing on a young girl's symbolic quest for freedom was possibly considered a cliché in the wake of such affecting Iranian New Wave entries as The White Balloon (1995) and The Apple (1998 ...

Wadjda tells the story of a 10-year-old Saudi girl determined to have a bicycle in a culture that frowns on female riding. Writer-director Haifaa al-Mansour says she wanted to put a human face on the ...

‘Wadjda” has made history, so you’d be hearing about the film even if it weren’t any good. It’s the first movie filmed entirely in Saudi Arabia; it’s the first made by a female Saudi director; and ...