Meet Hala, a Pakistani American teenager who loves skateboarding and finds herself grappling with her parents’ strict cultural and religious upbringing. Her coming of age story is unveiled in the ...

Among the first feature films to arrive on the new streaming service Apple TV+ is Hala, a coming-of-age tale that premiered with a splash at Sundance earlier this year. The film, which followed the ...

A straightforward film about people we rarely get movies about, “Hala” is writer-director Minhal Baig’s sincerely dramatized evocation of a Muslim teenager’s evolving relationship with her Pakistani ...

Commentary: The coming-of-age film tells a relatable story about the struggle to form an identity, but perpetuates misconceptions about Muslims. Abrar's interests include phones, streaming, autonomous ...

A coming-of-age tale, a compelling directorial debut, and a slight corrective regarding both teen movies and the American Muslim experience, writer-director Minhal Baig’s Hala opens with the sound of ...

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 ...

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 ...

"Blockers" star Geraldine Viswanathan delivers an outstanding lead performance in Minhal Baig's semi-autobiographical coming-of-age story. The only child of immigrant parents, Hala is stuck between ...

Apple has purchased the rights to "Hala" a coming of age drama directed by Minhal Baig and produced by Jada Pinkett Smith, reports Variety. The movie premiered at the 2019 Sundance film festival, and ...

Hala are bold, beautiful landscape trees, great privacy screens and a perfect Hawaiian xeriscape plant — tough and "unthirsty." Hala can "drink" pure salt water and survive, but like us, they prefer ...