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Mandoob (Night Courier) review – Saudi crime thriller delves into the secrets of Riyadh

Director Ali Kalthami shows the city as never before, through the eyes of a desperate delivery man negotiating a world of gangsters and illegal alcohol

The Guardian - UK · Sep 1, 2024

Mandoob (Night Courier) review – darkly amusing gig-economy satire on the mean streets of Riyadh

Director Ali Kalthami’s bleak and funny portrait of toxic masculinity was a massive hit in its home country of Saudi Arabia

The Guardian - UK · Aug 27, 2024

‘I felt like the gates of something huge had opened’: Ali Kalthami on his subversive new Saudi thriller

He has just made the highest-grossing Saudi film ever, about a delivery driver who muscles into illegal alcohol. But the edgy subject matter meant he had to fight to get it off the ground

The Guardian - UK · Aug 22, 2024