“Atropia” never takes real shots at any of its sinister realities; it attempts to merely coast off the premise and the charm of the cast.

War remains one of this nation’s most profitable exports, and in Atropia, which premiered at Sundance, Gates attempts to satirize the goings-on at this role-playing facility through the eyes of ...

In writer-director Hailey Gates’ directorial debut Atropia, she dives into the Bush-era culture of toxic masculinity, nationalism and Islamophobia with an amusing and profoundly absurdist sense ...

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“Atropia” is a story driven by its characters, who are blindly pushed to support a war that they don’t understand in the name of patriotism. Beyond somehow protecting U.S. citizens, nobody in Atropia ...

Weaving absurdism and romance, “Atropia” interrogates the Western perspective of the Middle East. Directed by Hailey Gates, the war satire film premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.

This is Atropia, the fictional town named after a very real military training camp in the Nevada desert. It’s the subject of Hailey Gates’ new film of the same name, ...

The Sundance Film Festival announced its 2025 awards during a ceremony in Park City, Utah, on Friday. “Atropia,” directed by Hailey Gates, won the U.S. dramatic competition’s grand jury ...

Memento International has boarded "Atropia," the directorial feature of “Uncut Gems” actor Hailey Gates, produced by 'Queer' director Luca Guadagnino.

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PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — The war satire “Atropia,” about actors in a military role-playing facility, won the grand jury prize in the Sundance Film Festival’s U.S. dramatic competition, ...

Alia Shawkat, from left, Hailey Gates and Callum Turner attend the premiere of "Atropia" during the Sundance Film Festival on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025, at the Eccles Theatre in Park City, Utah.