Gates and Luca Guadagnino had been friends for a few years before she arrived on the Boston set of “Challengers” for a bit part. He challenged her to write the script for “Atropia” in only ...

There’s an inherent farce to the U.S. government, or so Hailey Gates suggests in her debut feature film, Atropia. Based on her 2019 short film Shako Mako, Gates expands her exploration of fake ...

Notable past credits: As an actor, Gates has appeared in films like “Challengers” — which is how she connected with Guadagnino — and “Uncut Gems.” She hosted the Viceland series ...

“Uncut Gems” actress and filmmaker Hailey Gates had her plans for a documentary ... into an unconventional love story instead, and “Atropia” was born. The film, which premiered on Saturday ...

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 ...

There is no need to imagine. It is hard to believe that the world of facsimiles that Hailey Gates builds is not a product of pure fiction. “Atropia” was originally proposed as a documentary to ...

More a forced, one-note farce than the sharp satire it’s trying to be, “Atropia” is almost impressive ... scenarios that writer/director Hailey Gates takes us through. Even when it ...

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Before Hailey Gates made her Sundance-winning feature film “Atropia,” the young filmmaker was attempting to make a short film, “Shako Mako,” based on the real-life military training ...