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 towns ...

“Atropia” is a masterfully dark satire because of how loud its subtleties are whilst remaining laugh-out-loud hilarious. With ...

Actress and journalist Hailey Gates makes her feature debut as a writer-director with the satirical Atropia, an unfunny ...

The winners of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival include Dylan O'Brien's 'Twinless,' the comedy 'Atropia' and the documentary ...

"Atropia," a satire of the Iraq War and military contractors' efforts to prepare soldiers to fight overseas, was one of the big winners at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival's awards ceremony.

Like many of the independent films that premiered at this muted edition of Sundance, “Atropia” has not yet sold to a ...

The war satire “Atropia” about actors in a military role-playing facility won the grand jury prize in the Sundance Film ...

Hailey Gates’ “Atropia” and Brittany Shyne’s “Seeds” claimed the top jury awards at Sundance, along with audience favorites ...

A documentary deconstructs the true crime genre, an obsessive worms his way into a pop star's entourage, and more standouts ...