‘Atropia’ Review: Alia Shawkat Stars in a Luca Guadagnino-Produced Military Satire That’s Stretched Too Thin
An aspiring actress in an army role-playing facility falls in love with a soldier in Hailey Gates' feature debut, which also ...
‘Atropia’ Review: Alia Shawkat & Callum Turner Play War Games In Absurdist Bush-Era Satire — Sundance Film Festival
In writer-director Hailey Gates' directorial debut 'Atropia', she dives into the Bush-era culture of toxic masculinity, ...
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From Sundance: ‘Atropia’ is a Hilarious Masterwork of Political Satire
“Atropia” is a masterfully dark satire because of how loud its subtleties are whilst remaining laugh-out-loud hilarious. With ...
‘Atropia’ Interview: Callum Turner Desperately Wants to Be Bleeped
Callum Turner desperately wants to be bleeped, and Alia Shawkat's mother feared she couldn't act. Hailey Gates' new film pops ...
'Arrested Development' alum leads Sundance satire on real-life Calif. war camps
"Atropia," starring Alia Shawkat, premiered at Sundance 2025. The dark satire of military simulation camps made for comedic ...
‘Atropia’ Review: Alia Shawkat Trains Troops Assigned to a Fake Iraqi Town in a Self-Reflexive War Comedy That Peters Out
Set in a fake town, Hailey Gates’ feature debut 'Atropia,' premiering at Sundance, has fun, insightful ideas, though it ...
'Atropia' Review: Callum Turner & Alia Shawkat Play War Games
Reality blurs with performance and even love is just another scripted role in the big Sundance winner of 2025, 'Atropia.' ...
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‘Atropia’ Review: Alia Shawkat Trains Troops Assigned to a Fake Iraqi Town in a Self-Reflexive War Comedy That Peters Out
Like Gates’ short, “Atropia” opens with a near-identical ... eager — who get subsumed by hyper-masculine U.S. military culture, from its nicknames to hazing rituals. The movie isn ...