Sundance Gives Top Honor to ‘Atropia,’ a Comedy About Playing War
Like many of the independent films that premiered at this muted edition of Sundance, “Atropia” has not yet sold to a ...
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Atropia Review: Alia Shawkat Carries The Emotional Weight Of This Entertaining War Satire That Misses The Mark On Its Bigger Message
It isn’t the greatest satire ever made, but Gates’ feature is like a one-stop shop for mockery and education with some fun in ...
‘Atropia' Review: Alia Shawkat and Callum Turner Have the Year's Weirdest Romance in a Scattershot Iraq War Satire
Sundance: Directed by "Challengers" actress Hailey Gates, "Atropia" gives the War on Terror it's own take on "The Truman Show ...
‘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, ...
‘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 ...
Big winners at Sundance 2025: An Iraq War satire, profiles of Black farmers, a true-crime dissection
"Atropia," a satire of the Iraq War and military contractors' efforts to prepare soldiers to fight overseas, was one of the ...
‘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 ...
“Blink Twice” Ending Explained: What Was Really Happening on Slater's Island — and What Does ‘Red Rabbit’ Mean?
Director Zoë Kravitz described the ending of 'Blink Twice' as "sweet revenge" Warning: Blink Twice spoilers ahead! Billionaire Slater King's island paradise isn't what it seems in Blink Twice. Written ...
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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 ...
Jon Hamm on How Audible’s ‘The Big Fix’ Spotlights ‘Inconvenient Truths’ About Underrepresented Communities
Jon Hamm has done plenty of voice acting over his career, but voicing 1950s FBI agent-turned-private investigator Jack Bergin ...
Hailey Gates Debuts Satirical ‘Atropia’ at Sundance, Starring Alia Shawkat and Produced by Luca Guadagnino
Hailey Gates turned her Miu Miu "Women's Tales" short film into a Sundance feature, starring Alia Shawkat and Callum Turner.
Alia Shawkat on her ‘screwball romantic comedy about the military industrial complex’
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