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.
‘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 seldom expands on them.
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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 between.
‘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 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 stars Callum Turner and Chloë Sevigny.
‘Atropia’: How Callum Turner & Alia Shawkat Found A Soul Connection In Hailey Gates’ War Satire – Sundance Studio
Atropia': How Callum Turner & Alia Shawkat Found A Soul Connection In Hailey Gates' War Satire - Sundance Studio
‘Atropia' Review: Alia Shawkat & Callum Turner Play War Games In Absurdist Bush-Era Satire - Sundance Film Festival
In writer-director Hailey Gates’ directorial debut, she dives into the Bush-era culture of toxic masculinity, nationalism and Islamaphobia with an amusing and profoundly absurdist sense of satire. Set in 2006,
‘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.
Sundance Film Festival Photos: ‘Atropia,’ ‘The Ballad of Wallis Island’ & ‘The Thing with Feathers’ Premieres On Day 3
Photos from the Sundance Film Festival 2025, the premieres of 'Atropia' & 'The Ballad of Wallis Island' on Day 3.
Alia Shawkat on her ‘screwball romantic comedy about the military industrial complex’
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Channing Tatum Surprises Sundance With Secret Role in ‘Atropia’
Sundance got a movie star surprise this weekend, when Channing Tatum popped up with a previously unannounced role in the competition title "Atropia."
Sundance Comedy ‘Atropia’ is One of the Craziest True Stories You’ve Never Heard
The village is small and dense, lined with crumbling structures and the exploded remains of cars. The women, hanging laundry or selling American movies on DVD out of dusty briefcases, are suspicious.