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SUNDANCE: ‘Atropia’ Can’t Marry Comedy With Irony
Atropia (2025) is a different kind of military movie, for better and worse. Written and directed by Hailey Gates, the movie comes out swinging with a whimsical score and a ridiculous instructional ...
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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
Based on her 2020 short “Shako Mako,” Hailey Gates writes and directs “Atropia,” a unique war satire about western views of the Middle East. While both its lampooning of U.S. militarism ...
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‘Atropia' Review: Alia Shawkat Stars in a Luca Guadagnino-Produced Military Satire That's Stretched Too Thin
Atropia, Hailey Gates' scattered debut feature, is based on a city invented by the American military to train cadets. That the United States erects role-playing facilities tasked with ...