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 ...

Atropia certainly offers both new and interesting commentary in a fresh way — especially considering it examines the Iraq War ...

More a forced, one-note farce than the sharp satire it's trying to be, "Atropia" is almost impressive in how it manages to allude to so many complicated subjects surrounding U.S. militarism ...

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 ...

Hailey Gates successfully writes and directs Atropia, offering a Western perspective on the Middle East. While describing their perspective, she explores both perspectives and presents the other ...

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — The war satire “Atropia,” about actors in a military role-playing facility, won the grand jury prize in the Sundance Film Festival’s U.S. dramatic competition ...

It's a hellish war zone, and it's entirely fake. This is Atropia, the fictional town named after a very real military training camp in the Nevada desert. It's the subject of Hailey Gates' new film ...

The trio discusses their new satirical war drama, 'Atropia,' with Gates revealing how her original short film, "Shako Mako," evolved into this feature debut. The director also reflects on ...