“Atropia” is a masterfully dark satire because of how loud its subtleties are whilst remaining laugh-out-loud hilarious. With its stunning direction and acting, this relevant and innovative venture is ...
Like many of the independent films that premiered at this muted edition of Sundance, “Atropia” has not yet sold to a ...
There’s an inherent farce to the U.S. government, or so Hailey Gates suggests in her debut feature film, Atropia. Based on her 2019 short film Shako Mako, Gates expands her exploration of fake towns ...
An aspiring actress in an army role-playing facility falls in love with a soldier in Hailey Gates' feature debut, which also ...
Callum Turner desperately wants to be bleeped, and Alia Shawkat's mother feared she couldn't act. Hailey Gates' new film pops ...
Set in a fake town, Hailey Gates’ feature debut 'Atropia,' premiering at Sundance, has fun, insightful ideas, though it ...
In writer-director Hailey Gates’ directorial debut, she dives into the Bush-era culture of toxic masculinity, nationalism and ...
Hailey Gates expands on her short to disappointing results, despite the best efforts of Alia Shawkat and Callum Turner ...