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.

While labeled as a satire, the captivatingly original “Atropia” is an all-too-real portrayal of the United States during the ...

“The military was not so keen on the version of the doc that I wanted to make, so we decided to be satire.” “Atropia” follows an aspiring actress at a military role-playing facility who ...

Atropia (2025) is a different kind of military movie using comedy and irony to highlight the evils of war and the ...

Like many of the independent films that premiered at this muted edition of Sundance, “Atropia” has not yet sold to a ...

“Atropia” is a masterfully dark satire because of how loud its subtleties are whilst remaining laugh-out-loud hilarious. With ...

While few Hollywood war movies have so directly confronted the flaws in the U.S.’ “Forever Wars,” the observations on racism and the military in “Atropia” are seldom explored beyond the ...

Actress and journalist Hailey Gates makes her feature debut as a writer-director with the satirical Atropia, an unfunny ...

Among the many films at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, there was one title on everyone’s lips: “Atropia.” Winner of the U.S ...

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 ...

The most fascinating elements of Atropia expose another layer of the military-entertainment complex, the mutually beneficial relationship between the film industry and the U.S. Department of Defense.

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