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

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

The residents of ‘Atropia’ are all actors, paid to make that illusion as authentic as possible. None of them take it more ...

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 ...

Like many of the independent films that premiered at this muted edition of Sundance, “Atropia” has not yet sold to a distributor. By Kyle Buchanan The comedy “Atropia,” starring Alia ...

The war satire “Atropia,” about actors in a military role-playing facility, won the grand jury prize in the Sundance Film ...

“Atropia,” directed by Hailey Gates, won the U.S. dramatic competition’s grand jury prize for its darkly comedic take on the intersection of war and performance, while Brittany Shyne’s ...