“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 ...

Set in a fake town, Hailey Gates’ feature debut 'Atropia,' premiering at Sundance, has fun, insightful ideas, though it ...

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

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.

Before soldiers departed for duty in the Iraq War, many made a stop in California’s Mojave Desert. At a simulated village called Medina Wasl at Fort Irwin, they carried out uncanny re-creations ...

Sundance: Directed by "Challengers" actress Hailey Gates, "Atropia" gives the War on Terror it's own take on "The Truman Show ...

The premiere of Hailey Gate’s military satire “Atropia” took place at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival on Saturday, Jan. 25 at ...

Sundance 2025: "The military was not so keen on the version of the doc that I wanted to make," director Hailey Gates says at ...

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.