From writer-director Hailey Benton Gates, it follows a group of performers in a town designed as a warfare simulation to prepare U.S. soldiers “To play an Iraqi struggling actress is right up my alley ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Time for a cinematic litmus test. If the phrase “military industrial complex romantic comedy” rings your bells, Hailey Gates’ ...

Alia Shawkat and Callum Turner fake it so real in this Army simulation exercise in the California desert. By Glenn Kenny When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site, ...

Atropia (2025) Film Review, a movie written and directed by Hailey Gates and starring Alia Shawkat, Callum Turner, Zahra Alzubaidi, Toby Nichols, Gil Perez-Abraham, June Carryl, Shaholly Ayers, Tim ...

It’s the story of a real, fake place. That is, Hailey Gates’ new movie, Atropia, a film based on military training camps in the American desert that simulated war zones in Iraq. Written and directed ...

"It feels like the little movie that could," Alia Shawkat says of "Atropia," her latest film that took home the top prize at Sundance last year and is now in theaters. "We won Sundance, which was such ...

The film "Atropia" is a dark comedy set at a U.S. military facility in California designed to simulate battle conditions in Iraq. NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with actor Alia Shawkat. When the film ...

Alia Shawkat is going to war — sort of — in her timely new comedy. Atropia, from writer-director Hailey Benton Gates, stars Shawkat, 36, as Fayruz, an actress in the titular nation — except it’s not a ...

“It feels like the little movie that could,” Alia Shawkat says of “Atropia,” her latest film that took home the top prize at Sundance last year and is now in theaters. “We won Sundance, which was such ...

The comedy from writer-director Hailey Benton Gates, out now, stars Alia Shawkat and Callum Turner Atropia, starring Alia Shawkat and Callum Turner, is in theaters now, and PEOPLE has an exclusive ...