Occurring between Jan. 23 and Feb. 2, the festival includes a selection of the top independent films produced over the past year. Films like “Opus,” “Atropia,” “Twinless,” “Lurker,” and so many more, ...

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

The foremost thespian working inside of Atropia is Fayruz (Alia Shawkat), a striving Serious Actor who ... Until the U.S. Government got in her way writer-director Hailey Gates had actually intended ...

It List here for the latest releases that we can’t wait to watch, stream, listen to, read and binge.This year, 88 films screened at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. The titles ranged from A24-produced ...

From an early age, Bill Gates was not a fan of school. Gates famously dropped out of Harvard to cofound Microsoft in 1975, a move he's said he doesn't regret. His new memoir, "Source Code ...

What to know: Alia Shawkat stars as an aspiring actress ... Things get wonky when she falls in love. Writer-director Hailey Gates told me on the red carpet that this movie is based on a real ...

That’s the unsexy truth at the heart of Hailey Gates’ bizarre and bloody ... some of our worst militaristic impulses post 9/11. Alia Shawkat is magnetic on-screen, playing an aspiring actress ...

We talked to the cast and crews of over 25 new movies at the Sundance Film Festival. Here's what we learned about 2025's first batch of new films.

Hailey Gates’ ambitious debut feature Atropia ... The committed performances of Alia Shawkat and Callum Turner plus the Sundance US Grand Jury prize should guarantee attention for an uneven ...

As I was writing this report from Sundance 2025, the festival announced the winner of its Grand Jury Prize in the U.S. Dramatic Competition: Hailey Gates’s Atropia ... actors are there to make some ...

Watch on Deadline Section: U.S. Dramatic Competition Director-screenwriter: Hailey Gates Cast: Alia Shawkat, Callum Turner, Chloë Sevigny, Tim Heidecker, Jane Levy Deadline’s takeaway ...