Based on her 2020 short "Shako Mako," Hailey Gates writes and directs "Atropia," a unique war satire about western views of the Middle East. While both its lampooning of U.S. militarism and its ...

Even when it occasionally finds some goofy laughs, the expansion of Gates’ short “Shako Mako” does nothing to earn a nearly two-hour runtime that ends up feeling much longer. When it tries ...

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 towns ...

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 ...

Writer-director Hailey Gates joins stars Callum Turner and Alia Shawkat for an intimate conversation at The IMDb Studio in the Acura House of Energy during the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. The trio ...

Hailey Gates turned her Miu Miu "Women's Tales" short film into a Sundance feature, starring Alia Shawkat and Callum Turner.

Even when it occasionally finds some goofy laughs, the expansion of Gates' short "Shako Mako" does nothing to earn a nearly two-hour runtime that ends up feeling much longer. When it tries to then ...

Based on her 2020 short “Shako Mako,” Hailey Gates writes and directs “Atropia,” a unique war satire about western views of the Middle East.While both its lampooning of U.S. militarism and ...

Even when it occasionally finds some goofy laughs, the expansion of Gates’ short “Shako Mako” does nothing to earn a nearly two-hour runtime that ends up feeling much longer. When it tries to then ...