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 ...

Time for a cinematic litmus test. If the phrase “military industrial complex romantic comedy” rings your bells, Hailey Gates’ feature directorial debut “Atropia” just might be for you. What if we told ...