Sundance Gives Top Honor to ‘Atropia,’ a Comedy About Playing War
Like many of the independent films that premiered at this muted edition of Sundance, “Atropia” has not yet sold to a ...
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Stanley Kubrick's Controversial 64-Year-Old War Movie Is a Secret Rip-Off of a Much Darker Film Released the Same Year
Both films examined nuclear war, but whereas Dr. Strangelove took a satirical approach, Fail Safe was deadly serious about ...
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‘Atropia’ Review: Alia Shawkat Trains Troops Assigned to a Fake Iraqi Town in a Self-Reflexive War Comedy That Peters Out
These familiar tropes emanate from the modern war cinema playbook ... immersive movie set; Gates’ film treats it as such. It has logistics coordinators akin to assistant directors (June Carryl ...