Brought in for his lived knowledge of what the troops will face over there, Fayruz looks at Abu and immediately senses him as a threat to her theatric domination—it’s a real “Sam & Diane” hate-to-love ...

A documentary deconstructs the true crime genre, an obsessive worms his way into a pop star's entourage, and more standouts from Sundance 2025.

Alia is such a brilliant actress. Imagine if she had to read comments ... Using an analogy, he explained, "If a child is born to great doctors and people keep telling them every day, 'Oh, you ...

"Atropia," a satire of the Iraq War and military contractors' efforts to prepare soldiers to fight overseas, was one of the big winners at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival's awards ceremony.

In 2006, wannabe Hollywood actress Fayruz (Alia Shawkat) works a gig playing an Iraqi civilian in a 24/7 U.S. military live training simulator, used to train soldiers on facing "the enemy" before ...

I really dug the war satire Atropia, the feature debut of writer-director Hailey Gates. In 2006, wannabe Hollywood actress Fayruz (Alia Shawkat) works a gig playing an Iraqi civilian in a 24/7 U.S.