Gates attempts to satirize the goings-on at this role-playing facility through the eyes of Fayruz (an excellent Alia Shawkat), an aspiring actress who rotates between roles like Iraqi street ...

Sundance project: Gates is the writer and director of "Atropia," starring Alia Shawkat, Callum Turner, Chloë Sevigny and Tim Heidecker. The movie, which is produced by Luca Guadagnino ...