The film "Atropia" is a dark comedy set at a U.S. military facility in California designed to simulate battle conditions in Iraq. NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with actor Alia Shawkat.

Shawkat, who will next be seen in Kristen Stewart's and Dylan Meyers' "The Wrong Girls," on her Sundance-winning film and new ...

Film Review, a movie written and directed by Hailey Gates and starring Alia Shawkat, Callum Turner, Zahra Alzubaidi, Toby ...

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 ...

Shawkat began playing Mae "Maeby" Fünke when she was 14 years old Alia Shawkat took time to make peace with her Arrested Development past. Shawkat said that she was “incredibly lucky” to be cast in ...

ALL THAT’S LEFT OF YOU After a Palestinian teen gets swept into a West Bank protest in the 1980s, his mother recounts the family’s long story of hope and struggle. In Arabic, English and Hebrew, with ...

Alia Shawkat led the cult-favorite series Search Party, which boldly turned into an apocalypse story in Season 5 on HBO Max.

Get all the top news & discounts for Off-Broadway & beyond. “The chance to revisit this play with Anne Kauffman is a dream come true,” said playwright Clare Barron. “We both got older. Who knows if we ...

It’s been almost nine months since Hailey Gates’ “Atropia” won the top prize at Sundance Film Festival, and Los Angeles audiences finally have a chance to see it. The film will have its LA premiere as ...

Alia Shawkat took time to make peace with her Arrested Development past. Shawkat, 36, opened up on the Dec. 22 episode of the Happy Sad Confused podcast, hosted by Josh Horowitz about her long career.