Posts in category Tropic Sprockets

Tropic Sprockets / Queer By Ian Brockway From the usually edgy Luca Guadagnino (Call Me by Your Name), here is “Queer” based on the novella …

Tropic Sprockets / Let’s Get Lost By Ian Brockway From 1988, the late Chet Baker is the focus of “Let’s Get Lost” a documentary by …

Tropic Sprockets / Dahomey By Ian Brockway Mati Diop (Atlantics) delivers a masterful affecting documentary in “Dahomey,” about the theft and rightful place of Benin …

Tropic Sprockets / Flow By Ian Brockway The Latvian auteur Gints Zilbalodis (Away) executes another beautifully rendered animated film in “Flow,” a stirring, affectionate, and …

Tropic Sprockets / De Palma By Ian Brockway “De Palma” by Noah Baumbach and Jake Paltrow is a thorough and revealing portrait of the iconic …

Tropic Sprockets / Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point By Ian Brockway Tyler Taormina (Ham on Rye) directs the idiosyncratic film “Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point.” …

Tropic Sprockets / Gladiator II By Ian Brockway Ridley Scott (Blade Runner) continues his Gladiator epic with a sequel “Gladiator II.” [Showtimes and trailer at …

Tropic Sprockets / A Real Pain By Ian Brockway The dedicated Jesse Eisenberg directs “A Real Pain.” This is a road film about two troublesome …

Tropic Sprockets / Anora By Ian Brockway Director Sean Baker (Red Rocket) has another edgy hit with “Anora.” This film turns the romantic comedy genre …

Tropic Sprockets / Heretic By Ian Brockway In a film that is sure to strike fear in the hearts of door-to-door missionaries, here is “Heretic” …

Tropic Sprockets / Conclave By Ian Brockway The cinema has a long history of Catholic Church films — Henry King’s “The Song of Bernadette,” Hitchcock’s …

Tropic Sprockets / Emilia Perez By Ian Brockway Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Perez” is a propulsive, lively, and suspenseful adventure focusing on a Mexican drug dealer …

Tropic Sprockets / Here By Ian Brockway Director Robert Zemeckis, (Forrest Gump) in many ways a modern Frank Capra, returns with “Here.” The film stars …

Tropic Sprockets / We Live in Time By Ian Brockway Though it is of a somewhat overused genre, “We Live in Time” is an affectionate …

Tropic Sprockets / Megalopolis By Ian Brockway American legend Francis Ford Coppola directs the epic “Megalopolis,” a film several decades in the making. [Showtimes and …

Tropic Sprockets / We Live in Time By Ian Brockway Though it is of a somewhat overused genre, “We Live in Time” is an affectionate …

Tropic Sprockets  / My Old Ass By Ian Brockway Megan Park (The Fallout) directs “My Old Ass,” a film that endears and beguiles with heart …

Tropic Sprockets / Saturday Night By Ian Brockway In the mid-1970s as a kid, I became extremely excited watching late night TV. I was aided …

Tropic Sprockets  / The Apprentice By Ian Brockway Just when you thought you were comfortable in your movie seat, here is “The Apprentice,” an origin …

Tropic Sprockets / The Outrun By Ian Brockway The torments of addiction and alcoholism are minutely handled in “The Outrun” a film by Nora Fingscheidt …