Posts in category Tropic Sprockets

Tropic Sprockets / BlackBerry By Ian Brockway Before the ubiquitous iPhone, there was the BlackBerry mobile device that could make phone calls and create text. …

Tropic Sprockets / Master Gardener By Ian Brockway Paul Schrader (The Card Counter) who could be the king of voiceover-based films, well handles “Master Gardener” …

Tropic Sprockets / Book Club: The Next Chapter By Ian Brockway From Bill Holderman (Book Club) here is its sequel subtitled “The Next Chapter.” As …

Tropic Sprockets / Tampopo By Ian Brockway Juzo Itami’s “Tampopo” (1985) is probably the first fetish film about Japanese noodles. While it is debatable whether …

Tropic Sprockets / Showing Up By Ian Brockway “Showing Up” is the new film by Kelly Reichardt (First Cow), a master of “slow cinema” meaning …

Tropic Sprockets / Vertigo (1958) By Ian Brockway Alfred Hitchcock’s “Vertigo” is a tour de force. Slick, vivid and gorgeously filmed, it is now noted …

Tropic Sprockets / Beau Is Afraid By Ian Brockway  From Ari Aster (Midsomer) “Beau Is Afraid” is a phantasmagoric Odyssey that never lets go. [For …

Tropic Sprockets / Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret. By Ian Brockway From Kelly Fremon Craig (The Edge of Seventeen) comes “Are You There …

Tropic Sprockets / How to Blow Up a Pipeline By Ian Brockway From director Daniel Goldhaber (Cam) comes “How to Blow Up a Pipeline,” an …

Tropic Sprockets / Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii: Director’s Cut By Ian Brockway Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii is a 1972 concert film, directed by …

Tropic Sprockets / Mafia Mamma By Ian Brockway Director Catherine Hardwicke (Thirteen) puts a suburban mom front and center within the mafia realm in the comedy …

Tropic Sprockets / Wings of Desire By Ian Brockway From the masterful auteur Wim Wenders (The American Friend), “Wings of Desire” (1987) is an existential …

Tropic Sprockets / The Lost King By Ian Brockway  Stephen Frears gives an entertaining light touch in The Lost King, a quirky film involving an obsessive …

Tropic Sprockets / Paint By Ian Brockway Brit McAdams steers an uneven but quirky film “Paint” starring Owen Wilson, and based on the PBS network television …

Tropic Sprockets / The Quiet Girl  By Ian Brockway Colm Bairéad’s eerie and affectionate “The Quiet Girl” sneaks up on you with a slow deliberate pace …

HOLLYWOOD COMES TO PARADISE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE RED CARPET EVENT Tropic Cinema to Host Special Key West Screening of Feature Film Are You There, …

Tropic Sprockets / One Fine Morning By Ian Brockway Mia Hansen-Løve (Bergman Island) directs “One Fine Morning,” a smartly handled romantic drama in the tradition of the …

Tropic Sprockets / The Oscar Shorts: Live Action By Ian Brockway This year’s Oscar selection is a multicultural feast focusing on character. The selection is truly …

Tropic Sprockets / The Oscar Shorts: Documentary By Ian Brockway In recent years, the documentary shorts have been a decidedly somber and intense group, but in …

Tropic Sprockets / Women Talking  By Ian Brockway Sarah Polley (Stories We Tell) is never one to shy away from disquieting subjects. In “Women Talking” Polley …