Posts in category Tropic Sprockets

Tropic Sprockets / Beetlejuice (1988) By Ian Brockway  If you like your scare fare on the lighter side, “Beetlejuice” is a colorful film from the 80s …

Tropic Sprockets / God’s Creatures By Ian Brockway From Saella Davis and Anna Rose Holmer, “God’s Creatures” is a slow burn meditation on guilt and panic. …

Tropic Sprockets / Stars at Noon By Ian Brockway  Director Claire Denis (Beau Travail) takes on the environment of Nicaragua in “Stars at Noon.” [Showtimes and …

Tropic Sprockets / Don’t Worry Darling By Ian Brockway Olivia Wilde helms a new Twilight Zone chiller with “Don’t Worry Darling.” [Currently showing at the Tropic. For …

Tropic Sprockets / Bros By Ian Brockway “Bros” is the good natured comedy by Nicholas Stoller (Forgetting Sarah Marshall). The rom-com has the gently irreverent …

Tropic Sprockets / Moonage Daydream By Ian Brockway “Moonage Daydream” is the new comprehensive documentary of David Bowie by Brett Morgen, who previously tackled Kurt Cobain. …

Tropic Sprockets / Loving Highsmith By Ian Brockway  Patricia Highsmith was to most, a crime writer known for her book Strangers on A Train that Hitchcock made into …

Tropic Sprockets / God’s Country By Ian Brockway Reminiscent of Sam Pekinpah’s “Straw Dogs” (1971), and based on a story by James Lee Burke, “God’s Country” …

Tropic Sprockets / Body Heat By Ian Brockway Take a trip to the Southern Gothicism of Florida in “Body Heat (1981) based on Billy Wilder’s “Double …

Tropic Sprockets / A Love Song By Ian Brockway Max Walker-Silverman delivers a careful study of two lonely souls in “A Love Song.” This is …

Tropic Sprockets / The Big Sleep By Ian Brockway Howard Hawks’ noir classic “The Big Sleep” (1946) is known in cinema history and almost infamously …

Tropic Sprockets / Three Thousand Years of Longing By Ian Brockway The East has inspired writers and filmmakers for centuries. There is the epic of Gilgamesh from the …

Tropic Sprockets / Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song By Ian Brockway There is a new documentary on the legendary Leonard Cohen from Dayna Goldfine …

Tropic Sprockets / 92 in the Shade By Ian Brockway Thomas McGuane’s “92 in the Shade” points to a past Key West where inhabitants were …

Tropic Sprockets / Fire of Love By Ian Brockway Sara Dosa (Tricky Dick & The Man in Black) directs an affecting documentary “Fire of Love” about …

Tropic Sprockets / Bodies Bodies Bodies By Ian Brockway Dutch director Halina Reijn has a clever and hectic hit with her English language debut “Bodies Bodies …

Tropic Sprockets / Lost in Translation By Ian Brockway Sofia Coppola’s “Lost in Translation” (2003) is a landmark work in contemporary cinema, highlighting the clashes between …

Tropic Sprockets / My Donkey, My Lover &I By Ian Brockway “My Donkey, My Lover & I” directed by Caroline Vignal and loosely based on …

Tropic Sprockets / Victor / Victoria By Ian Brockway Blake Edwards’ “Victor / Victoria” (1982) is the splashy colorful and fun film that is highly entertaining, …

Tropic Sprockets / Twister By Ian Brockway For the retro minded, “Twister” is here from 1996, starring Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt, and directed by Jan …