Posts in category Tropic Sprockets

Tropic Sprockets / Monterey Pop By Ian Brockway Master chronicler of the 1960s music scene D.A. Pennebaker (Don’t Look Back), delivers another wonderful and heartfelt time-capsule …

Tropic Sprockets / Elvis By Ian Brockway  The virtuosic Baz Luhrmann directs “Elvis,” a stunning, comprehensive biopic that takes in the full measure of the …

Tropic Sprockets / Blowup By Ian Brockway The 1966 classic “Blowup” has arrived directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. The film is a wonderful time capsule that …

Tropic Sprockets / Brian and Charles  By Ian Brockway In the quirky mockumentary vein of “This Is Spinal Tap” and the UK version of The Office, …

Tropic Sprockets / Urgh! A Music War By Ian Brockway The 1980s were the Reagan years. I was in high school. I was taking my asthma …

Tropic Sprockets / Breathless By Ian Brockway Jean-Luc Godard’s masterful “Breathless” is back on the big screen and it is cause for celebration. The film …

Tropic Sprockets / Benediction  By Ian Brockway Terrence Davies (House of Mirth) tells the affecting story of poet Siegfried Sassoon in the film “Benediction.” Though …

Tropic Sprockets / Jazzfest: A New Orleans Story By Ian Brockway Directors Frank Marshall and Ryan Suffern give a rousing history of the New Orleans …

Tropic Sprockekts / Crimes of the Future By Ian Brockway David Cronenberg is a director I discovered as a teenager. I was watching “Videodrome” (1983) …

Tropic Sprockets / Top Gun: Maverick By Ian Brockway “Top Gun: Maverick” has speedily arrived at the Tropic and the film is slick and entertaining. …

Tropic Sprockets / Downton Abbey : A New Era The Downton alliance is here again in a highly anticipated second film outing. The pace is …

Tropic Sprockets / Vortex By Ian Brockway “Vortex” from the eccentric Gaspar Noe is a hypnotic and haunting study of an aged couple. Gripping yet …

Tropic Sprockets / Men By Ian Brockway Novelist and filmmaker Alex Garland always pushes the envelope. In “Men” he addresses male toxicity, and it is …

Tropic Sprockets / Happening By Ian Brockway From Audrey Diwan (Losing It) and based on the novel, “Happening” chronicles a young woman’s struggle with abortion. …

Tropic Sprockets / Hit the Road By Ian Brockway From Panah Panahi, “Hit the Road” is a quirky and sardonic road movie set in Iran. …

Tropic Sprockets / The Duke By Ian Brockway From the iconic filmmaker Roger Michell (Venus, Notting Hill) who sadly passed away last year, “The Duke” …

Tropic Sprockets / Petite Maman  By Ian Brockway From director Celine Sciamma (Portrait of a Lady on Fire) “Petite Maman” is an eerie and affecting …

Tropic Sprockets / Anais in Love By Ian Brockway  Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet has a debut and a hit with “Anais in Love” a relationship drama that …

Tropic Sprockets / Everything Everywhere All at Once By Ian Brockway From Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, collectively known as the Daniels, “Everything Everywhere All …

Tropic Sprockets / Great Freedom By Ian Brockway  Sebastian Meise directs the affecting drama “ Great Freedom.” From Germany, this is a brisk character study …