Posts in category Tropic Sprockets

Tropic Sprockets  / Io Capitano By Ian Brockway Matteo Garrone (Gomorrah) trains his camera on the emigration experience from Africa in “Io Capitano.” [Showtimes at …

Tropic Sprockets / Four Daughters By Ian Brockway “Four Daughters” is a labyrinthine documentary by Kaouther Ben Hania centering on a mother Olfa and her …

Tropic Sprockets / Dune: Part Two By Ian Brockway Denis Villenueve unveils the second chapter of “Dune,” Frank Herbert’s epic of feudal war. Once again …

Tropic Sprockets / Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary By Ian Brockway The legendary musician John Coltrane (1926-1967) comes to life in a new documentary …

Tropic Sprockets / The 2024 Oscar Shorts: Live Action By Ian Brockway This year the Live Action shorts are a downcast bunch with one exception. …

Tropic Sprockets / The 2024 Oscar Shorts: Documentary By Ian Brockway The specter of war and conflict hovers in these shorts but fear not. The …

The NOW Film Festival @ The Tropic  By Ian Brockway It is time for our cinematic forces to unite in joy and intent with another …

Tropic Sprockets / The Promised Land By Ian Brockway Brace yourself for “The Promised Land,” director Nicojai Arcel’s gritty historical drama based on the struggle of …

Tropic Sprockets / Bob Marley: One Love By Ian Brockway The icon Bob Marley vividly shines through in “Bob Marley: One Love” by Reinaldo Marcus …

Tropic Sprockets / All of Us Strangers By Ian Brockway “All of Us Strangers” by Andrew Haigh is a genre-bending relationship study of two people in …

Tropic Sprockets / The Zone of Interest By Ian Brockway It’s the time for Oscar Best Picture nominees at the Tropic, with three on screen …

Tropic Sprockets / Poor Things By Ian Brockway The uncompromising Yorgos Lanthimos has a phantasmagoric hit on his hands with “Poor Things,” an interpretation of …

Tropic Sprockets / Poor Things By Ian Brockway The uncompromising Yorgos Lanthimos has a phantasmagoric hit on his hands with “Poor Things,” an interpretation of …

Tropic Sprockets / Driving Madeline By Ian Brockway Director Christian Carion (Joyeux Noel) directs “Driving Madeline,” a sweet and small film that succeeds in large …

Tropic Sprockets / Freud’s Last Session By Ian Brockway “Freud’s Last Session” now a film directed by Matthew Brown, is based on a book and …

Tropic Sprockets / The Color Purple By Ian Brockway Though it has all the glitter and sunny colors of Disney, Blitz Bazawule’s musical “The Color …

Tropic Sprockets / Make Me Famous By Ian Brockway Edward Brezinski (1954–2007) was an American painter who executed countless Neo Expressionist portraits. Directed by Brian …

Tropic Sprockets / It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World By Ian Brockway Stanley Kramer’s “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World” (1963) is an …

Tropic Sprockets / Fallen Leaves By Ian Brockway From Aki Kaurismäki (Le Havre), “Fallen Leaves” is a still life study in melancholia. Eerie and dreary to …

Tropic Sprockets / Tarpon (1973) / All That is Sacred (2023) In the early 1970s, there was a time when Key West had a cornucopia …