Posts in category Tropic Sprockets

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 …

Tropic Sprockets / Ferrari By Ian Brockway Director Michael Mann now has a subject as dispassionate as his films: Enzo Ferrari. Simply titled “Ferrari” the …

Tropic Sprockets / The Iron Claw By Ian Brockway “The Iron Claw” by Director Sean Durkin (Martha Marcy May Marlene) is the eerie unsettling story …

Tropic Sprockets / Godzilla Minus One By Ian Brockway Other than King Kong on top of the Empire State Building, few creatures are as iconic …

Tropic Sprockets / The Holdovers By Ian Brockway Alexander Payne’s latest film “The Holdovers” (loosely based on the French comedy Merlusse), is a coming-of-age crowd-pleaser …

Tropic Sprockets / Priscilla By Ian Brockway Sofia Coppola’s “Priscilla,” focusing on the day-to-day life of the young Priscilla Presley is not for the timid. …

Tropic Sprockets / May December The existential auteur with an eye for fashion Todd Haynes (Carol) scores in the immersive portrait of obsession with “May …

Tropic Sprockets / Rustin By Ian Brockway Director George C. Wolfe brings the 1963 March on Washington alive in “Rustin,” which underscores the efforts of …

Tropic Sprockets / The Pigeon Tunnel By Ian Brockway Errol Morris (The Fog of War) offers an arresting portrait of the writer John le Carré …

Tropic Sprockets / Anatomy of a Fall By Ian Brockway Justine Triet’s intensive new film “Anatomy of a Fall” is affecting and magnetic. Pensive and …

Tropic Sprockets / Killers of the Flower Moon By Ian Brockway The auteur Martin Scorsese (Goodfellas) gives us a history lesson with “Killers of the Flower …

Tropic Sprockets / Nyad By Ian Brockway Diana Nyad is a larger-than-life person. She is an Olympic swimmer, a correspondent for ABC Sports, a radio …

Tropic Sprockets / The Human Voice and Strange Way of Life By Ian Brockway Pedro Almodovar, the auteur of psychological melodrama has two recent short …

Tropic Sprockets / Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour By Ian Brockway The wunderkind Taylor Swift has an epic concert film “The Eras Tour” directed by …

Tropic Sprockets / To Catch A Thief By Ian Brockway Alfred Hitchcock directs “To Catch A Thief” (1955). The film boasts stunning locations from Alpes-Maritimes …

Tropic Sprockets / The Royal Hotel By Ian Brockway Kitty Green (The Assistant) delivers a propulsive and engaging indictment of the virulent male in “The …

Tropic Sprockets / Dumb Money By Ian Brockway “Dumb Money” by Director Craig Gillespie (I, Tonya) is a case study of the GameStop stock inflation …

Tropic Sprockets / The Deepest Breath By Ian Brockway The sea is a gorgeous environment, but it is also awesome and terrifying. One sees this …