Posts in category Tropic Sprockets

Tropic Sprockets / Those Who Wish Me Dead By Ian Brockway Screenwriter Taylor Sheridan (Sicario) directs “Those Who Wish Me Dead,” a percussive, anxious and suspenseful …

Tropic Sprockets / Gunda By Ian Brockway If you have ever wanted the experience of being within the mind of a farm animal, “Gunda” by the …

Tropic Sprockets / Limbo By Ian Brockway From this year’s Academy Awards with the shorts “The Present” and “White Eye,” to the feature film “Minari,” immigration …

Tropic Sprockets / The Truffle Hunters By Ian Brockway The realm of the Alba or white truffle is found in southern Europe and carries the glare …

Tropic Sprockets / Shiva Baby By Ian Brockway Have you ever had the experience of not being allowed to leave a disquieting engagement no matter how …

Tropic Sprockets / Together Together By Ian Brockway This warm comedy from Nikole Beckwith (Stockholm Pennsylvania) is affectionate and engaging. While it employs usual plot-points from …

Tropic Sprockets / Judas and the Black Messiah By Ian Brockway Shaka King, a student of Spike Lee, directs his second feature, a blunt and stirring …

Tropic Sprockets / The Man Who Sold His Skin By Ian Brockway From Tunisia, Kaouther Ben Hania directs the offbeat “The Man Who Sold His Skin,” …

Tropic Sprockets / Druk / Another Round By Ian Brockway From the Danish auteur Thomas Vinterberg, “Druk /Another Round” is a refreshing presentation highlighting what we …

Tropic Sprockets / French Exit By Ian Brockway French Exit, the acclaimed novel from Patrick DeWitt, is now a film adapted by director Azazel Jacobs. This …

Tropic Sprockets / The 2O21 Oscar Shorts: Animation By Ian Brockway The animation category has always been somewhat eccentric, unconstrained by boundaries of plot, narrative or …

Tropic Sprockets / 2021 Oscar Shorts: Documentary By Ian Brockway This past year was very peculiar, and the 2021 Oscar Shorts Documentaries definitely testify to the …

Tropic Sprockets / The 2021 Oscar Shorts: Live Action By Ian Brockway The Live Action Short Film category has always been the most potent and provocative …

Tropic Sprockets / My Salinger Year By Ian Brockway Directed by Phillipe Falardeau (Monsieur Lazhar) and based on the memoir of the same name by Joanna …

Tropic Sprockets / The Courier By Ian Brockway Dominic Cooke directs the smooth and duly understated film “The Courier.” The film focuses on the real Greville …

Tropic Sprockets / The Father By Ian Brockway “The Father” directed by Florian Zeller (based on his play of the same name) appears that it could …

Tropic Sprockets / Raya and the Last Dragon By Ian Brockway “Raya and the Last Dragon” has arrived from Walt Disney Studios. The film is nothing …

Tropic Sprockets / Supernova By Ian Brockway Director Harry Macqueen (Hinterland) is a master of detail. His latest film is a stirring and direct portrait of …

Tropic Sprockets / Stray By Ian Brockway Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.—Diogenes So begins the short but thorough visual …

Tropic Sprockets / Blithe Spirit By Ian Brockway Edward Hall (Downton Abbey) directs Noel Coward’s popular Blithe Spirit, about some troublesome yet seductive visitations. The 1945 …