Posts in category Tropic Sprockets

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 …

Tropic Sprockets / Some Kind of Heaven By Ian Brockway With touches of Carl Hiaasen, Lance Oppenheim directs an eerie and masterful documentary, “Some Kind of …

Tropic Sprockets / Nomadland By Ian Brockway Chloe Zhao (The Rider) directs this understated yet heartfelt portrait based on the nonfiction book Nomadland: Surviving America in …

Tropic Sprockets / MLK/ FBI By Ian Brockway Martin Luther King (1929-1968) was a genuine superhuman by any definition. A new documentary by Sam Pollard, based …

Tropic Sprockets / Minari By Ian Brockway Lee Isaac Chung directs “Minari,” a 2021 Sundance selection. The film is a record of childhood, focusing on a …

Tropic Sprockets / Sundance at the Tropic By Ian Brockway This year has been an odyssey of odd moments, but now the Tropic is back …

Tropic Sprockets / Wonder Woman: 1984 By Ian Brockway In the 1940s William Marston, a psychologist, saw a “great educational potential” in American comics. With his …

Tropic Sprockets / Farewell Amor By Ian Brockway “Farewell Amor” is as thoughtful as it is tense. Directed by Ekwa Msangi, it is a slice of …

Tropic Sprockets / The Climb By Ian Brockway Director Michael Angelo Covino and Kyle Marvin adapt their short film “The Climb” to the big screen with …