Posts in category Tropic Sprockets

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 …

Fringe Theater creating its online holiday special available without charge at www.fringetheater.org STAY HOME WITH FRINGE FOR THE HOLIDAYS Looking for a little holiday spirit? Fringe …

Tropic Sprockets / The Sound of Metal “The Sound of Metal” is a gripping and wrenching film as much about the addiction of ego and …

Tropic Sprockets / Ammonite By Ian Brockway Francis Lee (God’s Own Country) helms the story of the 19th century paleontologist Mary Anning in “Ammonite”. Anning is …

Tropic Sprockets / She Is the Ocean By Ian Brockway The ocean has been a subject of literature and film for centuries from Poe and Melville …

Tropic Sprockets / Harry Chapin: When in Doubt, Do Something By Ian Brockway Harry Chapin (1942-1981) remains one of the most beloved performers of all time. …

Tropic Sprockets / The Trial of the Chicago Seven By Ian Brockway Tom Hayden, Jerry Rubin, David Dellinger, Rennie Davis, Lee Weiner, John Froines, and Abbie …

Tropic Sprockets / Let Him Go By Ian Brockway Thomas Bezucha (The Family Stone) directs this heartfelt and riveting tale of good versus evil in the …

Tropic Sprockets / The Burnt Orange Heresy By Ian Brockway Giuseppe Capotondi (The Double Hour) directs “The Burnt Orange Heresy” based on the novel by Charles …

Tropic Sprockets / On the Rocks By Ian Brockway Sofia Coppola (Lost in Translation) directs “On the Rocks,” a family drama of sorts touching on dysfunction, …

Be A Superhero: Save Your Theater By Ian Brockway The National Association of Theatre Owners is urging movie-lovers and cinephiles to send letters asking for …

Tropic Sprockets / On the Rocks By Ian Brockway Sofia Coppola (Lost in Translation) directs “On the Rocks,” a family drama of sorts touching on dysfunction, …

Tropic Sprockets / Rolling with The Tropic  By Ian Brockway Under gray skies from Tropical Storm Gamma, I set out for the Tropic Cinema. My …