Rolling with The Tropic by Ian Brockway
Rolling with The Tropic by Ian Brockway Fear not Key Westers! Despite the very real sadness of the virus, we are all under positive vibrations …
Ian Brockway’s “Tropic Sprockets” columns
Rolling with The Tropic by Ian Brockway Fear not Key Westers! Despite the very real sadness of the virus, we are all under positive vibrations …
Tropic Sprockets / The Way I See It By Ian Brockway The inimitable pastel blue and pink marquee of the Tropic shines again with gusto, showing …
Tropic Sprockets Goes Streaming / Never Rarely Sometimes Always By Ian Brockway There are few things more harrowing or upsetting than the decision to have an …
Tropic Sprockets Goes Streaming / Premature By Ian Brockway From Rashaad Ernesto Green, “Premature” is a study of a tangled romance. It is deep, direct, engrossing …
Tropic Sprockets / Corpus Christi By Ian Brockway The idea of sneaky or covetous men of the cloth, genuine or otherwise, has been frequent ground for …
Tropic Sprockets / Ordinary Love By Ian Brockway Lisa Barros D’Sa (Cherrybomb) and Glenn Leyburn direct the heartfelt and understated “Ordinary Love,” a character study of …
Tropic Sprockets Goes Streaming / Crime + Punishment By Ian Brockway From the East Bronx there is a hero fighting corruption in the New York Police …
Tropic Sprockets Goes Streaming / The Normal Heart By Ian Brockway Ryan Murphy adapts Larry Kramer’s “The Normal Heart” produced by HBO. The film is a …
Tropic Sprockets Goes Streaming / Just Mercy By Ian Brockway “Just Mercy” directed by Destin Daniel Cretton is the true story of Bryan Stevenson who is …
Tropic Sprockets Goes Straming / Mudbound By Ian Brockway Dee Rees (Pariah) directs the immersive period drama “Mudbound” focusing on two families in WWII era Mississippi, …
Tropic Sprockets Goes Streaming / Quarantine Cat Film Festival By Ian Brockway Directed by Brian Mendelssohn, “Quarantine Cat Film Festival” is a compilation that brings together …
Tropic Sprockets Goes Streaming / The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson By Ian Brockway Marsha P. Johnson (August 24, 1946- July 6, 1992) …
Tropic Sprockets Goes Streaming / Moynihan By Ian Brockway Pat Moynihan (March 16, 1927 – March 26, 2003) was the famed member of the U.S. Senate, known …
Tropic Sprockets Goes Streaming / Before Stonewall:The Making of a Gay and Lesbian Community By Ian Brockway Greta Schiller directs the now classic documentary “Before Stonewall” …
Tropic Sprockets Goes Streaming / Get Out By Ian Brockway Comedian Jordan Peele, half of the Key and Peele duo on Comedy Central, has directed a …
Tropic Sprockets Goes Streaming / The Cuban By Ian Brockway Canadian director Sergio Navarretta has a light and breezy film “The Cuban,” which highlights an affectionate …
Tropic Sprockets Goes Streaming / Dear White People By Ian Brockway In style and content, Justin Simien’s “Dear White People” speaks about the daring and influence …
Tropic Sprockets Goes Streaming / Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets By Ian Brockway In the stylistic mode of Steve Buscemi’s “Trees Lounge” or Kevin Smith’s “Clerks,” here …
Tropic Sprockets Goes Streaming / Flannery By Ian Brockway Flannery O’ Connor (1925-1964) is known for creating outrageous characters: manic ministers, eccentric children and mystic loners. …
Tropic Sprockets Goes Streaming / The Tobacconist By Ian Brockway Nikolaus Leytner’s “The Tobacconist ” is an entertaining coming-of-age drama of a friendship between an older …