Posts in category Tropic Sprockets

Tropic Sprockets / Twister By Ian Brockway For the retro minded, “Twister” is here from 1996, starring Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt, and directed by Jan …

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On“ is the feature film, expanded from the original short that took the Internet …

Tropic Sprockets / Cuba Crossing By Ian Brockway This week’s Key West Centennial film is “Cuba Crossing” from 1980, directed by the documentary filmmaker Chuck …

Tropic Sprockets / Nope By Ian Brockway Jordan Peele’s new film “Nope” is more of a meditation than an outright chiller, but its atmosphere and suspense …

Tropic Sprockets  / Forbidden Planet By Ian Brockway [Showing at the Tropic Cinema the weekend of July 22-24. For showtimes and tickets, go to https://www.tropiccinema.com/movie/classics-at-the-tropic-forbidden-planet/] “Forbidden …

Tropic Sprockets / Where the Crawdads Sing By Ian Brockway  Delia Owens’ Bestseller Where the Crawdads Sing is now a film directed by Olivia Newman. The …

Tropic Sprockets / Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris By Ian Brockway Anthony Fabian directs “Mrs.Harris Goes to Paris.” The film is a lighthearted and charming comedy …

Tropic Sprockets / Mr. Malcolm’s List By Ian Brockway Directed by Emma Holly Jones, Suzanne Allain’s breezy comedy of manners “Mr. Malcolm’s List” comes to the …

Tropic Sprockets / Official Competition By Ian Brockway Gaston Dupratt and Mariano Cohn have crafted a satire aimed at Hollywood. Though quite dark, it is …

Tropic Sprockets / Monterey Pop By Ian Brockway Master chronicler of the 1960s music scene D.A. Pennebaker (Don’t Look Back), delivers another wonderful and heartfelt time-capsule …

Tropic Sprockets / Elvis By Ian Brockway  The virtuosic Baz Luhrmann directs “Elvis,” a stunning, comprehensive biopic that takes in the full measure of the …

Tropic Sprockets / Blowup By Ian Brockway The 1966 classic “Blowup” has arrived directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. The film is a wonderful time capsule that …

Tropic Sprockets / Brian and Charles  By Ian Brockway In the quirky mockumentary vein of “This Is Spinal Tap” and the UK version of The Office, …

Tropic Sprockets / Urgh! A Music War By Ian Brockway The 1980s were the Reagan years. I was in high school. I was taking my asthma …

Tropic Sprockets / Breathless By Ian Brockway Jean-Luc Godard’s masterful “Breathless” is back on the big screen and it is cause for celebration. The film …

Tropic Sprockets / Benediction  By Ian Brockway Terrence Davies (House of Mirth) tells the affecting story of poet Siegfried Sassoon in the film “Benediction.” Though …

Tropic Sprockets / Jazzfest: A New Orleans Story By Ian Brockway Directors Frank Marshall and Ryan Suffern give a rousing history of the New Orleans …

Tropic Sprockekts / Crimes of the Future By Ian Brockway David Cronenberg is a director I discovered as a teenager. I was watching “Videodrome” (1983) …

Tropic Sprockets / Top Gun: Maverick By Ian Brockway “Top Gun: Maverick” has speedily arrived at the Tropic and the film is slick and entertaining. …

Tropic Sprockets / Downton Abbey : A New Era The Downton alliance is here again in a highly anticipated second film outing. The pace is …