Posts in category Tropic Sprockets

Tropic Sprockets Virtual Cinema Series / Shirley By Ian Brockway Director Josephine Decker (Butter on the Latch) takes on Shirley Jackson in a biopic titled “Shirley” …

Tropic Sprockets / The Painter and the Thief By Ian Brockway Benjamin Ree’s new documentary “The Painter and the Thief” analyzes an unlikely friendship. It is …

Tropic Sprockets / The Ghost of Peter Sellers By Ian Brockway Director Peter Medak (The Ruling Class) feels guilty. One of the primary things he feels …

Tropic Sprockets Virtual Cinema Series / Tomasso By Ian Brockway “Tommaso” is Abel Ferrara’s meditation on an American actor living in Rome. In true Ferrara fashion, …

Tropic Sprockets Virtual Cinema Series / Life Itself By Ian Brockway Roger Ebert is probably the single person most responsible for bringing the culture of film …

Tropic Sprockets Virtual Cinema Series / RBG By Ian Brockway Given the current political climate, politicians are now center stage and part of our pop culture. …

Tropic Sprockets Virtual Cinema Series / Blackfish By Ian Brockway “Blackfish,” a documentary by Gabriela Cowperthwaite, is a breathless indictment of keeping orcas in captivity. Sadly, …

Tropic Sprockets Virtual Cinema Series / Hail Satan? By Ian Brockway Since the 1970s, maybe starting with the film “Rosemary’s Baby” (1968), Satanism as a …

Tropic Sprockets Virtual Cinema Series / Capital in the Twenty First Century By Ian Brockway From director Justin Pemberton (Chasing Great) “Capital” is the visual version …

Tropic Sprockets Virtual Cinema Series / Slay The Dragon By Ian Brockway “Slay The Dragon,” a new documentary by Barak Goodman and Chris Durrance, focuses on …

Tropic Sprockets Virtual Cinematheque Series / The Times of Bill Cunningham By Ian Brockway The late Bill Cunningham, under the guise of janitor’s clothes, was a …

Tropic Sprockets / The Hottest August By Ian Brockway For those in the mood for something eerie yet thoughtful the documentary “The Hottest August” by Brett …

Tropic Sprockets Virtual Cinematheque Series / The Times of Bill Cunningham By Ian Brockway The late Bill Cunningham, under the guise of janitor’s clothes, was a …

Tropic Sprockets Virtual Cinematheque Series / Driveways By Ian Brockway Director Andrew Ahn (Spa Night) delivers a perfect film in “Driveways.” The film is a touching …

Tropic Sprockets Virtual Cinematheque Series / Vitalina Varela By Ian Brockway Director Pedro Costa (Horse Money) is known as the Samuel Beckett of cinema. In “Vitalina …

Tropic Sprockets Virtual Cinematheque Series / The Booksellers By Ian Brockway The author Stephen King once remarked that books are a “uniquely portable magic,” and in …

Tropic Sprockets / Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s Island of Dr. Moreau By Ian Brockway For those wanting a bit of eccentric film …

Tropic Sprockets / Saint Frances  By Ian Brockway [Online recommendations for all you self-isolators.] Kelly O’ Sullivan stars in a family drama that is subtly …

Tropic Sprockets / Crip Camp By Ian Brockway [Online recommendations for all you self-isolators.] When I was a kid, I went to an Easter Seals camp …

Tropic Sprockets / A Fish Called Wanda By Ian Brockway  “A Fish Called Wanda” (1988) directed by Charles Crichton is one of the most iconic comedies …