Posts in category Tropic Sprockets

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 …

Tropic Sprockets / It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World By Ian Brockway Stanley Kramer’s “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World” (1963) is an old …

Tropic Sprockets / The Plot Against America and Curb Your Enthusiasm on HBO By Ian Brockway As we are practicing social distancing these days, a new …

Tropic Sprockets / Incitement By Ian Brockway “Incitement” by Yaron Zilberman, is a nerve jangling and haunting film about the assassin Yigal Amir who killed Yitzhak …

Tropic Sprockets  / The Assistant By Ian Brockway “The Assistant” by Kitty Green (Ukraine Is Not a Brothel) is a Hopper painting set in motion …

Tropic Sprockets / Fantastic Fungi By Ian Brockway It is well known that people are generally afraid of fungi. Like a strange entity or an …

Tropic Sprockets / The 2020 Oscar Shorts: Documentary By Ian Brockway This year’s documentary shorts are visceral, raw, potent and punchy. Each one takes you …

By Ian Brockway As strange as it may seem for this year’s animated shorts, a sense of melancholia is the order of the day. That …

By Ian Brockway As strange as it may seem for this year’s animated shorts, a sense of melancholia is the order of the day. That …

By Ian Brockway “American Factory”, a documentary by Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert focuses on an auto plant in Moraine Ohio, where 10,000 local jobs …

By Ian Brockway Petra Costa’s “The Edge of Democracy” is an eerie and poignant documentary about the ups and downs of Brazilian politics. It is …

By Ian Brockway With breathtaking cinematography by Roger Deakins, Sam Mendes’ “1917” takes you to the realm of World War I, one of the most …

Tropic Sprockets / Little Women By Ian Brockway From director Greta Gerwig (Ladybird) comes a sprightly told and warm hearted interpretation of the oft-filmed classic …