Posts in category Tropic Sprockets

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 …

Tropic Sprockets / Uncut Gems By Ian Brockway “Uncut Gems” by the director team of Josh and Benny Safdie is a riveting and perfect film …

Tropic Sprockets / Bombshell By Ian Brockway Jay Roach (Game Change, Meet the Parents) directs a film about Fox News, focusing on the unsavory dealings …

Tropic Sprockets / Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker By Ian Brockway Nothing beats the sound of the iconic music from John Williams or the …

Tropic Sprockets / A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood By Ian Brockway In the late 1990s, the irreverent writer Tom Junod met Fred Rogers for …

Tropic Sprockets / Dark Waters By Ian Brockway The most palpable thing about “Dark Waters” is that it is a real life Apocalypse story. It is …

Tropic Sprockets / Jojo Rabbit By Ian Brockway In 1940, Charlie Chaplin spoofed Hitler as Adenoid Hynkel in The Great Dictator. He was histrionic and …

Tropic Sprockets / Knives Out By Ian Brockway Rian Johnson (The Last Jedi, Brick) helms a solid mystery in the mode of Agatha Christie. With …

Tropic Sprockets / The Report By Ian Brockway In case the imperiled Trump presidency has you pining for the George W. administration from 2004, here …