Posts in category Tropic Sprockets

Tropic Sprockets / Parasite By Ian Brockway From Bong Joon-ho (The Host, Mother), “Parasite” is his most expansive and detailed film to date. With aspects …

Tropic Sprockets / Pain and Glory By Ian Brockway From the legendary iconoclast Pedro Almodovar (Dark Habits, All About My Mother), here is his latest, …

Tropic Sprockets/The Lighthouse By Ian Brockway Robert Eggers is one of the new filmmakers (along with Ari Aster) on the forefront of gothic horror. In …

Tropic Sprockets / First Love By Ian Brockway Takeshi Miike has a legacy of cinematic surprise and of pushing audience buttons. Even if not always …

Tropic Sprockets / Loro  By Ian Brockway The politician Silvio Berlusconi was the Prime Minister of Italy for eleven years from 2001 to 2011, as …

Tropic Sprockets / Monos By Ian Brockway From Alejandro Landes, who won acclaim with his film “Porfirio” (a true story about a paraplegic shot by …

Tropic Sprockets / Where’s My Roy Cohn? By Ian Brockway Roy Marcus Cohn (1927-1986) was and is a truly among the most unsympathetic and despicable men …

Tropic Sprockets / Judy By Ian Brockway Judy Garland is one of the most dynamic performers of the 20th century. With “The Wizard of Oz” …

Tropic Sprockets / Joker By Ian Brockway The Joker is one of the most vivid comic book villains in culture. In the 70s, as a …

Tropic Sprockets / Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice By Ian Brockway “Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice” is a colorful and comprehensive documentary …

Tropic Sprockets / Downton Abbey By Ian Brockway The much anticipated film version of Julian Fellowes’ Downton Abbey has arrived, directed by Michael Engler (The Chaperone). …

Tropic Sprockets / Brittany Runs a Marathon By Ian Brockway Paul Downs Colaizzo delivers a warm crowd pleaser with “Brittany Runs a Marathon,” his directorial …

Tropic Sprockets / Tel Aviv on Fire By Ian Brockway “Tel Aviv on Fire,” Sameh Zoabi‘s comic film is a somewhat zany send up of …

Tropic Sprockets / It: Chapter Two By Ian Brockway Stephen King’s nearly 12,000 page epic ‘Moby Dick of horror’ returns to the screen with its …

Tropic Sprockets / The Peanut Butter Falcon By Ian Brockway Directed by Tyler Nilson, “The Peanut Butter Falcon” is a giddy story in the tradition of …

Tropic Sprockets / David Crosby: Remember My Name By Ian Brockway A.J. Eaton’s “David Crosby: Remember My Name” is a striking portrait of rock legend …

Tropic Sprockets / Where’d You Go, Bernadette? By Ian Brockway Director Richard Linklater is the king of small town quirk. He has the knack for revealing …

Tropic Sprockets / Blinded by the Light By Ian Brockway   “Blinded by the Light” by Gurinder Chadha (Bend It Like Beckham) is based on …

Tropic Sprockets / Maiden By Ian Brockway The ocean is a sublime and dangerous force that has inspired great works of philosophy, film and literature. …

Tropic Sprockets / The Farewell By Ian Brockway “The Farewell” by Lulu Wang is a bittersweet yet engaging tale about the perils of a Chinese family, …