Posts in category Tropic Sprockets

Tropic Sprockets / Capernaum By Ian Brockway   Nadine Labaki’s “Capernaum” (Choas) nominated for Best Foreign Film is tense, knotty, claustrophobic and unfailingly compelling. As a …

Tropic Sprockets / Arctic By Ian Brockway   The Brazilian musician Joe Penna offers a striking directorial debut with “Arctic”. The story, a day by day …

Tropic Sprockets / Stan & Ollie By Ian Brockway Jon S. Baird (Filth) directs “Stan & Ollie,” a stunningly authentic biopic of the 1930s Laurel & …

Tropic Sprockets / Cold War By Ian Brockway   Director Pawel Pawlikowski is known for striking images, and Oscar nominated “Cold War” is no exception, telling …

Tropic Sprockets / The 2019 Oscar-Nominated Shorts: Documentary By Ian Brockway The documentary shorts have a history of being pointed, uncompromising and confrontational, providing a full …

Tropic Sprockets / LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part” By Ian Brockway   Mike Mitchell (Sky High) directs the appropriately vivid and highly charged sequel to …

Tropic Sprockets / The 2019 Oscar-Nominated Shorts: Live Action By Ian Brockway   The literal translation of the French word Fauve (the title of one of …

Tropic Sprockets / At Eternity’s Gate Bby Ian Brockway Julian Schnabel a painter and filmmaker and the director of the inspired biopic “Basquiat” from 1996, now …

Tropic Sprockets / Can You Ever Forgive Me? By Ian Brockway “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” is the story of author and literary forger Lee Israel, …

Tropic Sprockets / Shoplifters By Ian Brockway   Director Hirokaru Koreeda (Still Walking) directs a natural, heartfelt story of a family where nothing is as it …

Tropic Sprockets / Free Solo By Ian Brockway “Free Solo” by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin is a documentary about Alex Honnold, who climbed El …

Tropic Sprockets / Glass By Ian Brockway   M. Night Shyamalan’s comic book streak continues with “Glass,” presumably the last act in a set of superhero …

Tropic Sprockets / If Beale Street Could Talk Bby Ian Brockway Barry Jenkins (Moonlight) directs the excellent striking and episodic “If Beale Street Could Talk” based …

Tropic Sprockets / Vice By Ian Brockway ­­“Vice” is Adam McKay’s sardonic Pop Art biopic of Vice President Dick Cheney, the man many still love to …

Tropic Sprockets / The Psychadelia of Roma and Easy Rider By Ian Brockway Thinking of the past and present, there are two films “Roma” (2018) …

Tropic Sprockets / Mary, Queen of Scots By Ian Brockway Theater director Josie O’Rourke’s biopic “Mary, Queen of Scots” makes for some titillating intrigue, whether or …

Tropic Sprockets / Aquaman By Ian Brockway In what may be the first superhero film to mention human culpability in pollution and global warming, James Wan …

Tropic Sprockets / The Favourite By Ian Brockway The uncompromising but always compelling Yorgos Lanthimos strikes again, this time in a historical vein with “The Favourite.” …

Tropic Sprockets /  Mary Poppins Returns By Ian Brockway Guess who’s back? It’s Mary Poppins in the long awaited sequel from Disney, “Mary Poppins Returns.” …

Tropic Sprockets / A Personal Reflection By Ian Brockway Film: A Discovery of Friendship My first memory of cinema and pop culture was when I …