Posts in category Tropic Sprockets

Tropic Sprockets / Rolling with The Tropic  By Ian Brockway Under gray skies from Tropical Storm Gamma, I set out for the Tropic Cinema. My …

Rolling with The Tropic by Ian Brockway Fear not Key Westers! Despite the very real sadness of the virus, we are all under positive vibrations …

Tropic Sprockets / The Way I See It By Ian Brockway The inimitable pastel blue and pink marquee of the Tropic shines again with gusto, showing …

Tropic Sprockets Goes Streaming / Never Rarely Sometimes Always By Ian Brockway There are few things more harrowing or upsetting than the decision to have an …

Tropic Sprockets Goes Streaming / Premature By Ian Brockway From Rashaad Ernesto Green, “Premature” is a study of a tangled romance. It is deep, direct, engrossing …

Tropic Sprockets / Corpus Christi By Ian Brockway The idea of sneaky or covetous men of the cloth, genuine or otherwise, has been frequent ground for …

Tropic Sprockets / Ordinary Love By Ian Brockway Lisa Barros D’Sa (Cherrybomb) and Glenn Leyburn direct the heartfelt and understated “Ordinary Love,” a character study of …

Tropic Sprockets Goes Streaming / Crime + Punishment By Ian Brockway From the East Bronx there is a hero fighting corruption in the New York Police …

Tropic Sprockets Goes Streaming / The Normal Heart By Ian Brockway Ryan Murphy adapts Larry Kramer’s “The Normal Heart” produced by HBO. The film is a …

Tropic Sprockets Goes Streaming / Just Mercy By Ian Brockway “Just Mercy” directed by Destin Daniel Cretton is the true story of Bryan Stevenson who is …

Tropic Sprockets Goes Straming / Mudbound By Ian Brockway Dee Rees (Pariah) directs the immersive period drama “Mudbound” focusing on two families in WWII era Mississippi, …

Tropic Sprockets Goes Streaming / Quarantine Cat Film Festival By Ian Brockway Directed by Brian Mendelssohn, “Quarantine Cat Film Festival” is a compilation that brings together …

Tropic Sprockets Goes Streaming / The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson By Ian Brockway Marsha P. Johnson (August 24, 1946- July 6, 1992) …

Tropic Sprockets Goes Streaming / Moynihan By Ian Brockway Pat Moynihan (March 16, 1927 – March 26, 2003) was the famed member of the U.S. Senate, known …

Tropic Sprockets Goes Streaming / Before Stonewall:The Making of a Gay and Lesbian Community By Ian Brockway Greta Schiller directs the now classic documentary “Before Stonewall” …

Tropic Sprockets Goes Streaming / Get Out By Ian Brockway Comedian Jordan Peele, half of the Key and Peele duo on Comedy Central, has directed a …

Tropic Sprockets Goes Streaming / The Cuban By Ian Brockway Canadian director Sergio Navarretta has a light and breezy film “The Cuban,” which highlights an affectionate …

Tropic Sprockets Goes Streaming / Dear White People By Ian Brockway In style and content, Justin Simien’s “Dear White People” speaks about the daring and influence …

Tropic Sprockets Goes Streaming / Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets By Ian Brockway In the stylistic mode of Steve Buscemi’s “Trees Lounge” or Kevin Smith’s “Clerks,” here …

Tropic Sprockets Goes Streaming / Flannery By Ian Brockway Flannery O’ Connor (1925-1964) is known for creating outrageous characters: manic ministers, eccentric children and mystic loners. …