Posts in category Tropic Sprockets

Tropic Sprockets / Youth By Ian Brockway Paolo Sorrentino, perhaps the closest to Federico Fellini in current cinema, both engages and confuses again in “Youth,” …

Tropic Sprocket / The 2016 Oscar-Nominated Shorts: Animation By Ian Brockway Animation has always been at the forefront of experimental cinema for the simple reason …

Tropic Sprockets / The 2016 Oscar-Nominated Shorts: Live Action By Ian Brockway This year’s Oscar shorts are well in the mode of 2015’s existential tone, …

Tropic Sprockets / 45 Years By Ian Brockway “45 Years” is director Andrew Haigh’s masterful character study of a marriage, based on a short story …

Tropic Sprockets / The Hateful Eight By Ian Brockway Director Quentin Tarantino is never one to inhibit himself, and he doesn’t here. His latest outing …

Tropic Sprockets / Carol By Ian Brockway Todd Haynes (L.A. Confidential) directs this handsome and close-to-the-page adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s novel,  “Carol,” about a young …

Tropic Sprockets by Ian Brockway Journey from Zanskar: a monk’s vow to children Fredrick Marx (Hoop Dreams) directs this sweeping, adventuresome and tense documentary of …

Tropic Sprockets / Zanskar A Monk’s Vow To Children By Ian Brockway Fredrick Marx (Hoop Dreams) directs this sweeping, adventuresome and tense documentary of sixteen …

Tropic Sprockets / Joy By Ian Brockway David O. Russell (American Hustle) directs this quirky and mostly true story about Joy Mangano, the inventor of …

Tropic Sprockets / The Big Short By Ian Brockway In what might seem like financial porn, given the unbridled greed that many of the characters …

Tropic Sprockets by Ian Brockway / The Danish Girl Gender identity is at the core of our being, coloring our heart, our psyche and every …

Tropic Sprockets / Room By Ian Brockway “Room” is the tense and visceral story of a mom, Joy (Brie Larson), and her son, Jack  (Jacob …

Tropic Sprockets / Spectre By Ian Brockway Mexico City. The day is scalding and bright yellow. There is the sound of raucaus latin drums. But …

Tropic Sprockets / Trumbo By Ian Brockway Somewhat in the carbonated and episodic manner of the biopic “Hitchcock,” with lots of period style and detail, …

Tropical Sprockets / Brooklyn “Brooklyn” by director John Crowley is a conceptual time capsule and a tribute to the affectionate and spirited films of the …

Tropic Sprockets / Spotlight By Ian Brockway Director Kevin McCarthy (The Visitor) spins a true journalist’s tale about The Boston Globe’s Spotlight team and their …

Tropical Sprockets / Steve Jobs By Ian Brockway Actor Michael Fassbender gives a tour de force performance in “Steve Jobs” a biopic about the maestro …

Tropic Sprockets / Bridge Of Spies By Ian Brockway Actor Tom Hanks puts his trademark expressions of fear and astonishment to good use in the …

Tropic Sprockets / Love Say what you will about Argentinian director Gaspar Noe, he is an Enfant terrible. Noe is strongly influenced by existentialism and …

Tropic Sprockets / Crimson Peak Grand Gru-meister Guillermo del Toro has returned to All Hallows’ Eve with “Crimson Peak,” a beautifully rendered tribute to H.P. …