Posts in category Tropic Sprockets

Tropic Sprockets / The Promised Land By Ian Brockway Brace yourself for “The Promised Land,” director Nicojai Arcel’s gritty historical drama based on the struggle of …

Tropic Sprockets / Bob Marley: One Love By Ian Brockway The icon Bob Marley vividly shines through in “Bob Marley: One Love” by Reinaldo Marcus …

Tropic Sprockets / All of Us Strangers By Ian Brockway “All of Us Strangers” by Andrew Haigh is a genre-bending relationship study of two people in …

Tropic Sprockets / The Zone of Interest By Ian Brockway It’s the time for Oscar Best Picture nominees at the Tropic, with three on screen …

Tropic Sprockets / Poor Things By Ian Brockway The uncompromising Yorgos Lanthimos has a phantasmagoric hit on his hands with “Poor Things,” an interpretation of …

Tropic Sprockets / Poor Things By Ian Brockway The uncompromising Yorgos Lanthimos has a phantasmagoric hit on his hands with “Poor Things,” an interpretation of …

Tropic Sprockets / Driving Madeline By Ian Brockway Director Christian Carion (Joyeux Noel) directs “Driving Madeline,” a sweet and small film that succeeds in large …

Tropic Sprockets / Freud’s Last Session By Ian Brockway “Freud’s Last Session” now a film directed by Matthew Brown, is based on a book and …

Tropic Sprockets / The Color Purple By Ian Brockway Though it has all the glitter and sunny colors of Disney, Blitz Bazawule’s musical “The Color …

Tropic Sprockets / Make Me Famous By Ian Brockway Edward Brezinski (1954–2007) was an American painter who executed countless Neo Expressionist portraits. Directed by Brian …

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 …

Tropic Sprockets / Fallen Leaves By Ian Brockway From Aki Kaurismäki (Le Havre), “Fallen Leaves” is a still life study in melancholia. Eerie and dreary to …

Tropic Sprockets / Tarpon (1973) / All That is Sacred (2023) In the early 1970s, there was a time when Key West had a cornucopia …

Tropic Sprockets / Ferrari By Ian Brockway Director Michael Mann now has a subject as dispassionate as his films: Enzo Ferrari. Simply titled “Ferrari” the …

Tropic Sprockets / The Iron Claw By Ian Brockway “The Iron Claw” by Director Sean Durkin (Martha Marcy May Marlene) is the eerie unsettling story …

Tropic Sprockets / Godzilla Minus One By Ian Brockway Other than King Kong on top of the Empire State Building, few creatures are as iconic …

Tropic Sprockets / The Holdovers By Ian Brockway Alexander Payne’s latest film “The Holdovers” (loosely based on the French comedy Merlusse), is a coming-of-age crowd-pleaser …

Tropic Sprockets / Priscilla By Ian Brockway Sofia Coppola’s “Priscilla,” focusing on the day-to-day life of the young Priscilla Presley is not for the timid. …

Tropic Sprockets / May December The existential auteur with an eye for fashion Todd Haynes (Carol) scores in the immersive portrait of obsession with “May …

Tropic Sprockets / Rustin By Ian Brockway Director George C. Wolfe brings the 1963 March on Washington alive in “Rustin,” which underscores the efforts of …