Posts in category Tropic Sprockets

Tropic Sprockets / The Friend By Ian Brockway Directors Scott McGehee and David Siegel deliver a breezy but affectionate heartfelt adaptation of Sigrid Nunez’s The Friend. …

Tropic Sprockets / Warfare By Ian Brockway From the idiosyncratic and edgy Alex Garland (Civil War), “Warfare” centers on the Iraq War. The film is …

Tropic Sprockets / Thank You Very Much By Ian Brockway According to the Oxford Learner’s Dictionary, the term Surrealism is “a 20th-century style and movement …

Tropic Sprockets / The Penguin Lessons By Ian Brockway Peter Cattaneo (The Full Monty) directs the fluid and pleasant “The Penguin Lessons.” Despite some pull …

Tropic Sprockets / The Rule of Jenny Pen By Ian Brockway Director James Ashcroft brings forth fear with mixed results in “The Rule of Jenny …

Tropic Sprockets / On Becoming a Guinea Fowl By Ian Brockway From director Rungano Nyoni (I Am Not a Witch) here is “On Becoming a …

Tropic Sprockets  / There’s Still Tomorrow By Ian Brockway Using the neo-realist black and white style of Roberto Rossellini to great effect, actor Paola Cortellesi …

Tropic Sprockets / Universal Language By Ian Brockway From Matthew Rankin (The Twentieth Century), “Universal Language” is an absurdist melancholic comedy with its own odd …

Tropic Sprockets  / Black Bag By Ian Brockway In a “Less is more” exercise Steven Soderbergh teams up with screenwriter David Koepp in another film …

Tropic Sprockets / Seven Veils By Ian Brockway Atom Egoyan (The Sweet Hereafter) directs his interpretation of Oscar Wilde’s Salome with “Seven Veils.”  [Showtimes and …

Back by Popular Demand: No Closet Space Returns to Tropic Cinema for Two Special Screenings After Selling Out Its Premiere, the Acclaimed Documentary Returns for …

Tropic Sprockets / No Other Land By Ian Brockway From Yuval Abraham, Hamdan Ballal, Basel Adra and Rachel Szor, comes the jarring and affecting documentary, “No …

CINEMA PARADISO at the TROPIC, TUESDAY MARCH 11 By Roger Kostmayer This movie may be the best film, and its music the best film score, …

Tropic Sprockets  / Riff Raff By Ian Brockway Punk musician and director Dito Montiel (Boulevard) offers a best intended helping of dark comedy with “Riff …

The 2025 KEY WEST NOW WOMEN’S FILM FESTIVAL By Ian Brockway Lovers of inclusive cinema unite! There is reason to cheer for this year’s season …

Tropic Sprockets / Presence By Ian Brockway Haunted House films are legion in cinema from “The Haunting of Hill House” to “The Amityville Horror” and …

Tropic Sprockets / All We Imagine as Light By Ian Brockway From Payal Kapadia (A Night of Knowing Nothing) comes a quiet authentic drama, “All …

Tropic Sprockets / The 2025 Oscar Shorts: Animation By Ian Brockway The Animation category is unique. Animation is varied and tends to be unrestrained by …

Tropic Sprockets / The 2025 Oscar Shorts: Documentary By Ian Brockway In keeping with tradition, this category once again contains a somber group of films. …

Tropic Sprockets / The 2025 Oscar Shorts: Live Action By Ian Brockway This year’s group of live action short films, a kaleidoscopic and diverse selection …