Tropic Sprockets / Ferrari
Tropic Sprockets / Ferrari By Ian Brockway Director Michael Mann now has a subject as dispassionate as his films: Enzo Ferrari. Simply titled “Ferrari” the …
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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 …
Tropic Sprockets / The Pigeon Tunnel By Ian Brockway Errol Morris (The Fog of War) offers an arresting portrait of the writer John le Carré …
Tropic Sprockets / Anatomy of a Fall By Ian Brockway Justine Triet’s intensive new film “Anatomy of a Fall” is affecting and magnetic. Pensive and …
Tropic Sprockets / Killers of the Flower Moon By Ian Brockway The auteur Martin Scorsese (Goodfellas) gives us a history lesson with “Killers of the Flower …
Tropic Sprockets / Nyad By Ian Brockway Diana Nyad is a larger-than-life person. She is an Olympic swimmer, a correspondent for ABC Sports, a radio …
Tropic Sprockets / The Human Voice and Strange Way of Life By Ian Brockway Pedro Almodovar, the auteur of psychological melodrama has two recent short …
Tropic Sprockets / Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour By Ian Brockway The wunderkind Taylor Swift has an epic concert film “The Eras Tour” directed by …
Tropic Sprockets / To Catch A Thief By Ian Brockway Alfred Hitchcock directs “To Catch A Thief” (1955). The film boasts stunning locations from Alpes-Maritimes …
Tropic Sprockets / The Royal Hotel By Ian Brockway Kitty Green (The Assistant) delivers a propulsive and engaging indictment of the virulent male in “The …
Tropic Sprockets / Dumb Money By Ian Brockway “Dumb Money” by Director Craig Gillespie (I, Tonya) is a case study of the GameStop stock inflation …
Tropic Sprockets / The Deepest Breath By Ian Brockway The sea is a gorgeous environment, but it is also awesome and terrifying. One sees this …
Tropic Sprockets / Amerikatsi by Ian Brockway Michael A. Goorjian has a warm and moving film about one man’s Armenian awareness in “Amerikatsi.” The film …
Tropic Sprockets / Bottoms By Ian Brockway In 2020, Director, Emma Seligman directed the unusual debut “Shiva Baby,” a funereal comedy laced with claustrophobic elements …
Tropic Sprockets / Jules By Ian Brockway “Jules” is the new film by Marc Turtletaub (Puzzle). It is quirky and lighthearted, a kind of “Close …