Posts in category Tropic Sprockets

Tropic Sprockets / Streets of Fire (1984) By Ian Brockway Walter Hill’s “Streets of Fire” is comic and kitschy, but its mixture of neon and …

Tropic Sprockets / Mending the Line By Ian Brockway “Mending the Line” by director Joshua Caldwell is a bit too predictable in its treatment, but …

Tropic Sprockets / It Ain’t Over By Ian Brockway Former West Point graduate Sean Mullin (Amira & Sam) creates an affectionate and engaging portrait of …

Tropic Sprockets / Concerned Citizen  By Ian Brockway From director Idan Haguel (Inertia) comes “Concerned Citizen,” a timely drama of ego and paranoia with tension …

Tropic Sprockets / You Hurt My Feelings By Ian Brockway Nicole Holofcener (Please Give) directs a family comedy-drama that has a Seinfeld-ish tone. It’s breezy …

Tropic Sprockets / Lost Weekend: A Love Story By Ian Brockway The realm of John Lennon is ubiquitous in 20th century culture not only because …

Tropic Sprockets / BlackBerry By Ian Brockway Before the ubiquitous iPhone, there was the BlackBerry mobile device that could make phone calls and create text. …

Tropic Sprockets / Master Gardener By Ian Brockway Paul Schrader (The Card Counter) who could be the king of voiceover-based films, well handles “Master Gardener” …

Tropic Sprockets / Book Club: The Next Chapter By Ian Brockway From Bill Holderman (Book Club) here is its sequel subtitled “The Next Chapter.” As …

Tropic Sprockets / Tampopo By Ian Brockway Juzo Itami’s “Tampopo” (1985) is probably the first fetish film about Japanese noodles. While it is debatable whether …

Tropic Sprockets / Showing Up By Ian Brockway “Showing Up” is the new film by Kelly Reichardt (First Cow), a master of “slow cinema” meaning …

Tropic Sprockets / Vertigo (1958) By Ian Brockway Alfred Hitchcock’s “Vertigo” is a tour de force. Slick, vivid and gorgeously filmed, it is now noted …

Tropic Sprockets / Beau Is Afraid By Ian Brockway  From Ari Aster (Midsomer) “Beau Is Afraid” is a phantasmagoric Odyssey that never lets go. [For …

Tropic Sprockets / Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret. By Ian Brockway From Kelly Fremon Craig (The Edge of Seventeen) comes “Are You There …

Tropic Sprockets / How to Blow Up a Pipeline By Ian Brockway From director Daniel Goldhaber (Cam) comes “How to Blow Up a Pipeline,” an …

Tropic Sprockets / Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii: Director’s Cut By Ian Brockway Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii is a 1972 concert film, directed by …

Tropic Sprockets / Mafia Mamma By Ian Brockway Director Catherine Hardwicke (Thirteen) puts a suburban mom front and center within the mafia realm in the comedy …

Tropic Sprockets / Wings of Desire By Ian Brockway From the masterful auteur Wim Wenders (The American Friend), “Wings of Desire” (1987) is an existential …

Tropic Sprockets / The Lost King By Ian Brockway  Stephen Frears gives an entertaining light touch in The Lost King, a quirky film involving an obsessive …

Tropic Sprockets / Paint By Ian Brockway Brit McAdams steers an uneven but quirky film “Paint” starring Owen Wilson, and based on the PBS network television …