Movie Reviews & News
Get the latest news about what's going on at the Tropic, plus movie reviews from our in-house critics, Shirrel Rhoades and Ian Brockway. You’ll also find reviews from film festivals and advance screening movies. Want to make sure you never miss a thing? Follow the Tropic on Facebook for daily updates!
Tropic Sprockets: Carrie
Few films capture the female adolescent experience so well—it illustrates such economy in style and such empathy for victims of bullying that the film is simply a masterpiece forty-six years later.
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Tropic Sprockets: A Different Man
“A Different Man" has the tone of a Twilight Zone episode, blended with a Woody Allen sensibility, anchored by fine performances which keep it firmly in bounds without straying into incredulity.
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Tropic Sprockets: Joker: Folie a Deux
Fleck is shy but compelled. Lee’s eyes are big and piercing. She set her father’s house on fire. Fleck shot a talk show host on live television. Two kindred spirits.
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Front Row at the Movies: Joker: Folie a Deux
Although “Joker” was supposed to be a standalone film, both Phoenix and Phillips expressed interest in making a follow-up. The result is a movie that combines “music, dance, drama, courtroom drama, comedy, happiness and sadness and a traditional love story.”
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Tropic Sprockets: Happy Clothes
This kaleidoscopic documentary follows costume designer Patricia Field from here to there as she talks about her eclectic and electric life. The film’s momentum is intimate and buzzing with a who’s who of personalities, which makes it a solid primer for the 70s and 80s in New York City.
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Tropic Sprockets: The Substance
While the over-the-top cautionary tale will alienate some with its blood-soaked visuals, the Twilight Zone story is held together by the strength of its performers: Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley.
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Front Row at the Movies: The Substance
“The Substance” is described as a body horror film, although its not that scary. It’s more about “youth, beauty, the need to be noticed.” I would call it a medical science fiction thriller.
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Tropic Sprockets: The Thicket
There have been films very much in this hard unsentimental tone before from “True Grit” to “The Hateful Eight,” but Juliette Lewis’s singular demonic performance is enough to keep your popcorn firmly in place.
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Front Row at the Movies: Bonnie and Clyde
“Bonnie and Clyde work so well as a metaphor because their driving impulses are so relatable – they are running from what they fear they really are: boring, ordinary, like their parents, unspecial,” observed critic David Nilson.
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Tropic Sprockets: Merchant Ivory
Stephen Soucy has crafted a brisk documentary on the Merchant Ivory partnership spanning some 43 projects. The documentary is a lively and colorful overview of this legendary film team.
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