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Philosophy Rekindled examines early 20th century philosophers focusing on a one book at a time. The book of focus for 2020 is the 1920 New York published version of Tertium Organum by P.D. Ouspensky
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A podcast giving you the missing commentaries and first hand insights from the film makers behind the streaming content you love! Watch the film in sync with the episode or at your own leisure. Hosted by Grant Sputore and David McDonnell. You can find us on instagram @thecommentarycast and follow our hosts @grantsputore and @isthatyoudave
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It's the last epsiode of the season and a very special episode as we have host of the show Grant Sputore talking about his feature film debut I Am Mother, along with screenwriter Michael Lloyd Green and special guest interviewer Roseanne Liang. In the wake of humanity's extinction I AM MOTHER tells the story of a teenage girl who is raised by a rob…
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In this week’s episode we talk to director Alice Waddington about their film PARADISE HILLS - which premiered at Sundance in 2019. PARADISE HILLS tells the story of Uma, a young woman who wakes up in an apparently idyllic reform school for young ladies. But a dark secret lies within its walls. The film features an incredible cast, including Emma Ro…
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In this week’s episode of The Commentary Cast we talk to director Michael Matthews about his film LOVE AND MONSTERS. Seven years after he survived the monster apocalypse, lovably hapless Joel leaves his cozy underground bunker behind on a quest to reunite with his ex. The film stars Dylan O’Brien, Jessica Henwick, Michael Rooker and Ariana Greenbla…
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This week on the Commentary Cast we're joined by writer / director Mike Flanagan and writer / lead actor Kate Siegel to talk about their film HUSH. Premiering in 2016 at South by Southwest the film tells the story of Maddie Young, a deaf writer who has retreated into the woods to live a solitary life. When a masked killer appears at her window she …
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This week's Commentary Cast features director Lee Cronin discussing his film The Hole In The Ground which premiered at Sundance in 2019. The Hole in the ground tells the story of Sarah whose young son disappears into the woods behind their rural home. When the boy returns, he looks the same, but his behavior grows increasingly disturbing and Sarah …
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This week's guest on The Commentary Cast is writer extraordinaire Brian Duffield talking about his directorial debut - Spontaneous. When students in their high school inexplicably start to explode, seniors Mara and Dylan struggle to survive in a world where each moment may be their last. As an unexpected romance blossoms between them, they soon dis…
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Be ready with your best finishing move, as this week the Director of Mortal Kombat - Simon McQuoid joins us on The Commentary Cast. Hunted by the warrior Sub-Zero, MMA fight Cole Young finds sanctuary at the temple of Lord Raiden. Training with experienced fighters and a rogue mercenary, Cole prepares to stand with Earth’s greatest champions to bat…
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On this week's epsiode of The Commentary Cast we're joined by Director Joe Penna discussing his brand new Netflix feature film - Stowaway. Starring Anna Kendrick, Daniel Dae Kim, Shamier Anderson and Toni Collette, Stowaway tells the story of a three-person crew on a mission to Mars who face an impossible choice when an unplanned passenger jeopardi…
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BAFTA award winning Director Remi Weekes joined us on The Commentary Cast ahead of the release of his debut film HIS HOUSE - released October 30th 2020 - Starring Sope Dirisu and Wunmi Mosaku and featuring Matt Smith the film is tells the story of a refugee couple who make a harrowing escape from war-torn South Sudan, but they then struggle to adju…
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Academy Award winning director Aaron Schneider joins the Commentary Cast this week to discuss his film - Greyhound. Written by and starring Tom Hanks it tells the story of a first time Navy Commander who is assigned to lead a WWII Allied convoy where he finds himself relentlessly pursued by German U-boats as part of the most complex naval battle in…
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Director Christopher Landon joins us on The Commentary Cast this week to chat about his film - Happy Death Day. Jessica Rothe and Israel Broussard star in the first installment of the now multiple film franchise where a college student keeps reliving the day of her murder over and over until she can discover her killers identity.…
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We are covering our panel discussion for Chapter XXIII,Evolution and Culture and the Conclusion in five parts and this is the final part - Part 5. Well, Ouspensky you have had us captivated for the whole of 2020 and our panellists have had moments where we have loved what you have to say and others where we don’t agree with you at all. Chapter XXII…
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Part 9 of Episode 24 is the Conclusion of Tertium Organum by P.D. Ouspensky read by Alice Flanagan. Well Ouspensky, it has been a long journey and now we reach the conclusion. It has been a rollicking good read with lots of twists and turns. As is customary in any conclusion there is a summary of the main points of the book however, Ouspensky manag…
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Part 8 of Episode 24 is the audio version of ‘Evolution or Culture’ of Tertium Organum by P.D. Ouspensky read by Alice Flanagan. As an add-on to Chapter XXIII Ouspensky has included a section called ‘Evolution or Culture’ where he explores the question – must cosmic consciousness result as part of the evolutionary process or can it be awakened thro…
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Well, Ouspensky just gets more and more terrifying as this chapter progresses and our panellists have a lot to say about it. Is Ouspensky showing us a side we haven’t seen before or have we missed something? One thing is for sure and that’s our panellists aren’t happy to hear Ouspensky’s thoughts on the ‘Master Race’ (a race that has ‘Cosmic Consci…
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We are covering our panel discussion for Chapter 23 in several parts and this is Part 3. Well, the moment we have all been waiting for has arrived – Ouspensky’s annihilation of Dr Bucke. Our panellists are not sure why Ouspensky has made such an effort to quote Bucke just to bring him down – perhaps they had a falling out, or perhaps Ouspensky is e…
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Part 5 of Episode 24 is the third and final part of the audio version of Chapter XXIII of Tertium Organum by P.D. Ouspensky read by Fred Flanagan. This chapter will be read by my late father Fred Flanagan as a nod to the past and the person who introduced me to the book. Ouspensky has set the scene by quoting pages and pages from Dr Bucke and you’d…
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We are covering our panel discussion for Chapter 23 in several parts and this is Part 2. Well buckle up because Ouspensky is putting the spotlight on Dr Bucke (and not in a good way). Ouspensky will have his say in the next part of the panel discussion but for now our panellists have the floor and they are not sympathetic to Dr Bucke and what he ha…
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Part 3 of Episode 24 is the second part of the audio version of Chapter XXIII of Tertium Organum by P.D. Ouspensky read by Fred Flanagan. I'm releasing the chapter reading for Chapter 23 in 3 parts because of its length this is Part 2. This chapter will be read by my late father Fred Flanagan as a nod to the past and the person who introduced me to…
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We are covering our panel discussion for Chapter 23 in several parts and this is Part 1. Well Ouspensky we should have seen this coming as you dropped many hints along the way. Our panellists have raised an eyebrow (or two) at some of Ouspensky’s revelations in the first part of this chapter. Some of the things he said 100 years ago are eerily true…
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Part 1 of Episode 24 is the first part of the audio version of Chapter XXIII of Tertium Organum by P.D. Ouspensky read by Fred Flanagan. I'm releasing the chapter reading for Chapter 23 in 3 parts because of its length this is Part 1. This chapter will be read by my late father Fred Flanagan as a nod to the past and the person who introduced me to …
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We are covering our panel discussion for Chapter 22 in five parts and this is Part 5. Well Ouspensky is finishing this chapter on a high (ok yes pun intended) as he enters into the region of drugs and the mystical state. He quotes from Prof. James’ book ‘Mystical States under Narcosis’ which our panellists agree must have been a rollicking good rea…
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Well as if Ouspensky would dare leave Helena Blavatsky out of his Rock Star Hall of Fame, not a chance! Our panellists don’t share his enthusiasm for Helena’s writings however and we move quickly to Prof. James who has a lot to say about mysticism, religion and sex (although he is ever so discreet about the latter). So after this, Ouspensky’s ‘Sex,…
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