Ace of Wands (1970-2)

My rating: *****
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Note: Simon Coward’s comprehensive Ace of Wands website and Andrew Pixley’s copious viewing notes which accompany the 2007 Network DVD release have been invaluable in providing background information and quotations for this review.
This British children’s fantasy series is by all current technical standards fairly dire. It is slow, there [...]

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Foucault and agency

I believe solidly in human freedom.
Michel Foucault, (2000) [1984]. Interview with Actes. In Power. J. D. Faubion (Ed.). Tr. Robert Hurley and others. New York: The New Press.
An interesting comment in response to my reflections on the Foucault quote for May has prompted me to add these further remarks.
Since the early 1980s Foucault has been [...]

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Cypher (2002)

My rating: *****
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This wonderful and underrated science fiction film was directed by Vincenzo Natali who directed the earlier better known Cube. The original title for the film was Company Man but was renamed Cypher when the film-makers found there was another film of the same name.
Cypher means a person of no influence, zero [...]

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Foucault, an optimisitic thinker

Posted on my site michel-foucault.com
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Didier Eribon: On vous dit assez pessimiste. A vous entendre je vous croirais plutôt optimiste?
Il y a un optimisme qui consiste à dire: de toute façon, ça ne pouvait pas être mieux. Mon optimisme consisterait plutôt à dire: tant de choses peuvent être changées, fragiles comme elles [...]

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