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Germany Is Getting Netflix-Hot: Doch Noch Nicht Jetzt

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Watch this trailer for Babylon Berlin . If this video does not convince you to watch the series (in German! God, don't ruin it by watching the dub!)...    zu Asche zu Staub  recurs in various forms throughout season one—you'll know it by heart before long. This series is smart, informative, so creatively different! And has  great  acting. Auch fantastische is  Dark , a better version of  Stranger Things.  The atmosphere in this show is so affecting. As is Oliver Masucci. Very addictive. You're welcome.  Mute , directed by Bowie's son Duncan Jones (2017) seems to be, according to the reviews, like Christmas cake: you either love it or you hate it. While I can see why some critique its sloppy elements, it's clearly a labour of love and is one of those interesting glimpses into our putative future. Similar feel to the urban fabric found in  Altered Carbon.  Worth a look if you're into dystopian projections. Alexander S...

Liv Stein at CanStage

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NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE ENGLISH LANGUAGE PREMIERE Music is the only thing that matters in the life of celebrated concert pianist Liv Stein. When her son Henri dies, she gives it all up - the piano, her career, her marriage, herself. But the unexpected visit of a young promising piano student claiming to have shared Henri's last couple of years forces Liv to face past demons she is trying to forget. A mysterious pact is made that seems to reawaken Liv's will to Liv... Canadian Stage Artistic and General Director Matthew Jocelyn directs this suspenseful and exquisitely crafted drama by one of the most prodigious young voices in new German theatre. " Liv Stein  is a unique and unexpected examination of the relationship between truth and happiness. If something makes us happy, does it have to be true? In a moment when our fundamental relationship to truth is being challenged, this work provokes the audience to consider the shades of grey in what we think of as black and wh...