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Seit Staffel 1 von "Der Übergangsmanager" wissen wir, dass der Tod keine dunkle Gestalt in Umhang ist, sondern längst ein moderner Mann, der schicke Anzüge für sich entdeckt hat. Doch auch damit ist jetzt Schluss. Der Tod, das sind auch immer mehr Frauen. Das Gleichberechtigungsthema ist dadurch jedoch nicht ganz abgehakt - denn es fehlt am Nachwuchs. Wer möchte auch schon Übergangsmanager werden? Jahrelang in Rekordarbeit Menschen per App ins Jenseits überführen, ist ja auch nicht die attraktivste aller Aufgaben. Daher gestaltet die Jenseitsagentur den Job nun lockerer.

Nach einem Unfall hat er seine Erinnerung verloren: wird es Journalist Sebastian Lamprecht gelingen, mithilfe seiner Audiotapes die Ereignisse zu rekonstruieren? Staffel 1 der fiktionalen True Crime-Serie von Thrillerautor Philipp Reinartz folgt der Frage, ob das Gedächtnis in Zukunft manipulierbar werden könnte. Ein Autounfall führt bei Sebastian Lamprecht zu einer retrograden Amnesie: jede Erinnerung an den Unfall selbst und die Monate davor ist wie ausgelöscht. Die Diagnose ist nicht nur schockierend, sondern führt auch zu Spannungen in seinem Umfeld.

Vivica Fox and Teresa Ruiz lead an all-star cast in a story that blends thriller, mystery, and psychological horror for a truly unforgettable listening experience. Fox stars as Tory Newton, a single, no-nonsense woman traveling on business to a bustling border town. When women protesters disrupt the Governor’s big pitch, Tory is thrown together with Alicia, a beguiling activist who promises to reveal a huge scandal. Tory is hooked, in more ways than one - not realizing exactly what she’s being reeled into.

The Reservoir follows an unexceptional man in an exceptional time. We see our present-day pandemic world and New York City through the eyes of a former Wall Street veteran, Ridley, as he, in his enforced quarantined solitude, looks back upon his life. He examines his wins, his failures, the gnawing questions - his career, his divorce, his estranged daughter - and questions what it all means and who he really was.

Every hero works to soothe the fears of the people during their period in history. Heroes are not only brave, but they’re also able to navigate the convoluted corridors of society, and to see through the respectable pretense of others to detect the evil that lies within. So, who better to take on the foggy, crime-ridden streets and strict social mores of Victorian London than the iconic literary detective Sherlock Holmes? In Sherlock Holmes: Beyond the Elementary, you’ll investigate the history behind Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s whip-smart, charismatic detective.

Professor Jennifer Cognard-Black takes you on a culinary tour of fiction, from Proust’s evocative madeleine and the voracious hunger of fairy tales to the intersection of recipes with storytelling and the emotional consumption of food on film. These lessons look at how food can be so much more than mere set dressing in a great story.

Lena, stets top-gestylte Dreifach-Mutter aus Potsdam. Defne, erfolgreiche Scheidungsanwältin aus Kreuzberg. Und Pola, Waisenkind und Erbin einer Rummelplatz-Schießbude. Drei Frauen, die nur eins gemeinsam haben: In ihnen brodelt es. Und zwar ganz gewaltig. Wenn die drei nicht schleunigst lernen, ihre Aggressionen in konstruktive Bahnen zu lenken, sieht es düster aus mit ihren Lebensplänen. So treffen sie eines Tages mehr oder weniger freiwillig im Wartezimmer von Tyler Fury aufeinander.

Ms. Sun is a charming, cash-strapped teaching artist put in charge of a rambunctious group of 10th graders at a public school in the Bronx. While directing her students in a play, Ms. Sun must lift them up while everything around them is falling apart. Written and performed by acclaimed playwright Nilaja Sun and based on her eight-year experience with arts education in New York City, No Child is an inspiring, multi-character solo show that examines America’s broken school system - and reveals the life and love that fill every classroom.

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Townie is a brief yet dramatic glimpse at a blossoming friendship between two young women in a small college town - Amal, a transplant from LA, and Bridgette, a local 20-something who feels lost in her own life and becomes enamored with her new friend’s confidence. At first, the new relationship is intoxicating, and the two women spend every spare minute getting drunk on cheap liquor, party-hopping, and binging reality TV. But soon, a secret is revealed that shifts the dynamic, and Bridgette makes a choice she can never take back.

During the pandemic, our homes and apartments have transported us to new places, different experiences, and changed our understanding of ourselves and others. This collection of 12 tales explores those journeys through the lens of fantasy and science fiction, accentuating the strange and unexpected to reveal the relatable, human dimensions of our continuing migration from what’s normal to a new normal...or even paranormal.

Nicole has wanted to own a haunted car her entire teenaged life, and when she finally finds one - a junker of a Chrysler Neon with its own tragic backstory - her best friend, Johnny, has some serious doubts. Would a demon even want to possess a Chrysler Neon? But when the two of them take it for a test drive, Johnny’s doubts begin to fade: The steering wheel burns hot, the car traps Johnny in the back seat, and is Nicole even driving? Or is the car driving itself? They soon find themselves forced to face the potential evil controlling the car, and possibly even themselves.

A spirited new version of Virgina Woolf’s Orlando adapted with a distinctly queer point of view. This adaptation revels in the origin of the story as a love letter from Woolf to Vita Sackville West. Beginning the story as a young 16th century nobleman, Orlando’s life spans centuries, continents, lovers and genders in a sumptuous celebration of what it means to explore one’s own identity.

Jim Stenson has been flown to the bohemian island of Formentera for a monthlong gig: writing a screenplay for a famous Spanish director, loosely based on the classic French film Contempt. With his career flagging, Jim is determined to make the most of the opportunity. But the director raises the stakes, pushing Jim to draw inspiration for the script from his strained relationship with his wife Anna.

Sono trascorsi vent'anni dalla fine della guerra. Gli Auguri, dittatori un tempo considerati alla stregua degli dèi, furono rovesciati e spazzati via durante il conflitto, misteriosamente abbandonati dai loro stessi poteri tanto temuti. Coloro che li avevano serviti, uomini e donne in possesso di un'abilità minore conosciuta come il Talento, sfuggirono alla stessa sorte solo perché disposti a sottomettersi ai Quattro Canoni della ribellione. Ora, queste leggi sono visibili a tutti, incise nella carne di chiunque usi il Talento, un marchio di obbedienza assoluta.

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Dame Edith Sitwell is on the final leg of a sell-out Recital Tour of America. Eccentric, old, aristocratic and extremely English, she has taken the States by storm. Nevertheless she is annoyed that her sponsors, Life Magazine, are holding her to her contract getting her to write an article interviewing a relatively unknown film actress, about to hit the big time.

A talented sculptor and her psychotherapist fall in love, transgressing numerous ethical boundaries. But as their relationship progresses, what began as the patient’s attempt to liberate herself from her past becomes the most abusive relationship of her life - and the most dangerous.

Die erste Staffel der Science-Fiction-Reihe "Scoring" von Philip-Laszló Koch ist der Beginn eines dystopischen Thrillers: Eine junge Journalistin recherchiert zwischen künstlicher Intelligenz und menschlicher Fremdbestimmung in einer digitalen Diktatur, in der Systemkritik tödlich sein kann. 15 Jahre ist es her, dass Rosa Melo auf bis dato ungeklärte Weise ums Leben kam. Ihr Sohn Cauan sucht nach Antworten und bekommt durch eine KI endlich die Möglichkeit mehr über den Hintergrund des Todes seiner Mutter zu erfahren: Es ist das Jahr 2041.

It’s a story you may think you know - an aging baseball coach is challenged by the very boy he took in and raised. But in this near future world, "smart” houses talk and listen, and - privy as they are to the secret life of the household - family life gets interesting. Creepy and funny, unsettling and entertaining, this is a story that stands on its own even as it proves the perfect follow up to Gish Jen’s critically acclaimed novel The Resisters.