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Actor Aleksandar Saša Petrović feels indestructible when he thinks in Serbian. A talk about movies, life and what it means to be Viennese.

If your watchlist is in need of some fresh content this winter, check out Sky’s exclusive library full of prestige TV and blockbuster movies.

An independent fantasy western made in Austria, Wienerland has international festivals buzzing.

Austria’s premier film festival enters the pandemic age with extra screens and a great selection of world cinema.

What the movie 'Love Sarah' lacks in drama, it almost makes up for in charm.

A search for self in lost memories, crafting a more inclusive historic Hollywood, the final triumph of the greatest basketball team ever and a send-up of American interstellar militarism all vie for your attention.

Shot in just 25 days in the summer of 1994, Richard Linklater’ s disarming look at flirtation, friendship and conversation opened the 1995 Sundance Film Festival, leading to two sequels and a creative partnership.

In the 2020 summer of Covid-19, the famed Film Festival continues with cautionary measures for anxiety-free evenings of memorable performances and international cuisine.

A cavalcade of films new and old welcome starved cinephiles back last weekend.

Global contagion has long inspired cinema, making it second only to nuclear Armageddon as a premise for post-apocalyptic dystopias! As you grumble about toilet paper shortages at your local Billa, take comfort that at the very least, things aren’t quite so bad as these silver screen nightmares.

From the dark sewers of 1949 to 21st century drone shots, Vienna has shown many faces on the silver screen.

Ken Loach takes on the human cost of the gig economy in his latest film, "Sorry We Missed You".

Vienna’s temple of movie nostalgia, the legendary Bellaria cinema, has gone dark. Energetic rescue attempts are going on behind the screen, but a happy end is not yet in sight.

English Cinema Vienna | Getting tired of wanting to go to the movies, only to discover that you still don’t speak German? We got you covered.

Martin Scorsese’s latest film revisits old ground from a new perspective.

Update: At the Academy Awards 2020 "Parasite" got the Oscars for Best Picture, Directing, International Film Feature Film and Writing. Enjoy our revie...

It’s easy to be a film buff in Vienna: With not one but two film museums and numerous cinemas specializing in original-language fare, offbeat, indepen...

The movie "Ramen Shop" celebrates food and family – emphasis on the food.

Three Israelis return to the land of their ancestors, confronting the specters of the past and challenges of the present. How to live in a country t...

Nearly 30 years in the making, director Terry Gilliam finally realizes his passion project in his new film. Famous for his single-minded determinati...

Gus Van Sant explores resilience through pitch-black humor Based on a true story, this sweet-and-sour biopic on Jon Callahan, an alcoholic quadriple...

Isabel Coixet recreates Penelope Fitzgerald’s novel on the power of literature for the big screen Even in this movie-mad city, the Filmcasino on Mar...

Wes Anderson returns with a charming, stop-motion tale of friendship and adventure Hope in the face of injustice can come from unexpected sources. I...

The Let’s CEE Film Festival returns with the very best from Central and Eastern Europe, Turkey and the Caucasus. Just six years old an...

Mixing the profound with the absurd, Lucky pays tribute to the late Harry Dean Stanton and leaves audiences pondering. There’s a certa...

The bitter fall of one of figure skating’s biggest stars relives one of sport’s most infamous scandals. With black humor and sequined costumes, I, ...

Indie favorite Sean Baker looks at life on the seedy fringes of Disney World through the eyes of a child. Fresh off reaping praise for his 2015 fil...

The documentary Score gives a rundown on the history, impact and craft of composing film music. Film soundtracks and their composers wield subtle p...

In The Shape of Water Guillermo del Toro once again blends reality and fantasy, crafting an unusual, transcendant love story. Highly esteemed for h...

A puny Matt Damon grapples with big ideas in the sci-fi dramedy Downsizing. Alexander Payne has done it again. The acclaimed direct...

A bereaved mother’s quest for justice escalates into a dark, hilarious feud. Well known for pitch-black comedies like In Bruges and Seve...

A bittersweet reflection on old age, held afloat by stellar performances. We’re not getting any younger, as the saying goes, and for die-hard baby b...

Loving Vincent recreates van Gogh’s artwork in animated oil paintings If painters express themselves through their art, biographers are at ...

Vienna’s vintage movie theatres endure and thrive with niche programming. Cinema is a young medium, around for just ove...

Presenting cinema with a conscience, This Human World International Human Rights Film Festival has raised awareness for a decade, living up to its nam...

George Clooney and the Coen brothers make a 1950s confidential Peeling away the idyllic veneer of 1950s America, Suburbicon follows ...

The latest adaptation of Agatha Christie’s classic whodunit entices with a stellar cast Previously brought to the screen by Sidney Lumet in a ...

Don’t Blink is an insightful gaze into the life and mind of iconoclastic photographer Robert Frank The camera zeroes in on an unkempt, d...

A new adaptation of Stephen King's signature novel once again proves that parents and clowns are children's worst nightmare Traumatizing children and ...

Haneke’s latest take on technology and family dysfunction has anything but the above A connoisseur of despair, acclaimed Austrian director M...

The Viennale promises two weeks of movie magic, marred by the passing of director Hans Hurch Late October is a special time for Vienna’s...

Astonishing spoiled moviegoers is no small task. Marrying virtual reality with architecture, a Viennese company is dazzling audiences By Susanne Got...

The human side of Britain’s monarch is shown in a softer light No stranger to royals, after humanizing Queen Elisabeth II in the critically-acc...

A film crew captures Vienna’s clandestine allure for the espionage thriller City of Spies The backdrop certainly isn’t reassuring: I’m in front of a...

Austria’s annual frightfest is more than just gore, celebrating the weird and fantastical While more conventional cinematic aficionados spend the en...

Devious, hilarious and insightful, The Party tears into the contemporary British intelligentsia The utter haplessness of the political left is one o...

A star-studded cast, magnificent costumes and a story of feverish love Based on a bestselling 1999 novel by prolific English novelist Deborah Mogga...

Proudly presenting an alternative to heteronormative cinema and queer since day one, the biannual Identities Film Festival holds the rainbow torch up ...

The silver screen – coming to a park near you. Every summer, Vienna’s cinephiles are spoilt for choice with a large selection of open-air cinemas scr...

Societal upheaval, as shown by Japanese cinema. Influenced by the French nouvelle vague and a budding generation gap as postwar children came of age...

An intimate story of an autistic boy changed by Disney movies. A plea for the astounding powers of moving pictures, the documentary Life, Animated f...

Bruce Jenkins, professor of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Alexander Horwath, Director of the Vienna Film Museum discuss the Austro-Am...

A worthy entry to the genre, David Mackenzie's gun-slinging villains are unforgettably epic America loves its underdogs. Deeply ingrained in the nat...

No Such Thing? The Free Lunch Society begs to differ. Receiving public funds simply for existing may seem like sci-fi, but the idea of an unconditio...

The Founder is a fast-food confidential on McDonald’s founder Ray Kroc. Following the lead of the acclaimed The ­Social Network, which dressed down...

Barry Jenkins’ Oscar winner - Moonlight - tackles contemporary issues, captivating critics and festival audiences A semi-autobiographical cinem...

European cinema’s poorly charted east has more than a few surprises up its sleeve at the Let's CEE Film Festival Committed to granting much-nee...

The Young Karl Marx takes the earliest days of the labor movement out of the textbooks At first glance, an origin story of Socialism doesn’t seem an o...

Martin Scorsese brings his passion project, Silence, to the screen Finally finished after 27 years, Martin Scorsese’s latest film Silence has been a...

Nadiv Molcho – the young actor, director and member of the NENI clan – is used to defying naysayers. His first feature film is The History of Now Th...

Vivid color, audacious dance moves and spirited show tunes define a genre making a modern comeback Hot on the heels of La La Land’s box office and c...

Film stills as drama suspended, art as advertisement: Even if you’ve never seen the movie, chances are you know the image They are the indelible vis...

Graham Greene’s The Third Man: An iconic portrait of gloom and corruption in Austria’s postwar capital Great cities have their architectural icons, ...

First-time director James Schamus brings Philip Roth's novel Indignation to the screen Being an outsider is never easy – especially when you’re...

Iconic and iconoclastic, the famous German director is celebrated in a retrospective at the Austrian Film Archive Vienna’s Filmarchiv Austria current...

Mediocre amateurs are legion – but not many have fans throughout generations, including Cole Porter and David Bowie Long celebrated as the “world’s ...

Casey Affleck shines in this reflection on loss and coping After premiering at Sundance to widespread acclaim, Manchester by the Sea creates a very ...

Tom Ford’s second film is slick and stylized like Italian leather After making waves with his debut A Single Man, fashion designer-turned-film direc...

Seduction and manipulation are at the heart of Whit Stillman’s period drama Translating written correspondence into a seamless narrative, Love and Fr...

Jim Jarmusch’s ode to the everyday is nostalgic, delightful and poetic An unabashed celebration of the quiet life, Paterson is Jim Jarmusch’s latest...

British director Ken Loach takes on the welfare bureaucracy After rumors of retiring, director and social activist Ken Loach, the master of kit...

Tragedy often brings people together, and with nothing left to lose, one is free to take a stand against oppression. At least that’s how it works in t...

Raising awareness for human rights on the silver screen A film festival with a social conscience, the 9th edition of This Human World visualizes hum...

Let Metropole help you choose the right course in the Viennale film feast With 300 features, shorts and documentaries shown over a mere two weeks, t...

The golden age of horror comes back... from the dead! It was 1931 when horror film legend Bela Lugosi donned Dracula’s soon-to-be signature cape and ...

The international film festival beckons with new films from celebrated auteurs, international gems, intriguing documentaries and Christopher Walken. ...

Egon Schiele – Death and the Maiden paints a picture of flawed genius. It’s always challenging to portray a beloved historical figure. Striking a bal...

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma leads once distant cultures joyously in consort in The Music of Strangers As the screen goes black, the cacophony of instruments tun...

Barack and Michelle Obama’s first date, as told by Hollywood With the outgoing first couple’s allure still sky high, this retelling of the Obamas’ ea...

Straight from the lunatic fringe of cinema, 40 films in search of braaaaaiiiins Providing fresh meat for fans of unconventional and weird movies, the...

The moral dilemmas of M.L. Stedman's best-selling novel brought vividly on screen Director Derek Cianfrance’s (The Place Beyond the Pines) exquisite ...