Movies

Whether you prefer the sleepy countryside or the sombre beauty of 19th century Vienna: here are five Austrian TV shows we recommend!

Out of over 200 international films presented at Viennale 2021, Metropole has selected the top ten to share with you.

As the pandemic winds down and television production ramps up, this summer sees a cavalcade of quality programming, including the return of an animated icon, a long-awaited spinoff of a beloved Marvel antihero, a star-studded musical parody, the next chapter in a hit French series and a Canadian cult comedy coming to Austrian streaming services.

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.

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

If the most saccharine of holidays is starting to get to you, here are five sobering – some would say more realistic – portrayals of human emotion.

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

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

For 15 years and counting, the Vienna Shorts Festival shows cinematic innovation in 30 minutes or less.

The documentary Score gives a rundown on the history, impact and craft of composing film music.

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

A puny Matt Damon grapples with big ideas in the sci-fi dramedy Downsizing.

A bereaved mother’s quest for justice escalates into a dark, hilarious feud.

There’s so much good television on streaming websites, not to mention the films. It’s impossible to keep track of what is worth your time. When it’s cold outside, it’s time to cuddle up with a good movie or start binging your next series.

Loving Vincent recreates van Gogh’s artwork in animated oil paintings

Don’t Blink is an insightful gaze into the life and mind of iconoclastic photographer Robert Frank

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

The Viennale promises two weeks of movie magic, marred by the passing of director Hans Hurch

A film crew captures Vienna’s clandestine allure for the espionage thriller City of Spies

An eclectic mix of cinema’s finest, at one of the summer’s hottest hangouts

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

Societal upheaval, as shown by Japanese cinema.

A visually stunning film about the fundamental truths of life and the monsters lurking in the dark places.

The Founder is a fast-food confidential on McDonald’s founder Ray Kroc.

The Young Karl Marx takes the earliest days of the labor movement out of the textbooks

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

Iconic and iconoclastic, the famous German director is celebrated in a retrospective at the Austrian Film Archive