You probably know that we’re big fans of foreign films here, and not just foreign films, but any indie gems, foreign or otherwise.
We’re also fans of streaming movies, which sets us apart from some of the “giant screen” purists out there, largely because we’re busy and mobile, and tablets can give you a hell of a picture these days.
That said, the streaming options today are legion, but the options to stream some titles are pretty limited. Popcornflix now has an amazing collection of films that have won prizes at Cannes, Sundance, and many other festivals. These are some of the most talked about foreign films in years, and you don’t want to miss out on them.
Popcornflix Top 10: Award-winning Foreign Films To Stream Immediately
There may be many different kinds of people living in this world, but we all share one grand passion for incredible stories.
We’re also fans of streaming movies, which sets us apart from some of the “giant screen” purists out there, largely because we’re busy and mobile, and tablets can give you a hell of a picture these days.
That said, the streaming options today are legion, but the options to stream some titles are pretty limited. Popcornflix now has an amazing collection of films that have won prizes at Cannes, Sundance, and many other festivals. These are some of the most talked about foreign films in years, and you don’t want to miss out on them.
Popcornflix Top 10: Award-winning Foreign Films To Stream Immediately
There may be many different kinds of people living in this world, but we all share one grand passion for incredible stories.
- 5/7/2015
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
I was not familiar with Ernie Cline's sci-fi novel Ready Player One, but I am sold on the upcoming adaptation from Warner Bros. and De Line Pictures. The film is described as "a nostalgic cross between The Matrix and Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory," which sounds awesome. Variety reports that the project is moving forward, and that A Better Life scribe Eric Eason has been hired to rewrite the author's script.
The project started in 2010, when WB and producer Donald De Line beat out other studios for the feature rights to this hot book. De Line will be producing along with Cline's manager Dan Farah of Farah Films & Management, while Jesse Ehrman will oversee the project for WB.
The story sounds amazing. It follows "an avid gamer who prefers to log into an idyllic virtual world called Oasis in order to escape the his bleak life. When the creator of...
The project started in 2010, when WB and producer Donald De Line beat out other studios for the feature rights to this hot book. De Line will be producing along with Cline's manager Dan Farah of Farah Films & Management, while Jesse Ehrman will oversee the project for WB.
The story sounds amazing. It follows "an avid gamer who prefers to log into an idyllic virtual world called Oasis in order to escape the his bleak life. When the creator of...
- 1/14/2012
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
Briefly: The video game-inspired All You Need is Kill isn't the only game-related project Warner Bros. has going. In 2010 the studio picked up rights [1] to Ernie Cline's much-loved book Ready Player One, a story about a sort of treasure hunt that takes place in a fully-realized online virtual community. Ernie Cline originally scripted the feature version of the book (he also wrote the movie Fanboys) but now Variety [2] says that WB is moving forward with the project by hiring Eric Eason to rewrite. Eason also wrote Manito, Journey to the End of the Night, and the recent film A Better Life. (He directed the first two of those films, as well.) Hit the break for the synopsis of Ready Player One. In the near future, outcast teenager Wade Watts escapes from his bleak surroundings by logging in to the Oasis, a globally networked virtual utopia where users can lead idyllic alternate lives.
- 1/13/2012
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
A Better Life
Written by Eric Eason
Directed by Chris Weitz
USA, 2011
A Better Life, directed by Chris Weitz, succeeds because it knows that at its core it is a father-son story, and not an angry political one. In lesser hands, a film like this could have gone so wrong, but Weitz, along with the film’s writer Eric Eason, chose to do more with less rather than going for broke. It also has one of the best performances of year in Demian Bichir.
The film tells the story of a single father, Carlos (Bichir), living in east Los Angeles with his son Luis (Jose Julian). Like most fathers he just wants his son to have the best possible life he can, one that is better than his working as a gardener. His goal is to appear invisible because he is an illegal alien, who like many came across the border from Mexico.
Written by Eric Eason
Directed by Chris Weitz
USA, 2011
A Better Life, directed by Chris Weitz, succeeds because it knows that at its core it is a father-son story, and not an angry political one. In lesser hands, a film like this could have gone so wrong, but Weitz, along with the film’s writer Eric Eason, chose to do more with less rather than going for broke. It also has one of the best performances of year in Demian Bichir.
The film tells the story of a single father, Carlos (Bichir), living in east Los Angeles with his son Luis (Jose Julian). Like most fathers he just wants his son to have the best possible life he can, one that is better than his working as a gardener. His goal is to appear invisible because he is an illegal alien, who like many came across the border from Mexico.
- 8/14/2011
- by Josh Youngerman
- SoundOnSight
L.A.’s Latino community comes to life in bittersweet A Better Life. One of society’s invisibles, an illegal Mexican immigrant working as a gardener in Los Angeles, is the unlikely hero in the heartfelt father- and-son drama A Better Life, an emotional tale from an even unlikelier source, American Pie and The Twilight Saga: New Moon director Chris Weitz. There’s perhaps one laugh throughout A Better Life, a surprising revelation considering that Weitz remains best known as a writer and director of comedies (Down to Earth, About a Boy). Instead, Weitz and screenwriter Eric Eason (Manito) balance melodrama, suspense and political themes with a rare and authentic look at L.A.’s Latino community...
- 7/15/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
L.A.’s Latino community comes to life in bittersweet A Better Life. One of society’s invisibles, an illegal Mexican immigrant working as a gardener in Los Angeles, is the unlikely hero in the heartfelt father- and-son drama A Better Life, an emotional tale from an even unlikelier source, American Pie and The Twilight Saga: New Moon director Chris Weitz. There’s perhaps one laugh throughout A Better Life, a surprising revelation considering that Weitz remains best known as a writer and director of comedies (Down to Earth, About a Boy). Instead, Weitz and screenwriter Eric Eason (Manito) balance melodrama, suspense and political themes with a rare and authentic look at L.A.’s Latino community...
- 7/15/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
L.A.’s Latino community comes to life in bittersweet A Better Life. One of society’s invisibles, an illegal Mexican immigrant working as a gardener in Los Angeles, is the unlikely hero in the heartfelt father- and-son drama A Better Life, an emotional tale from an even unlikelier source, American Pie and The Twilight Saga: New Moon director Chris Weitz. There’s perhaps one laugh throughout A Better Life, a surprising revelation considering that Weitz remains best known as a writer and director of comedies (Down to Earth, About a Boy). Instead, Weitz and screenwriter Eric Eason (Manito) balance melodrama, suspense and political themes with a rare and authentic look at L.A.’s Latino community...
- 7/15/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
"Cars 2, directed (like several great Pixar films of the last two decades) by John Lasseter, finds itself in the unlucky position of the not-so-bright kid in a brilliant family," finds Slate's Dana Stevens. "No matter if his performance in school is comfortably average; he'll always be seen as a disappointment compared to his stellar siblings. There's nothing really objectionable about Cars 2, although parents of young children should be warned that a few evil vehicles meet violently inauspicious ends. It's sweet-spirited, visually delightful (if aurally cacophonous), and it will make for a pleasant enough family afternoon at the movies. But we've come to expect so much more than mere pleasantness from Pixar that Cars 2 feels almost like a betrayal."
Nick Schager for the Voice: "Pixar's Cars franchise takes a sharp turn from Nascar mayhem and rural red-state-targeted 50s nostalgia to 007 espionage with this upgraded sequel, though in its...
Nick Schager for the Voice: "Pixar's Cars franchise takes a sharp turn from Nascar mayhem and rural red-state-targeted 50s nostalgia to 007 espionage with this upgraded sequel, though in its...
- 6/25/2011
- MUBI
Indie dramas are the toughest movies to make. 'Twas ever thus. And so it took 22 years for A Better Life to hit screens--and Twilight: New Moon. Off that hit, director Chris Weitz was able to parlay some good will at Summit into backing a modest low key $10 million L.A. drama about a laconic, hard-working single father (Demian Bichir), an illegal immigrant gardener who wants the best for his son (Jose Julian). Sounds like Capracorn? Well, that's how Manito screenwriter Eric Eason described Roger Simon's original screenplay at our Landmark Cinema Q & A Thursday Night. The writer of Enemies, a Love Story was given the germ of an idea--a gardener's truck is stolen--and inspired a bit by Italian classic The Bicycle Thief, the ...
- 6/25/2011
- Thompson on Hollywood
Chris Weitz wants to get as far away from fantasy as possible. So for his next project, the New Moon director is turning his attention to The Gardener, a drama about a Mexican yardworker. "There's no special effects. It's just people talking to each other," Weitz tells EW. The script comes from Eric Eason (Manito) and centers on a single father who has a chance to strike out on his own by buying his boss' truck. Weitz hasn't begun casting yet, but plans to reunite with New Moon cinematographer Javier Aguirresarobe and its studio Summit Entertainment. "I still feel like...
- 11/24/2009
- by Nicole Sperling
- EW - Inside Movies
By Variety
Chris Weitz, director of Summit Entertainment's weekend smash "New Moon," is in discussions with the producer about his follow-up film, which will start next spring.
Weitz said he plans to go to work for Summit right away on "The Gardener," with deals in the works for Weitz and Eric Eason ("Manito"), who wrote the screenplay. It's about a hard-working immigrant who lives in Los Angeles and his efforts to protect his son.
Read more in Variety.
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Chris Weitz, director of Summit Entertainment's weekend smash "New Moon," is in discussions with the producer about his follow-up film, which will start next spring.
Weitz said he plans to go to work for Summit right away on "The Gardener," with deals in the works for Weitz and Eric Eason ("Manito"), who wrote the screenplay. It's about a hard-working immigrant who lives in Los Angeles and his efforts to protect his son.
Read more in Variety.
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- 11/23/2009
- by Lisa Horowitz
- The Wrap
"New Moon" director Chris Weitz is currently in talks with Summit Entertainment for "The Gardener" written by Eric Eason ("Manito"). The story focuses on a hard-working immigrant who lives in Los Angeles and his efforts to protect his son. Weitz said he will start production some time in March or April next year. "There are no werewolves or vampires, just a Mexican gardener in Los Angeles," Weitz said. "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" has rocketed to over $258 million worldwide so far with just a few days in release. The adaptation of the second Stephenie Meyer book in the series is the third biggest weekend opener behind "The Dark Knight" and "Spider-Man 3." However, critics have slammed the film as far as performances and effects go.
- 11/23/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
With the owners of Summit Entertainment giddy over New Moon's opening weekend they've shaken the hand of that picture's director and agreed to make his next film. Fresh from gushing to Variety about what a happy experience he had directing New Moon, Chris Weitz has signed a deal to make his next picture, a drama titled The Gardener, with Summit.
"There are no werewolves or vampires, just a Mexican gardener in Los Angeles," Weitz plainly told Variety, perhaps dashing the hopes of Twihards hoping for a spinoff involving gardeners that sparkles in the sunlight.
The story centers on an immigrant who finds employment in Los Angeles and how he fights to earn a living to support his son. The screenplay is by Eric Eason, writer/director of the 2002 drama Manito. Weitz is hoping to have filming underway next spring. If there's been any casting decisions Weitz didn't choose to...
"There are no werewolves or vampires, just a Mexican gardener in Los Angeles," Weitz plainly told Variety, perhaps dashing the hopes of Twihards hoping for a spinoff involving gardeners that sparkles in the sunlight.
The story centers on an immigrant who finds employment in Los Angeles and how he fights to earn a living to support his son. The screenplay is by Eric Eason, writer/director of the 2002 drama Manito. Weitz is hoping to have filming underway next spring. If there's been any casting decisions Weitz didn't choose to...
- 11/23/2009
- by Patrick Sauriol
- Corona's Coming Attractions
With New Moon ruling the box office this weekend, director Chris Weitz must be glad to put the failure of The Golden Compass behind him. In fact, he admitted as much in Variety's announcement of his next project, The Gardener. He didn't hold back at all on trash talking New Line, just check out some of the quotes after the break. Weitz also made it clear that he's not retiring after this next project. First, The Gardener: The film looks decidedly simpler in scope than his recent projects. It's the story of a Mexican immigrant living in La and his efforts to protect his son. Weitz co-wrote the script along with Eric Eason (Manito). About A Boy showed Weitz had a knack for small-scale dramas, so I'm hoping this film ends up similarly good. As for Newline and The Golden Compass, he mentioned that the studio took the film away...
- 11/23/2009
- by Devindra Hardawar
- Slash Film
"There are no werewolves or vampires, just a Mexican gardener in Los Angeles." Variety reports tonight that director Chris Weitz will be following up The Twilight Saga: New Moon with a new drama called The Gardener. Before jumping into the world of vampires, Weitz directed The Golden Compass and About a Boy previously. He's had a rough career so far (dealing with these last two films), but hopefully this project will allow him to settle down once again. Summit Entertainment, who released Twilight, is developing The Gardener with Weitz from a screenplay written by Eric Eason (Manito). From vampires to just a gardener? The Gardener is apparently just a story about a hard-working immigrant who lives in Los Angeles and his efforts to protect his son. Is there something more to this? Because it sounds like it could be a modern hybrid of Michael Douglas' Falling Down and Liam Neeson's Taken,...
- 11/23/2009
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
United Artists has renewed its first-look deal with Crossroads Films. The New York-based company, whose recent credits include Igby Goes Down and Love Song for Bobby Long, first pacted with the studio in 2001. Tapping into the New York talent pool, Crossroads is working with Jim Taylor, who penned Election and About Schmidt. Taylor is on board to write a feature adaptation of the Emmy-nominated documentary Tupperware! The company also has hired David Gordon Green (All the Real Girls) to adapt Stewart O'Nan's novel Snow Angels, while Eric Eason (Manito) is set to direct The Little Thief, which is based on French helmer Erick Zonca's telefilm Le Petit Voleur.
Up-and-comer Franky G has inked a talent holding deal with John Wells Prods. to star in a new TV series project for the company. "Franky G is an extraordinary new talent, and we are very fortunate to be working with him," Wells said. "We are extremely excited about this new relationship and the possibility of creating a show for him." Franky G most recently co-starred in this summer's hit The Italian Job. His first movie, Manito, for which he was cast after showing up at a cattle call, won the Special Jury Prize for best ensemble cast at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival. Franky G also appeared this year in Confidence opposite Dustin Hoffman and Edward Burns. The actor, repped by CAA and 3 Arts Entertainment, next appears in the Val Kilmer starrer Wonderland, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.
- 9/15/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NEW YORK -- Fresh off a win last week for best directorial debut at the IFP/New York's Gotham Awards (HR 9/30), writer-director Eric Eason's Manito has been snapped up by Film Movement, the newly launched distribution outfit from Shooting Gallery founder and former CEO Larry Meistrich. Film Movement is planning a spring release for the film, with a simultaneous theatrical and home video/DVD rollout via the company's subscription service. Film Movement subscribers are offered free admission to the company's theatrical releases. "Film Movement members may choose to view the (films) in (the) theater free of charge or view the film on DVD, while it is still in theaters," Meistrich said. "We are basically shuffling windows. Film consumers across the nation deserve the same access to new releases that cities such as New York and Los Angeles enjoy."...
- 10/2/2002
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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