Ep. 655 - A Hero (GUEST: Roxana Hadadi from Vulture)

David and Devindra, along with Vulture film critic Roxana Hadadi, attend the Sundance Film Festival remotely. For the feature review, the Filmcast and guest watch A Hero, the newest movie by acclaimed Iranian director Asghar Farhadi. Follow Roxana on Twitter @roxana_hadadi Use #slashtag on Twitter to recommend a title for us to watch. Thanks to Mike C for building the Hashtag Slashtag website: https://hashtagslashtag.com/ Thanks to our sponsors this week: Trade Coffee, PrettyLitter, NordVPN, and MUBI.  Visit drinktrade.com/FILMCAST and get $20 off your first three bags of coffee beans.  Go to PrettyLitter.com and use promo code FILMCAST for 20% off your first order. Visit nordvpn.com/FILMCAST and get up to 70% off your NordVPN plan.  Visit mubi.com/FILMCAST for a month of free movies. Weekly Plugs David - David’s review of the BenQ HT2050A Projector Devindra - Engadget Podcast on Sundance Jeff - We Have Concerns   Roxana- Roxana’s Archive81 Review Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only) What we've been watching  (~3:00) Jeff - The Afterparty, The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window David - Throne of Blood, Sundance: Emergency, Nanny, Cha Cha Real Smooth, Piggy Devindra - The Afterparty, Sundance: Resurrection, A Love Song, Dual, Neptune Frost, When you Finish Saving the World Roxana- The Afterparty, The Righteous Gemstones, Sundance: Master, Emily the Criminal, Palm Trees and Power Lines, Something in the Dirt Feature  (~1:15:49) A Hero Spoilers (~1:36:40) Support David's artistic endeavors at his Patreon. Listen and subscribe to David’s newest podcast Culturally Relevant and subscribe to his YouTube channel. Check out Jeff Cannata’s D&D show The Dungeon Run and listen to We Have Concerns. Listen to Devindra's podcast with Engadget on all things tech.  You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Also, follow us on Twitter @thefilmcastpod. Credits: Our theme song is by Varsity Blue, the newest project by Tim McEwan from The Midnight. Our Slashfilmcourt music comes from SMHMUSIC.com. Our weekly plugs music comes from Noah Ross. Our spoiler bumper comes from filmmaker Kyle Corwith. This episode is edited by Beidi A. If you’d like advertise with us or sponsor us, please e-mail [email protected]. You can support the podcast by going to patreon.com/filmpodcast or by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts.