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Cinephile with Adnan Virk

2x Oscar Winning Director, Asghar Farhadi + This Is The End

Cinephile with Adnan Virk

Adnan Virk, Le Batard & Friends

Tv & Film, Film Reviews, Film Interviews

4.92K Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2021

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Adnan is joined by 2x Oscar winning director, Asghar Farhadi to discuss his new film, A Hero. Do people still hang posters on the wall? Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn. How much is too much to pay for parking? This Is The End. Why is Chris such a bad texter? Tick, Tick… Boom! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:46.9

Part of the movie's brilliance is in how it questions the very concept of a good deed.

0:51.4

That's AA Doubt of AV Club talking about a hero. Our featured film this week from the

0:56.7

Iranian Master, Oscar Fahadi, as far as new films as not just a hero, which by the way,

1:02.0

is not in theaters until January 7th and January 21st. It'll be available on Amazon Prime

1:06.6

Video. I was lucky enough to see it in Slack screening. That's our wild card today. Fahadi

1:10.7

himself, the great director, is going to join us. He's a heavyweight guest. In the

1:15.6

thick world cinema, there's only six directors of everyone best-formed film twice. So Felini,

1:21.1

Kurosawa, Bergman, DeSekai, I can't remember the fifth one is, and Fahadi. I think his latest

1:25.6

film is as good as it gets. So cannot wait to speak to him. Other new films, though, Tick-Tick

1:29.7

Boom, which is currently on Netflix, starring Andrew Garfield. I think he's going to get a

1:33.0

best actor nomination. He's fantastic. And a very bizarre movie, Bad Luck, Banging, or

1:38.6

Looney porn. It's definitely going to win the title for Best Tuddle of the Year. Some

1:42.1

fun names. If nothing else, we have some fun titles for movies this week.

1:47.5

As far as the old, we're going to go with this is the end. I was thinking about some of

1:51.3

my favorite comedies from the past 10 years or so. Cody rewatched it again. I knew Chris

1:55.7

would be all over it. Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogan. I mean, Hall of Fame cast. I know James

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