Editor's note: John Anderson is a film critic for Variety and The Wall Street Journal, and a contributor to The New York Times. He is the author of "Sundancing" (2000) and "I Wake Up Screening" (2006). (CNN) -- When Iranian director Asghar Farhadi accepted his Golden Globe for best foreign film last month, he spoke a few words of thanks, paused and announced he wanted to say something about his p…