Arrival

Arrival

Release Date

2016

Director

  • Denis Villeneuve

Cast

  • Amy Adams
  • Jeremy Renner
  • Forest Whitaker

After twelve mysterious spacecraft appear around the world, a linguist recruited by the military races to decipher the aliens' language and intentions before fear leads to war.

When mysterious spacecraft touch down across the globe, an elite team—lead by expert linguist Louise Banks (Amy Adams)—are brought together to investigate. As mankind teeters on the verge of global war, Banks and the team race against time for answers—and to find them, she will take a chance that could threaten her life, and quite possibly humanity.

Director Denis Villeneuve (Blade Runner 2049) cemented his auteur status with this superb and cerebral sci-fi masterpiece, featuring a stellar lead performance by Adams.

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Past Programs

2019

Life among the stars

Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline, MA

2022

Look Up: Who is out there?

Rosendale Theatre Collective, Rosendale, NY

2023

The Drake equation and alien life

Taos Center for the Arts, Taos, NM

The science of language

Film Streams, Omaha, NE

2024

Communicating with the unknown

Heartland Film, Indianapolis, IN

The mysteries of language and communication

Cinema Arts Centre, Huntington, NY