Episode 247 - Arrival

One of the strongest critical favorites of the year is also resonating with audiences.  Denis Villeneuve's intelligent sci-fi drama is a major success for him and star Amy Adams.  A tale of alien contact on our home planet, Villeneuve's directorial effort features a sense of wonder conspicuously absent from most contemporary science-fiction films.  It's a feeling of awe not just at imaginative special effects, but a meticulously imagined world and it's realistic depiction of what such an alien encounter would look like.  Andrew and Phil are both enthusiastic about 'Arrival' and take apart some of it's themes (without spoilers). You can download the podcast here by right-clicking on the hypertext link and choosing "save as", or you can use the convenient player attached to this post.