Arrival

Poster for Arrival featuring a large close-up of a woman gazing upward, with a man and a military officer standing below her. In the background, helicopters fly near a massive black oval-shaped alien spacecraft hovering above an open landscape. The muted colors and serious expressions create a sense of mystery, anticipation, and scientific discovery. The title “Arrival” appears at the bottom of the poster.

Director: Denis Villeneuve

Lead Actors: Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker

Release Year: 2016

IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2543164

Podcast Episode: Episode 115: Linguists Rejoice! A Movie about Language — Oh, it’s Aliens? Arrival (2016) With Jeff Punske

Psychology Concepts: Cognitive Psychology, consciousness, Developmental Psychology, emotions, family dynamics, fear, Film Analysis, grief, imagination, inaccuracies, joy, language, linguistic determinism, linguistic relativity, Memory, problem solving, sadness, Sapir-Whorf