Crosstown Arts Film Series Presents: Arrival

When mysterious spacecraft appear across the globe, linguist Louise Banks is recruited to communicate with their inhabitants and uncover the purpose of their arrival. Working alongside physicist Ian Donnelly, she must decipher an alien language before fear and international tensions push humanity toward conflict. Directed by Denis Villeneuve and starring Amy Adams, Arrival is an intelligent, emotionally resonant science-fiction film about language, memory, time, and the fragile possibility of understanding one another.