Culture Club – Arrival (2016 sci-fi film)

IMPORTANT: We've moved up both this event and the December Skeptics in the Pub by one week to avoid conflicts with the Christmas holiday. Our January events will resume the usual schedule.

This month's cultural work is the 2016 science fiction film Arrival, directed by Denis Villeneuve.

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrival_(film)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrival_(film))

During this event we will be discussing the film after having watched it individually beforehand. This is not a live-watch event.

The short story on which the film is based (see below) makes an excellent companion piece, and it's likely our discussion will extend to comparisons of the two.

From WIkipedia:
Arrival is a 2016 American science fiction drama film directed by Denis Villeneuve and written by Eric Heisserer, based on the 1998 short story "Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang. The film stars Amy Adams as Louise Banks, a linguist enlisted by the United States Army to discover how to communicate with extraterrestrials who have arrived on Earth, before tensions lead to war. Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, and Michael Stuhlbarg appear in supporting roles.

About Culture Club:
Our fourth-Wednesday meetups are dedicated to discussion of a piece of culture – be it a book, a movie, an outside lecture, or something else – that is of interest to the group. Even if you have not read, listened, or watched this month's selected work but merely think it sounds intriguing, we hope that you will join us, since an outsider's perspective enhances every conversation.

You can browse the list of works we have already covered, and peep the queue of candidates for future meetings, here. If you would like to suggest a work for consideration, please check the link above first, and if you don't see it already listed, use this form.

Agenda:
6:30 - 7:00: Meet and greet
7:00 - 8:30: Discussion of featured work
8:30 - 9:00: General discussion and selection of next work

How to be:
Come with an open but critical mind, awareness of your own biases, and respect for your fellow humans. We're here to have a good conversation and a good time, and to that end your participation is subject to the Triangle Skeptics events code of conduct.