With major motion picture soundtracks like The Theory of Everything under his belt, Academy Award-nominated composer Johann Johannsson is back with "Heptapod B," a song from his next film project… By ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The secret to Arrival ends up being language and communication, the ways that we speak to each ...

Science-fiction shows and movies in the 21st century have become increasing dystopic and violent. Based on the short-story "Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang, "Arrival" is a film of depth and power ...

“Arrival,” the new movie from Denis Villeneuve (“Sicario,” “Prisoners”), which Anthony Lane reviewed in last week’s issue of the magazine—and which, this past weekend, earned twenty-four million ...

Denis Villeneuve's Arrival seems like a shoo-in for some prestige season love throughout the next couple of months. A good piece of that love will come from the various visual effects nominations that ...

If aliens landed on Earth tomorrow, how would we even ask them what they wanted? Linguist Louise Banks, portrayed by Amy Adams, has to solve that problem in time to save the world from interplanetary ...

When Ted Chiang wrote a cute little story about a linguist learning to picture-talk with some seven legged octopus aliens, I wonder if he knew that it would someday be adapted into a big budget ...