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Arrival

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Arrival

A great film about linguistics has arrived...

"There is nothing novel about isolationism," says Dr. Kathryn Bartholomew, professor emeritus of languages and linguistics. "It’s the contrary, hospitality, that surprises and delights us." Can you guess which recent sci-fi film inspired this observation?
18 Sep 2018 1 min read
Jóhann Jóhannsson: Arrival and Departure
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Jóhann Jóhannsson: Arrival and Departure

This is unreal. This morning, I sat down to write in a quiet corner at the back of the Roy Street Coffee shop, opened my laptop, put on my headphones, and pressed "Play" on Jóhann Jóhannsson's strange and mysterious score for the Denis Villeneuve film Arrival.
10 Feb 2018 2 min read
Film Reviews

Arrival (2016)

Reader, I confess: I clicked “unfriend” last month. Several times. Understand, I wasn’t ending friendships. I was respecting them — by refusing to let Facebook’s limitations do them further harm. It troubled me to see conversations we might have enjoyed in person go so horribly awry on social media.
05 Dec 2016 1 min read
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