
Arrival: Approaching Joy
Voiceover: Movies that Move Us - Season 2025, Episode 1
- May 19, 2025 6:00 am
- 35:15
Heather sits down with film professional Ian Puente from InTension Industries to discuss Denis Villeneuve's 2016 Arrival, and what the film has to say about spirituality and joy, as well as heptapods, language acquisition, and some familiar scriptures. Listen to the end for suggestions of other films you might like if Arrival is one of your favorites. Ian Puente as helped grow several independent film and television companies, holding various business development and strategy roles at Sony Pictures Classics, Samuel Goldwyn Films, and the pay-television network EPIX.