Arrival

Paul and Amy make first contact with Denis Villeneuve’s quietly mind-bending sci-fi about language, time, and the choices that shape a life. They trace the film’s journey from Ted Chiang’s Story of Your Life to the screen, unpacking how screenwriter Eric Heisserer turned a cerebral short story into a $200M hit and why Amy Adams’ performance still feels criminally underrated a decade later. You can join the Unspooled conversation on Paul’s Discord at Follow Paul and Amy on Letterboxd for more of their movie hot takes! Paul’s book Joyful Recollections of Trauma is out now! Find it at Check out more of Paul's writing on his Substack Episodic Art by Kim Troxall: Learn more about the show at Unspooledpod.com,

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Arrival is an episode from Unspooled by Paul Scheer & Amy Nicholson.

This episode is 78:29 long.

This episode was published on Mar 26, 2026.

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