FIlm: Finding the meaning of life in strange encounters
Arrival does not collapse because of the care with which Villeneuve keeps the story pulsing
Arrival: Directed by Denis Villeneuve, Nationwide, 12A, Rating:*****
Moscow Never Sleeps: Directed by Johnny O’Reilly, Nationwide, 15A, Rating: **
Since his pleated mystery Incendies was released internationally in 2010, Canadian director Denis Villeneuve has hit a rich run of form, delivering superbly-crafted, intelligent films in a variety of troubling flavours: kidnap drama Prisoners, drug thriller Sicario and psychological puzzle-box Enemy.
His first outright science-fiction, adapted from a short story by Ted Chiang, is ...
