Fan Jan is taking an intellectual and deeply emotional turn this week on We Drink & We Watch Things as we answer a massive listener request to discuss the 2016 sci-fi masterpiece, "Arrival." This isn’t your typical alien invasion flick; it’s a quiet, beautiful, and mind-bending exploration of how we communicate and how language itself can reshape the way we perceive the very fabric of existence. Pour yourself this week's cocktail - Out of Time - and join us as we try to decipher the mysterious circular logograms of the Heptapods.

This week, we contemplate the brilliant way the film treats linguistics as the ultimate tool for survival, focusing on Amy Adams’ powerhouse, understated performance as Dr. Louise Banks. We marvel at the unique, ink-blot visual design of the "shells" and their inhabitants, and trace the mounting global ...