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FILM & BOOK CLUB - Arrival

Free event
No ticket required

Join us for a friendly film and book discussion! All welcome.

Studio 3

Music Room London

The Old Library

116-118 New Cross Road

London, SE14 5BA


4-5.30pm Sunday 8 October 2023

Bar open til 9pm


Join us for another friendly meet-up of Deptford Cinema’s Film and Book Club at Music Room London.

In October, we will be discussing inter-planetary communication, language and determinism in the film Arrival, an adaptation of a short story by Ted Chiang which features a linguist recruited to decode the language of alien beings, who have landed twelve mysterious spacecraft on earth.

FILM: Arrival dir. Denis Villeneuve (2016) (Available to rent or buy on Amazon Prime Video, Youtube, Apple TV, Google Play )

BOOK: Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang. (Available from most book stores and public libraries - please support your local independent store if possible)

Drinks and snacks can be purchased from the bar.

*Please note that this event does not include a screening. Please watch the film in your own time before the meet-up and discussion


Please let us know if you have any access needs in advance. Thank you.



 

Ticket Prices

Deptford Cinema is committed to providing affordable access to cinema and the arts, as such our Standard ticket is £6 and our Concession ticket is Pay What You Can. When booking a Pay What You Can Ticket online, please use the donation section at the checkout to pay what you can.

A suggested Pay What You Can price of £4.50 represents an amount that helps support Deptford Cinema put on our award-winning programming and events.

If you are able, you can purchase a Support Ticket, this covers the cost of a £4.50 Concession ticket and will go towards supporting our Pay What You Can scheme, helping to ensure a no barrier to entry for enjoying cinema and the arts.


Earlier Event: October 1
CONTRADICTIONS (2021)
Later Event: October 8
WEST SIDE STORY (2021)