Renny Harlin revealed why he walked away from directing Alien 3 after 20th Century Fox rejected his radically different ideas ...

The idea behind Steven Spielberg’s latest film, “Disclosure Day,” has a ripped-from-the-headlines origin story. The auteur, 79, is reuniting with one of his favorite genres for his 37th movie: science ...

An outrageous blend of sci-fi, horror, and vampire madness delivers one of the wildest cult classics of the 1980s, and ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Dropping a tribute to Ridley Scott’s 1979 “Alien” halfway through his franchise-expanding series wasn’t easy. But ...

With 'Disclosure Day,' the director returns to a longtime preoccupation. Two Times staffers explore his ongoing fascination with extraterrestrials.

The stupendous fantasy epic is back, and Ryan Gosling finds himself stuck in space with a cute alien in a lovably jolly comedy ...

When his compatriots were making paranoid thrillers in the 1970s, Spielberg was busy perfecting a different kind of film, one so successful it hastened the end of the New American Cinema. Years later, ...

Among the most tantalizing reveals from Summer Game Fest 2026 was a more in-depth look at the upcoming Alien: Isolation 2. First announced in 2024, the sequel to Creative Assembly’s 2014 survival ...

Steven Spielberg's Disclosure Day may be built around extraterrestrial mysteries, but its true focus is empathy. Through moments of fear, faith and human connection, the film argues that listening—not ...

Disclosure Day is undoubtedly one of the most human films about extraterrestrial intelligence. And I am not playfully throwing around the word “human” to show how the film is humanising the “aliens”, ...

Spielberg's new thriller centers on a massive U.S. conspiracy to hide the fact that aliens have been visiting Earth for decades. If anything, though, the movie's pleasures feel more retro than timely.