When Steven Spielberg was five or six years old, his father shook him awake in the middle of the night. They were living in New Jersey and the young Spielberg was bundled into the car with the promise ...

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

Steven Spielberg’s fourth film about alien encounters is “Disclosure Day,” following “ET: The Extra-Terrestrial,” “War of the Worlds,” and “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.” That inspired us to ...

Like many great directors, Steven Spielberg has something of an allergy to sequels. Among his 35 features, the moviemaker has made a lone direct sequel—1997’s “The Lost World: Jurassic Park”—and ...

One-and-done still hits the sweet spot with these (inter)stellar space shows. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

From the Nostromo to the Earth of 2120: from 1979 to today, the design of the Alien universe has never ceased to convey the fears, ideologies, and infrastructures of science fiction. The set design of ...

Another interrogation: Are we failing, as a species? What would humanity’s report card be like right now? In these despairing times, Project Hail Mary, full of grace, gives us hope. For our better ...