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

A sci-fi classic becomes even more powerful as an adult, blending alien wonder with one of cinema's most heartbreaking family ...

Steven Spielberg’s ‘Disclosure Day’ sees Margaret (Emily Blunt) navigate an alien conspiracy, but the big climax feels outdated, far removed from today's media landscape.

When Comet 3I/ATLAS entered our solar system last year—only the third known interstellar object to do so—astronomers took notice. When astronomers first discovered 3I/ATLAS in July 2025, the icy ...

When Comet 3I/ATLAS entered our solar system last year—only the third known interstellar object to do so—astronomers took notice. And so did scientists involved in the search for extraterrestrial ...

For roughly the first three decades of his career, Spielberg tended to take a fairly sanguine view of aliens, refusing to succumb to the disaster-movie framework of aliens attacking terrified ...

This essay contains spoilers. Keep reading at your own cinematic risk. (RNS) — I went to see “Disclosure Day,” Steven Spielberg’s new film, expecting a science-fiction thriller. But I also came away ...

Veteran filmmaker Steven Spielberg imbues the summer blockbuster — a spot where shallowness and spectacle sometimes co-mingle like a pack of overserved bar patrons — with a child-like sense of wonder ...

Steven Spielberg revisits his passion for interstellar visitors, with a government conspiracy begging to be blown wide open... NB: Spoiler-free review.

However, even with the impressive pedigree in front of and behind the camera, some might be a little underwhelmed with ...

Steven Spielberg, who made what are arguably the two preeminent films about alien encounters, returns to that well of inspiration in his newest sci-fi wonderment, Disclosure Day.