Steven Spielberg has settled an unusual debate about whether E.T., the titular extraterrestrial of his beloved 1982 family ...

These wildly different films explore the wondrous, and sometimes terrifying possibilities of contacting extra-terrestrial life.

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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 ...

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

Steven Spielberg knows aliens. Though he hasn't made as many UFO-centric movies as you might assume (he's made more movies about WWII than he has about extraterrestrials), the director behind Close ...

Some sci-fi movies from Hollywood history are so good that they've managed to influence several generations of filmmakers ...

Ridley Scott's ALIEN (1979) gets a full movie breakdown and analysis by Erik Voss on The Deep Dive! Sign up to Milanote for free with no time-limit: Alien is one of the best films of all time, a true ...

Simply sign up to the Film myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The challenge of special effects is how to enchant an audience while remaining invisible. It is a magic trick where neither ...