As much as Steven Spielberg likes aliens, he seems to prefer holding them at arm’s length. The creatures in Close Encounters ...

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

Steven Spielberg has directed dozens of movies over his legendary Hollywood career. He only wrote five of those films — and two of them are his 1977 sci-fi blockbuster Close Encounters of the Third ...

War of the Worlds is a vicious alien-invasion movie from Steven Spielberg that's worlds away from his most recent release, ...

Steven Spielberg's 1977 classic tapped into anxieties about the US government hiding UFO information from the public. It ...

Scene for scene, the movie is a vigorous and diverting ride. Yet coming after the mountains of real UAP footage we've seen, "Disclosure Day" never gives you the contact high of awe that "Close ...

Sensational performances and stunning cinematography just about cover for a predictable plot with nothing much to say.

“Disclosure” has become a cult word. It shouldn't be, since all it means, technically, is to reveal something. But the new wave of alien conspiracy theorists have made “disclosure” into a teasingly ...

Is Close Encounters of the Third Kind on Netflix? Where to stream Spielberg’s sci-fi classic in 2026.

The 1977 sci-fi UFO epic is influential yet, thanks partly to Star Wars, it's also like nothing else ...

A look at 10 of the greatest alien sci-fi movies, from Ridley Scott's Alien to Denis Villeneuve's Arrival, none by Steven ...