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Steven Spielberg’s ‘Disclosure Day’ sees Margaret (Emily Blunt) navigate an alien conspiracy, but the big climax feels outdated, far removed from today's media landscape.

The Pentagon's latest declassified UAP files, including eyewitness videos and historical documents, have reignited interest ...

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 ...

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 ...

Los Angeles — Obsession is maybe too hard-edged; interest too soft. But from "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and "E.T" to his new sci-fi thriller "Disclosure Day," Steven Spielberg has spent ...

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 has long been fascinated by extraterrestrial life. In the veteran director’s vivid and idealistic ...

Marking the 79-year-old visionary’s long-awaited return to the sci-fi genre is Disclosure Day, which asks a deceptively simple question: how would the world handle the reality if it were discovered ...

His new alien thriller has shades of “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” “Minority Report,” even “The Post”—but the retreads yield diminishing returns.