What is it with Spielberg and space aliens? We break down his career-long fixation

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

Roger Ebert’s Best and Worst Alien Movies

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 ...

ET is my favorite movie, and 2 questions I've always had about the ending were finally answered

No, I'm never getting over this movie.

Why we're still obsessed with aliens on screen

EVE HEWSON: (As Jane Blankenship) What are you going to do? O'CONNOR: (As Dr. Daniel Kellner) Full disclosure to the whole world. FLORIDO: It is the latest film that Spielberg has directed about ...
Inverse

15 Years Ago, A Spielberg-Style Alien Movie Did Everything Right Except the Alien Parts

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 ...