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

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

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

From Project Hail Mary to Independence Day, Alien to Arrival, these alien movies are much better than Disclosure Day.

When Neil deGrasse Tyson was 9 years old, he visited the Hayden Planetarium for the first time. Growing up gazing into light pollution in the Bronx, he had no idea there were that many stars. “I was ...

James Cameron has crafted some cinematic bangers over the course of his career. For starters, Titanic and Avatar broke their fair share of box-office records, becoming two of the highest-grossing ...