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

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.

Aliens have been a subject of films for over a century, and they’ve grown into a beloved and oft-revisited trope in cinema during that time. Envisioned and executed by some of the greatest filmmakers ...

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 ...