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

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 take another look at what Roger Ebert thought about some of the most famous and infamous alien movies,

With Steven Spielberg’s “Disclosure Day” due in theaters this week, we give props to the best space invasion movies of all time.

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

A moment early on in “Disclosure Day” will instinctively feel familiar to anyone who grew up with Steven Spielberg films. A TV weather report predicts hail. The camera pans downward,

“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 passive-aggressive code word.