These wildly different films explore the wondrous, and sometimes terrifying possibilities of contacting extra-terrestrial ...

The moment of first contact with extraterrestrials is a staple of science fiction. It usually involves a frantic scientist ...

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

Early cinema depicted aliens as human-like for familiarity and practical reasons, but modern science fiction explores ...

Erik Hawkins is an award-winning writer and editor who's been obsessed with cinema since he was old enough to hold Roger Ebert's Video Home Companion in his hands. He lives in NYC, where he rabidly ...

You've seen the famous aliens, planets and scientists, but now it's time to venture even farther into the depths of space.

While the movies of Sony’s Spider-Man Universe might have left much to be desired, they did feature an alien threat more powerful than the Xenomorph. Marvel’s Symbiotes are heavily featured, with the ...

Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for first contact with extraterrestrial life.

Originally conceived in the 1980s as a high-concept sci-fi film of ideas crossed with a police procedural, 1995's Specieseventually took shape as a cheesy and sleazy erotic thriller crossed with a ...