Steven Spielberg makes a plea for empathy with Disclosure Day.

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 his new movie, Disclosure Day, Steven Spielberg wonders how humankind would react to undeniable proof of the existence of extraterrestrials. It’s a subject that pop culture has been fascinated with for decades now,

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