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

Xenomorphs, space nomads and E.T. have solidified themselves into the canon of alien movies prominent in popular culture. With the latest film in the Alien franchise: Alien: Romulus out in theaters ...

Alien: Earth showrunner Noah Hawley clearly didn’t think the franchise was doing enough with the implications of its title. Ridley Scott’s Alien (1979) imagined the kind of nightmare lifeforms that ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Hollywood and entertainment. Alien: Romulus chronicles the harrowing plight of a group of young mining colonists who take ...

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