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

The acclaimed sci-fi novel has inspired countless adaptations, including Steven Spielberg’s 2005 version starring Tom Cruise.

From AI nightmares to alien invasions and dystopian futures, these sci-fi thrillers deliver suspense, big ideas, and ...

Steven Spielberg's new sci-fi movie isn't on the level of "E.T." or "Close Encounters," but it has its moments.

Steven Spielberg, who made what are arguably the two preeminent films about alien encounters, returns to that well of inspiration in his newest sci-fi wonderment, Disclosure Day.

The trip had all the makings of a boring car ride—until the couple saw mysterious lights approaching from the sky.

The setup for the show is that we watch an advice columnist teetering on the edge of bankruptcy and despair, who is searching for one scrap of hope that he receives a letter that is not “easily ...

In Amy Berryman’s clever and touching new play “Alien Girls,” college roommates and aspiring writers Carolyn and Tiffany form a “best friends for life” bond that seems unshakeable until that ...

“Alien Girls”, now in its world premiere after a developmental run in the Globe’s Powers New Voices Festival, is funny, sweet, quietly devastating, and just odd enough to keep you leaning forward.

When the Spanish first reached the Andes, they found something surprising: Many of the locals had long, pointy heads. They discovered that the Collagua, an indigenous group in Peru that was conquered ...

A New Zealand woman gets knocked up by something from another world in a movie that has a sweet, sticky heart underneath its juvenile humor and outrageous prosthetics. “Mum, I’m Alien Pregnant” ...