Aliens. They come in peace, they destroy our planet, they mystify, terrify, and inspire. Crop Circle Cinema explores alien movies through the decades, specifically those set in rural places. Why do ...

Alien movies have endured as a popular way to explore our anxieties about the unknown. But why do so many take place in rural America and what are they representing when they do? Art by Nhatt Nichols.

What would you do if you discovered that aliens were real, and a lot closer than you’d imagined? Would you be awestruck or terrified? That’s the premise of Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day, and in ...