The high-contrast eyes of the alien (similar to ET's eyes, incidentally) endows the alien with social intelligence. Together, these scenes establish two things: (1) the aliens have minds, and (2 ...

Steven Spielberg's "ET" turns 40 on June 11, 2022, and the director had the extra-terrestrial modeled after three very different iconic humans.

TELLURIDE, Colo. — — Jonathan Glazer’s “Under the Skin” isn’t easy to watch. And that’s part of the point. Not far into the “Sexy Beast” filmmaker’s new drama about an alien in ...

It has a triangular head with two bulging eyes that make it look a bit like the alien star of the 1982 sci-fi hit "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial." The insect is so different, ...