Disclosure Day ends with humanity finally learning the truth about alien life, but the film's biggest surprise comes from the message the extraterrestrials deliver as the world stands on the brink of war.

The title of Disclosure Day tells you everything you need to know. In Steven Spielberg’s latest sci-fi blockbuster, there’s never any question of whether extraterrestrial life exists (it does) or whether we’ve made contact with it (we have).

Steven Spielberg returns to alien storytelling with Disclosure Day, a global thriller exploring what happens when humanity learns we are not alone. It is a premise that feels distinctly Spielbergian. It is also arriving at a moment when alien stories once ...