Disclosure Day (2026) | Transcript
If you found out we weren't alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you?
Steven Spielberg
Poltergeist (1982) | Transcript
A family's home becomes the center of paranormal activity that opens a doorway to the "other side." With help, they must cross over to get their daughter back.
Raiders of the Lost Ark: “Truck? What truck?” | Transcript
Sallah tells Indy the Nazis have the Ark and are heading to Cairo. Indy improvises, gets a horse, and chases the convoy, positioning himself behind the Ark's truck.
Steven Spielberg and Bradley Cooper discuss Maestro | Transcript
Full transcript of the Q&A where Bradley Cooper and Steven Spielberg discuss the origins of the film “Maestro”
The Color Purple (1985) | Reviews
"The Color Purple," directed by Steven Spielberg and released in 1985, is an adaptation of Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name
Shadows of Doubt: Spielberg’s Emotional Propaganda in the Face of Conflict
Spielberg's portrayal of Israeli-Palestinian tensions: the fine line between emotional storytelling and historical propaganda
West Side Story (2021) | Transcript
An adaptation of the 1957 musical, West Side Story explores forbidden love and the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks, two teenage street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds.
Raiders of the Lost Ark | Review by Richard Schickel
Richard Schickel called Raiders of the Lost Ark a return to form for Spielberg, demonstrating a competence not seen since Jaws. He described it as a film Walt Disney would have made…
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial – Review by Pauline Kael
Steven Spielberg’s E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial envelops you in the way that his Close Encounters of the Third Kind did. It’s a dream of a movie—a bliss-out.
Raiders of the Lost Ark | Review by Stanley Kauffmann
For Stanley Kauffmann, while the film's thrills did work on him, the frequency eventually irritated him. He criticized the film's reliance on nostalgia and updating older films instead of innovating new ideas.
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) – Review by Pauline Kael
I didn’t expect (or want) Twilight Zone—The Movie to be Borgesian, but I did rather hope that John Landis, Steven Spielberg, Joe Dante, and George Miller—the four young directors who are paying…
Empire of the Sun (1987) | Review by Pauline Kael
Empire of the Sun begins majestically and stays strong for perhaps forty-five minutes. It’s so gorgeously big you want to laugh in pleasure. Steven Spielberg takes over Shanghai and makes it his…
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001): The Mommy Returns – Review by J. Hoberman
Fairy tales can come true. Spielberg the historian is in remission; Steven the regressive has returned, with a vengeance. An occasionally spectacular, fascinatingly schizoid, frequently ridiculous, and never less than heartfelt mishmash…
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001) – Review by Tim Kreider
Tim Kreider, who also wrote an incisive article on Eyes Wide Shut ("Introducing Sociology"), here takes a brilliant stab at AI in a - rarely mentioned - piece that was originally published…
Movie Trial: A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
The movies that split people down the middle, put in the Empire dock... Simon Ingram (Prosecution) and Kat Brown (Defence) on Steven Speilberg's "A. I.: Artificial Intelligence"
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Review by Pauline Kael
Pauline Kael praises "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" for its thrilling stunts and humor, calling it an imaginative, fast-paced adventure that entertains without needing depth.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) | Review by Pauline Kael
Close Encounters of the Third Kind is the most innocent of all technological-marvel movies, and one of the most satisfying. This film has retained some of the wonder and bafflement we feel…
The Color Purple (1985) | Review by Pauline Kael
If you're among the millions of people who have read the book, you probably expect the actors to be more important than they turn out to be. The movie is amorphous; it’s…
Schindler’s List: Intervista a Steven Spielberg – di Gabriel Erem [CIAK]
Steven Spielberg parla del suo ultimo film 'Schindler's List' e del suo rapporto con l'ebraismo
Raiders Of The Lost Ark: Cliché In The Jungle – Review by Tom Milne [The Guardian]
In this review of Raiders of the Lost Ark, Tom Milne dismisses Spielberg's classic as dross. In a scathing review he objects to the film's many flaws, including its 'simple-mindedness' and its…
An American Tail (1986) | Reviews
The following is a collection of reviews for "An American Tail, "the 1986 animated film directed by Don Bluth and written by Judy Freudberg and Tony Geiss.
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) – Review by Pauline Kael
This mediocre movie seems destined to be a tidal wave of a hit. Spielberg, who was perhaps the greatest of all pure, escapist movie directors, is being acclaimed for turning into a…
Raiders of the Lost Ark | Review by Pauline Kael
The whole collapsing industry is being inspired by old Saturday afternoon serials, and the three biggest American moviemakers are hooked on technological playthings and techniques.
A.I. Intelligenza Artificiale: Un Mondo Senza Pietà – Speciale Cineforum
"A.I." delinea l'immagine di un mondo (futuro?) in cui "nascere" robot aiuta forse a capire, ma non a sconfiggere il destino di solitudine e silenzio che incombe sulla specie umana