A few years from now, Earth will have the first contact with an alien civilization. These aliens, known as Newcomers, slowly begin to be integrated into human society after years of quarantine but are victims of a new type of discrimination. When the first ...

Yorgos Lanthimos’ movies are not my cuppa. From art-house oddities like “Dogtooth” and “Alps” to prestige fare like “The Favourite” and “Poor Things,” all I see is an urge to shock that scans as cutesy and elitist. Lanthimos is too self ...

This story first appeared in Trying!, a thoughtful, funny, wide-ranging daily newsletter featuring essays from the mind of Matt Gross. You can sign up for them here. Those were simple aliens for simpler times. It felt natural to imagine that if aliens ...