# “Disclosure Day” And Ranking Spielberg’s Alien Movies (With Starlee Kine)

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/critical-darlings-7771666/disclosure-day-and-ranking-spielberg-s-alien-movies-with-starlee-kine
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/critical-darlings-7771666/disclosure-day-and-ranking-spielberg-s-alien-movies-with-starlee-kine.md
Podcast: [Critical Darlings](https://stenobird.com/podcast/critical-darlings-7771666)
Published: 2026-06-18T08:01:00+00:00
Episode link: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/THI6158242746.mp3
Audio file: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/THI6158242746.mp3
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/critical-darlings-7771666/episodes/disclosure-day-and-ranking-spielberg-s-alien-movies-with-starlee-kine
Duration seconds: 5425

## Resource

It’s Disclosure Week on Critical Darlings, with writer, podcaster, and E.T. super fan Starlee Kine! Almost five decades after Steven Spielberg reimagined aliens on screen with E.T. and Close Encounters, he’s delivered another story of extraterrestrial awe. The movie stars Emily Blunt and Josh O’Connor. But the figure who looms largest over Disclosure Day is Spielberg himself. We discuss our relationships to Spielberg’s work, how Disclosure Day fits into his slate of alien films, and how the movie worked on us. Like audiences and critics, we’re split. Despite some production quibbles (take off that sweater, Emily!), Spielberg remains a master of the camera. Still, the movie’s optimism for humanity feels behind the times: or, maybe we’re just jaded? Why not both? Other topics include ghosts vs. aliens, Spielberg’s longing for the monoculture, E.T. in the wig, and finally, we do a ranking of Spielberg’s alien films. Next week, we’re celebrating Pride with two flavors of gay film: the goofy Stop That Train, and the spooky Leviticus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/critical-darlings-7771666/episodes/disclosure-day-and-ranking-spielberg-s-alien-movies-with-starlee-kine/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/critical-darlings-7771666/disclosure-day-and-ranking-spielberg-s-alien-movies-with-starlee-kine.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.