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Arrival (Denis Villeneuve; no scenes in space, but bizarre-looking aliens play charades with Amy Adams), Blade Runner 2049 (Villeneuve again, playing around in Scott’s gloomy sandbox), First Man (Damien Chazelle; not science-fiction but a biopic about the original spaceman counts), and last year, Ad Astra (James Gray). This doesn’t even include thoughtful, small-scale science-fiction efforts from auteurs like Spike Jonze (2013’s Her) or Claire Denis (2019’s High Life), both of which question what it really means to be human. (I also chose to omit J.J. Abrams’s 2011 film Super 8 he’s not a serious filmmaker.) Captain Lens Flare aside, these movies are widely regarded as, if not a director’s ....