From the archives: Saucer sorcery in Steven Spielberg's 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
“Close Encounters of the Third Kind” is being rereleased in a digitally remastered 4K edition of the director’s cut. This review was originally published Nov. 18, 1977. Charles Champlin was a former Times’ arts editor, film critic and columnist.
Steven Spielberg’s “Close Encounters of the Third...