Amongst Humans

Aliens walk (and slither) in our ranks in Amongst Humans, a collection of first-rate films about human and extraterrestrial co-existence—both peaceful and belligerent, overt and surreptitious— which includes the stealth conquests of John Carpenter’s They Live, the predatory pick-ups of Jonathan Glazer’s Under the Skin, the uneasy integration of Graham Baker’s neo-noir Alien Nation, and a passel of other provocative pictures about Brothers from Other Planets, Men Falling to Earth, and frequently uncomfortable Close Encounters. An ideal way to prepare yourself for the inevitable arrival of the mothership—that is, if it isn’t here already…