<\/p>\n “It\u2019s critical for the longevity of motion picture exhibition, without which everything will become a home experience, or basically a smartphone experience,” Spielberg said. “I don\u2019t think anybody should watch a first-run movie on a very tiny screen. It\u2019s okay to come home and watch a first-run movie on a screen in your home, but I prefer movie theaters. I prefer the moviegoing experience. I was raised that way.”<\/p>\n Latest Videos From Spielberg, of course, is one of the few major directors left who has yet to direct a movie or TV show for one of the streaming giants, though his company, Amblin, did produce The Thursday Murder Club for Netflix last year. Just a few years ago, Spielberg had harsh words for HBO Max<\/a> in particular, after the streamer’s ‘Project Popcorn’ initiative saw a full year’s worth of theatrical movies debut day and date on the streamer, without filmmaker input, including Dune and Mortal Kombat.<\/p>\n “We all got into our own bomb shelters during Covid,” Spielberg continued. “And I think people are now starting to realise the importance of big group communal experiences, of getting our communities back together again: watching concerts, watching plays, watching movies, watching opera, going to the New York City Ballet. People getting back together again is the greatest way to bridge our differences.\u201d<\/p>\n You may like<\/p>\n Disclosure Day is Spielberg’s latest movie, and something of a companion piece<\/a> to Close Encounters of the Third Kind and E.T. It stars Emily Blunt and Josh O’Connor as two strangers on the run from an extra-governmental organization tasked with keeping the existence of aliens under wraps from the public. Already seen the movie? Check out our Disclosure Day ending explained<\/a>. Still avoiding spoilers? Then our spoiler-free Disclosure Day review<\/a> has you covered.<\/p>\n Disclosure Day is out now in UK cinemas, and releases in US theaters on June 12. For more, dive into our list of upcoming movies<\/a> heading your way throughout the year.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/flexiimages\/io3zxiseay1774858647.svg\")
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