Female Film Critics 24/375
If you enjoyed The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits and other 1950s sci-fi anthologies, you’ll respond to this ‘episode’ of the fictional Paradox Theater TV show, beginning as a Rod Serling-like announcer intones: “You are entering a realm between clandestine and forgotten…”
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Finding inspiration in early television science fiction, this satisfying little film zips through 89 minutes with confidence and style. What a delight it is to be swept up in 1950s small town New Mexico as switchboard operator Fay hears an indecipherable audio frequency and transmits it to friend Everett, hosting a radio call in.
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The Vast of Night is a confident, subtle and deeply intelligent reflection of how history and myth take shape through technologies, and yet the film never slides into pompous soap-boxing or smug editorializing. It’s that rare gift of a film where all the elements combine in perfect harmony, a timely reminder that a great genre film doesn’t need to transcend genre as much as it needs to deeply love, respect and understand it.
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