“The Vast of Night” is barely a minute in when it first pulls a “Gotcha!” “You are entering a realm between clandestine and forgotten,” says a Rod Serling-like narrator through an old black-and-white TV. “You are entering ‘Paradox Theater.’ ” You’re all set for a cute “Twilight Zone” parody, a Talky Tina doll and perhaps a “To Serve Man” cookbook, but what unravels instead is a smart, back-to-basics science-fiction film that’s both bold and retro.
In 1950s Cayuga, New Mexico, a teen radio DJ and a telephone operator team up to get to the bottom of an unusual noise buzzing through their speakers.
Being that this is New Mexico circa 1947 (does Roswell ring a bell?), we can safely assume it’s not a wiring problem. The DJ is Everett (Jake
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