Touch of Evil. Goodfellas. Children of Men. Gravity. A great movie can become a masterpiece with the addition of a stunning, how-did-they-do-that long take. The latest to attempt the feat is Andrew Patterson’s The Vast of Night, which is now streaming on Amazon Prime. In the middle of the period…
When a mysterious noise begins alarming the residents of a small town, two friends work together to uncover its secrets. That’s The Vast of Night, a period sci-fi film that feels like a mash-up of Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds and The Twilight Zone.
Today, if I told you that someone in 1950s New Mexico saw mysterious lights in the sky, we’d have the same thought: aliens. The infamous 1947 Roswell incident and its cultural saturation in the decades since has made sure of that. But, if you were living it, would you know? What…