IFWT #25 - The Vast Of Night (2019)

Blurring the lines between fantasy and reality, Andrew Patterson's directorial debut is an accomplished masterclass in filmmaking on a budget. Set in 1950s Cayuga, New Mexico - yes, the allusions are purposeful - we follow two teenaged central characters: the spritely switchboard worker Fay, who digests the futurist tabloid stories of the day with glee and Everett, the local DJ at WOTW - once again the allusion on the nose. One night when the Cayuga High School basketball game has brought the entire town to the gymnasium, Faye and Everett find themselves dealing with a mysterious technical interference on their equipment. Unfolding in real-time our mystery will deepen when a man called Billy calls WOTW with, what he asserts is the real cause of the interference - an explanation which could have ramifications that are literally out of this world.