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Why to watch
- 'Between the Temples' has a lot of chutzpah
- When: 'Between the Temples' is in theaters Aug. 23.
- What to know: A grieving cantor (Jason Schwartzman) finds his voice again when he reunites with his old childhood music teacher (and current adult bat mitzvah student) played by Carol Kane.
- Curation editor Brett Arnold told me its “evocative 16mm photography and frantic editing manage to both harken back to the movies it's inspired by while taking that style to new heights,” which is extremely high praise from a film nerd.
- Why I recommend: Imagine a movie that’s sweet and anxiety-inducing, then take it up five notches. That’s Between the Temples.
- — Kelsey Weekman
- August 21, 2024
Aug 23, 2024 · An anxious actress who’s returned home after a failed engagement, Gabby struggles as much as Ben to get her head on straight, as becomes apparent during an erotically charged interlude in a Jewish cemetery that’s about as morbidly hilarious as “Between the Temples” gets.
Aug 22, 2024 · Ben Gottlieb — the touchingly soulful hero of the soulful, delightfully tetchy “Between the Temples” — is a mess. He needs a haircut and a shave; he could do with better-fitting clothes.
Immeasurably elevated by the chemistry between Carol Kane and Jason Schwartzman, Between the Temples uses engrossing, character-driven dramedy to explore deeply relatable aspects of the human...
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Aug 23, 2024 · Richard Brody reviews Nathan Silver’s “Between the Temples,” a film starring Jason Schwartzman and Carol Kane about a grief-stricken cantor unable to sing and his friendship with an elder ...
Aug 23, 2024 · “Between the Temples” is a laugh-out-loud comedy about religion and unlikely relationships, a kind of Jewish “Harold and Maude.”
Jan 20, 2024 · ‘Between the Temples’ Review: Jason Schwartzman Gives Carol Kane a Belated Bat Mitzvah in a Winningly Off-Kilter Comedy. Buoyed by the unlikely chemistry between its two...
Aug 23, 2024 · Nathan Silver’s clever comedy ‘Behind the Temples’ pairs Jason Schwartzman and Carol Kane, two iconic weirdos from different eras of American cinema.
Between the Temples Reviews. All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Chuck Wilson LA Weekly/Village Voice. Nathan Silver’s Between the Temples offers perennial scene...
Jan 21, 2024 · ‘Between the Temples’ Review: Jason Schwartzman and Carol Kane Make a Poignant Match in Nathan Silver’s Offbeat Jewish Comedy. Schwartzman plays a cantor in crisis and...
Aug 23, 2024 · This winningly chaotic comedy, starring Jason Schwartzman and Carole Kane, resists order and pushes back against convention, writes our reviewer.
