“Between the Temples” (2024) – Benjamin Gottlieb (Jason Schwartzman) is having a bad day. While sitting in a local Upstate New York bar, minding his own business, and drinking a mudslide, Ben overhears a stranger poking fun at him. Ben, to his credit, confronts the bully but is knocked to the floor with one punch. Ooof. A random patron (Carol Kane) comes to Ben’s aid, but in a rare moment of fate, Ben realizes that this Good Samaritan is his elementary school music teacher, Mrs. O’Connor, who now goes…
‘Between the Temples’: Schwartzman and Kane offer keen performances in this eccentric comedy
