Review: Between the Temples

Faith, grief and community mingle in Nathan Silver’s thoughtful dramedy.

I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a movie relationship like the one Jason Schwartzman and Carol Kane form in Between the Temples. Not quite romantic but more than friendly, flitting between mentor-student and mother-son, it’s a tender and funny picture of two messy souls stumbling toward meaning, both enriched and frustrated by the faith community that sur…