Schedule:

4:00 Pm The Kiss
Runtime: 116 Minutes

Director August (Oscar-awarded Pelle The Conquerer) Adapts Stefan Zweig’s Best-selling Novel Beware Of Pity As The Kiss.  In 1913 Denmark, As World War I Is Brewing, Anton (Smed), An Aristocratic But Penniless Cavalry Officer Helps Baron Lovenskjold (Mikkelsen) Out Of A Jam And Earns A Place As A Favored Guest At His Castle.  Attracted To The Baron’s Vivacious Niece But Showering Solicitous Attention On Edith, His Beautiful Wheelchair-bound Daughter, Anton Is Soon Caught In A Trap Of His Own Making When The Grateful Young Heiress Mistakes Kindness For Love.  Demonstrating His Signature Talent For Historical Drama, August Makes Superb Use Of Authentic Danish Locations Including The Ravnholt Estate And Lykkesholm Castle.  In Danish With English Subtitles

7:00 Pm Bad Shabbos
Runtime: 84 Minutes + Q&a Session

Winner Of The Audience Award At The 2024 Tribeca Film Festival, This Comedy Had New Yorkers In Stitches With Its Pointed Jabs At Family Dysfunction, Religious Disparity And Sibling Rivalry.  Meet The Parents Has Nothing On This Gem When The Upper West Side Gelflands Invite The Midwestern Catholic Family Of Their Eldest Son’s Fiancée To A Shabbos Dinner For A First Social Blending Of The Clans.  With Tensions Simmering, Kosher Klutziness And A Prank Gone Wrong Set The Scene For Chaos.  By The Time That There’s A Dead Body On The Bathroom Floor It Starts To Look Like Agatha Christie-meets-woody Allen.  Kyra Sedgwick Is A Quirky Standout As The Obsessive Gelfland Matriarch, And Cliff “method Man” Smith Of Wu Tang Clan Excels As The Doorman Who Goes The Extra Mile To Be Helpful.