By Tracy Zwick

If there was an award for Most UWS Film of the Year, “Bad Shabbos” would be a sure thing, like latkes on Hanukkah or lox at a shiva. It already took home the Audience Award for Best Narrative at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival. It’s played to packed, howling houses on the UWS and at festivals across the country. This weekend it’s being released nationwide, and the filmmakers will be on hand for pop-up Q&As. There will be screenings at both the UWS’s New Plaza Cinema and the Quad downtown.

The film’s UWS creds are unimpeachable. It’s set and was filmed entirely on the UWS. It stars UWSer Kyra Sedgwick and was co-written by UWSer and former candidate to represent District 6 on the City Council Zack Weiner . Josh Mostel, son of film star and one-time UWSer Zero Mostel,

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