On a first date, two people hit it off but struggle to conceal unsettling habits. Alex Sovoda’s “Recreational Social Interaction” is a dark comedy that builds tension and shifts perspective during a dinner date and beyond. Jazz plays, chemistry occurs, and “death or sex” are foreshadowed. The young man (played by NB regular, Kyle Chase) walks his date home and gets a flirtatious invitation to spend some more time up at her place. The young man declines, citing a friend’s going-away party. Back alone in her apartment, the woman begins her end-of-evening ritual which portrays her in a whole new light. Sovoda’s previous film, “Compounding Negativity,” strikes a similar tonal balance between comedy and drama, but here he adds some thriller/horror flavoring leaving us to wonder how these two individuals will move forward balancing their romantic interest with their own strange obsessions. -JM. Writer/Director/Editor: Alex Sovoda. Starring: Claire Banse and Kyle Chase. Producer: Jessica DiMento. Production Companies: Analoga and Enzo the Magazine. AD and Associate Producer: Chet Oshima. DP: Jeremy Herron.1st AC: Brian Molloy. Gaffer: Jackson Yeomans. Loc Sound Mixer: Victor Solorzano. Loc Sound Mixer: Carlos Bustillo. Casting: Michael Rees. Score: Zach Michel. PA: Jonah Silverman. Post Sound Mix: Zack Villere. Piano: Anthony Salazar. BTS: Marcus Maddox.