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Marty Supreme (2025)

Directed by Josh Safdie

Cinematography by Darius Khondji

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Marty Supreme

2025

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A Match Within at Lightning Speed

Marty Supreme (2025), directed by Josh Safdie in his first solo feature in over a decade, is an electric power trip. Fast, to the point and bloody interesting. Loosely based on real life table tennis champion Marty Reisman, it follows Marty Mauser, a young New Yorker with a dream nobody respects, as he goes to hell and back pursuing greatness on the international ping pong circuit. In this epic character study, we see the embodiment of unshakable ambition and how they interact with the world around them. In practice it is one of the most intoxicating and propulsive films in recent memory. Timothée Chalamet has never been better. He plays Marty as this permanently agitated, deeply selfish, endlessly watchable tornado of a human being. It's just so entertaining and fascinating to see a human behave that way. Much like Challengers before it, this is a sports film that has absolutely nothing to do with sport and everything to do with obsession, ego and the wreckage ambition leaves behind.

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Athletes and Artists at the Highest Level:

Darius Khondji shot the film mostly on 35mm using vintage lenses to recreate the atmosphere of 1950s New York and the results are just stunning. Every frame feels lived in and textured. Daniel Lopatin's score paired with an eclectic soundtrack of 1980s synth music including bands like Tears for Fears and New Order of all people, playing against a 1950s setting is a daring and brilliant creative decision. The supporting cast is this wonderfully bizarre collection of actors and non-actors. Gwyneth Paltrow, Tyler the Creator, Kevin O'Leary and Fran Drescher all bring that same flawed eye candy to the screen. This is Safdie operating at the peak of his powers and the film has that unmistakable quality of a director completely in control of his own singular vision.

A Night at the Oscars That Changes Nothing:

Despite nine Academy Award nominations including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor, Marty Supreme walked away empty handed on Oscar night. It is a snub that will be talked about for a long time, not unlike what happened with Challengers. But this film didn't need the Oscars for publicity. It grossed over 179 million dollars worldwide, making it the highest grossing A24 film of all time, and that word of mouth is not slowing down. This film is going to live on the internet for a while and then transition onto the next big medium among the coming generations. People are going to be pushing it on their friends for years. Much like Uncut Gems before it, the Academy's indifference only adds to its tale. Josh Safdie has announced his solo era with a statement that is impossible to ignore and Chalamet has delivered the definitive performance of his lifetime. That is more than enough.

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