US EditionYou Can’t Rule the World | a Review of Marty Supreme
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Josh Safdie’s film in his first work without his brother Bennie is nominated for nine Oscar awards and follows a ping-pong player convinced that he is destined for Oliver Laxe’s ‘Sirat’ glory. He also achieves the nomination of BAFTA for the best non-English-language film One of the best Spanish series of the year, the recent Feroz award winner, Jakarta, has conquered spectators for putting their eyes on losers. Those grey beings in which cinema…
You can’t rule the world | a review of Marty Supreme
The opening sequence of “Marty Supreme” showcases 23-year-old Marty Mouser at his worst. When the audience meets him, he’s working at a shoe store in the Lower East Side of New York, trying to make ends meet, the first in a series of setbacks. Marty sees working here as a way to make money, and not something that contributes to his passion for table tennis. These setbacks try but ultimately fail to keep Marty from his goal: to prove that he’s th…
In a year when cinema looked back at eccentric and obsessive characters, Marty Supreme became one of the most commented films of the award season. Directed by Josh Safdie and starring Timothée Chalamet, the film — which sounds strong in the Oscar conversation — put at the center of the scene an unexpected sport and an almost mythical figure: Marty Reisman, the legendary ping pong player who inspired the main character. Although Marty Supreme is …
“Marty Supreme”, starring Timothée Chalamet, explores the obsession with success in the world of table tennis and the influence of capitalism
2026 starts softly level video games but starts very high level movies with two films both featuring an anti-hero whose obsession leads him into an infernal spiral: No Other Choice of the Korean Park Chan-wook (Oldboy, The Handmaiden, Decision To Leave) and Marty Supreme of the American Josh Safdie (Good Time, Uncut Gems) without his brother Benny.
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