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Out of all of the film's buzzing around this fall, arguably none are quite as New York as A24's Marty Supreme, the latest from homegrown director Josh Safdie (Good Time, Uncut Gems): The energetic, madcap sports flick transports you to 1950s Manhattan, where a young and extremely cocky Marty Mauser (played by NYC's own Timothée Chalamet) entertains dreams of being a world-champion, Wheaties-box-level ping pong player. In his desperate dash to make it to Japan for an international championship, Marty gets himself wrapped up in love triangles, mob business, competitive rivalries and plenty of anxiety-inducing chaos. This is a Safdie movie after all.
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Marty Supreme won't hit theaters in the United States until Christmas Day, December 25, but its leading man is hosting a sneak peek of the hotly anticipated film's first 30 minutes tonight, October 9 at 9pm at the Regal Times Square (247 West 42nd Street). Chalamet posted about the surprise screening to his Instagram stories around 5pm today, noting that it will be a first come, first served situation, so very much anticipate quite a crowd. (And, likely, a Club Chalamet cameo.)
It's not the first time this week that Chalamet, Safdie and the rest of the Marty Supreme crew—which includes Gwyneth Paltrow, Odessa A’zion, Kevin O’Leary, Tyler Okonma, Abel Ferrara and Fran Drescher—gave New York a little extra love. The movie ended up having its world premiere as this year's mystery screening at the New York Film Festival on Monday evening, with Safdie revealing to a packed and exuberant crowd (including yours truly) that he had only finished post-production on the dramedy at 2am that very morning.
Based on the extended standing ovation that the movie received that night, as well as the effusive critical response in the days since, we're very much looking at an Oscar heavyweight here. So what are you waiting for? Get your ass to Times Square, Timmy's waiting!