Timothée Chalamet’s ‘Marty Supreme’ Makes Surprise World Premiere at NYFF63

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Oct 6

Written By Jonathan P. Moustakas

Josh Safdie’s long-awaited A24 drama debuts unannounced at Lincoln Center — with Chalamet, Gwyneth Paltrow, and a $70 million budget fueling the studio’s biggest gamble yet.

New York audiences were caught off guard Monday night when the New York Film Festival’s secret screening revealed itself to be the world premiere of Marty Supreme, Josh Safdie’s long-anticipated return to filmmaking and his first solo collaboration with A24 since Uncut Gems. The film stars Timothée Chalamet as a ping-pong prodigy with an ego as fast as his reflexes, marking one of the actor’s most kinetic and unpredictable performances to date.

The surprise debut took place at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall, where Safdie greeted the audience with his trademark humor: “I hate surprises too,” he admitted, adding that he’d completed the final cut just hours before. “I finished it at 2 a.m. yesterday. You’re the first audience to see this film.” Chalamet joined him on stage, calling the moment a homecoming: “I went to high school down the street — it’s fucking awesome to premiere here at NYFF.”

Marty Supreme follows the chaotic rise of a New York table-tennis savant whose obsession with perfection spirals into excess and self-destruction. Chalamet’s character navigates fame, addiction, and fractured relationships across the city’s neon-lit underbelly, with Gwyneth Paltrow co-starring as the wife of his rival — and his illicit lover. “There’s a lot of sex in this movie,” Paltrow teased earlier this year. “A lot — a lot.”

The supporting cast includes Odessa A’Zion, Kevin O’Leary, Tyler Okonma (better known as Tyler, the Creator), Abel Ferrara, and Fran Drescher. Safdie co-wrote the film with longtime collaborator Ronald Bronstein, capturing the manic rhythm and moral chaos that defined Uncut Gems while pushing further into emotional terrain.

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At a reported $70 million, Marty Supreme is A24’s most expensive film ever — a massive investment that contrasts sharply with the studio’s other 2025 release, Benny Safdie’s The Smashing Machine, which has underperformed despite critical acclaim. With the Safdie brothers now working separately, Marty Supreme serves as Josh’s definitive statement of independence: a feverish, maximalist love letter to New York and its obsessions.

The screening cements Marty Supreme as one of the final major contenders to enter the awards conversation this fall, joining Jay Kelly, After the Hunt, A House of Dynamite, and Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere as key premieres in NYFF’s 63rd edition. Early reactions from the packed audience hint at an electrifying, divisive, and distinctly Safdie experience — one that might just redefine the boundaries of A24’s ambition.