Still in the relatively early days of their filmmaking career with acclaimed indies such as Good Time and Uncut Gems to their names, it was a surprise when the Safdies announced they would go their separate creative ways. While younger sibling Benny took quite a departure in form with his biographical sports movie The Smashing Machine, elder brother Josh has played the hits to a degree with his own solo directorial debut. A biographical sports movie of sorts in itself, comedy drama Marty Supreme is set in 1950s New York City and follows the relentless efforts of shoe salesman Marty Mauser (Timothée Chalamet) to become a table tennis champion. As childhood friend Rachel (Odessa A’zion), businessman Milton Rockwell (Kevin O’Leary) and actress Kay Stone (Gwyneth Paltrow) become embroiled in his schemes, he risks everything he has to get anything he wants.

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