This week, Popcorn Moms talks about the sports comedy-drama film Marty Supreme (2025), directed by Josh Safdie, It stars Timothée Chalamet as table tennis player Marty Mauser, as well as Gwyneth Paltrow, Odessa A'zion, Kevin O'Leary, Tyler Okonma, Abel Ferrara, and Fran Drescher. 

This is the first of two episodes covering movies nominated at the 2026 Academy Awards. It is nominated for nine Oscars.

Like all our episodes, this one includes big spoilers. Unlike all our episodes, this one also includes some discussion about the Holocaust near the end.

Topics include:

00:00 Introduction to Marty Supreme

05:21 80s Music in a 50s Period Piece

09:08 Steph Loves Sports Movies

10:54 Expectation vs reality vs second viewing

13:39 Do we like Marty?

15:02 The Movie's Big Flaw: It Needed Anti-Semitism

27:33 A Chip Off the Old Egypt Pyramid

29:08 Missed Opportunities in Storytelling

32:48 What does his triumph at the end mean?

36:55 Two Movies in One

41:36 It matters that he wins, but it matters more that he doesn't lose

44:01 The Honey Scene

52:25 More Missed Opportunities 

53:08 Character Names

54:38 What's next?

56:02 Outro

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