Chalamet and Safdie unveil Marty Supreme at NYFF

Timothée Chalamet and director Josh Safdie surprised audiences Monday night at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall by unveiling the world premiere of Marty Supreme, their A24 film set in 1950s New York. The movie, screened as the festival's secret showing at the New York Film Festival, stars Chalamet as Marty Mauser, an aspiring table tennis player, and will open in theaters on December 25.

Safdie and Chalamet appeared onstage as seats were filling, with Safdie telling the crowd he had completed the film hours earlier. "I finished it at 2 a.m. yesterday. You are the first audience to see this film," he said. Chalamet, a native New Yorker, noted his personal connection to the venue and celebrated premiering the movie in the city where it was shot. Festival organizers and the filmmakers kept plot details largely under wraps; promotional materials describe Mauser as a young man with a dream no one respects who goes to hell and back in pursuit of greatness.

The ensemble cast includes Gwyneth Paltrow, Odessa A'zion, Kevin O'Leary, Tyler Okonma, Abel Ferrara, Fran Drescher and Sandra Bernhard. Paltrow has previously described her character as the wife of a rival player who becomes...