Marty Supreme review – Timothée Chalamet a smash in spectacular screwball ping-pong nightmare

Following every dizzying spin of Chalamet’s table tennis hustler, Josh Safdie’s whip-crack comedy serves sensational shots – and a smart return by Gwyneth Paltrow This new film from Josh Safdie has the fanatical energy of a 149-minute ping pong rally carried out by a single player running round and round the table. It’s a marathon sprint of gonzo calamities and uproar, a sociopath-screwball nightmare like something by Mel Brooks – only in place of gags, there are detonations of bad taste, cinephile allusions, alpha cameos, frantic deal-making, racism and antisemitism, sentimental yearning and erotic adventures. It’s a farcical race against time where no one needs to eat or sleep. Timothée Chalamet plays Marty Mauser, a spindly motormouth with the glasses of an intellectual, the moustache of a movie star and the physique of a tiny cartoon character (though that could just be the initials). He’s loosely inspired by Marty “The Needle” Reisman, a real-life US table tennis champ from the ...

Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife grants $100 million to Ukraine

The richest woman in the world supported Ukrainian refugees. American philanthropist Mackenzie Scott, ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and the richest woman on the planet, donated a significant amount to Ukrainian refugees. As you know, Mackenzie Scott, the most powerful woman in the world , donated $3.8 billion to hundreds of different charitable foundations, including those that help Ukrainian refugees. Among the charitable foundations to which Mackenzie Scott, 51, donated funds, there are several foundations that help Ukraine: CARE Center for Crash Philanthropy Choose Love HIAS Norwegian Council for Refugees OutRight Action International Urgent Action Fund Some sources claim that Jeff Bezos' ex-wife gave $100 million to Ukrainian refugees. Oscar-winning actor Leonardo DiCaprio has previously made the largest single donation ever. The Hollywood celebrity donated $10 million to the needs of Ukraine, including the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Focus also wrote about fundraising for Ukrainian refugees by actress Mila Kunis, a native of Chernivtsi. She and her husband, Ashton Kutcher, have raised over $20 million.

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