'Marty Supreme' and the Return of the Antihero

Most Oscar movies have no audience and few admirers and are instantly forgotten (name last year’s winner). One exception is Marty Supreme, which has just received nine Oscar nominations. More surprising, it has already reached into the IMDb Top 250, at 238 and climbing (dedicated fanbase). Marty Supreme is Josh Safdie’s first movie after he stopped working with his brother Benny. Together they made two well-regarded movies, Good Time (2017) and Uncut Gems (2019). During COVID, they stopped directing but now they’re back, but apart; we all lost something during COVID, I guess.