ToI's movie maven Jordan Hoffman reviews 'Marty Supreme'
The Times of Israel Daily Briefing
The Times of Israel
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🗓️ 3 January 2026
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to The Reel Schmooze with ToI film reviewer Jordan Hoffman and host Amanda Borschel-Dan, where we bring you all the entertainment news and film reviews a Jew can use.
The "Schmoovie" of the week is "Marty Supreme," starring Timothée Chalamet (who also co-produced), Gwyneth Paltrow, Odessa A'zion, Kevin O'Leary, Tyler Okonma, Abel Ferrara and Fran Drescher. It was produced and directed by Josh Safdie, who also co-wrote the script, alongside Ronald Bronstein.
Like the very Jewish film it is, it arrived to the world on December 25 and so Borschel-Dan had to make a rare outing into a Jerusalem cinema. She brings back the unique impressions from an Israeli crowd watching this utterly Yiddishe story set in 1950s Lower East Side New York -- especially how they reacted to Holocaust references.
Hoffman, who recently interviewed director Safdie about the film for Vanity Fair, gives us the inside scoop on the crazy cast of characters that flesh out the "junkyard Jews" at the heart of the tale.
The pair keeps the conversation very general -- no spoilers! -- for the first half of the episode, but then get Talmudically into the weeds for the second.
Hear about our very first unreserved top-marking "not bad" from both hosts on this week's The Reel Schmooze.
The Reel Schmooze is produced by Ari Schlacht and can be found wherever you get your podcasts.
IMAGE: Timothée Chalamet attends the premiere of 'Marty Supreme' at Regal Times Square on December 16, 2025, in New York. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Times of Israel's The Real Shmuse. |
| 0:10.7 | I'm your host Amanda Borschal, Dan, here with our movie maven, Jordan Hoffman, for all |
| 0:16.5 | the Jewish entertainment news and movie reviews as you can use. So Jordan, thank you so much |
| 0:22.6 | for joining me on this final recording of 2025. Yes, listeners, we are recording a little |
| 0:29.7 | earlier than you'll hear this episode. That's right. It is New Year's Eve, super early here |
| 0:35.3 | in the New York City area where I am, but where you are, Amanda, |
| 0:38.7 | it's practically New Year's Eve. |
| 0:40.4 | Like I feel like the minute we're done, you should be done for the year, like close your |
| 0:45.1 | computer and get on with your life. |
| 0:46.8 | And hopefully you have something fun plan for the family tonight. |
| 0:49.8 | It'll be lighten off fireworks and dancing. |
| 0:53.1 | No, we don't celebrate New Year's Eve at all. |
| 0:56.5 | At all, it is just another regular workday here in Israel. |
| 1:00.3 | And in fact, my day is hardly not at all over. |
| 1:04.2 | Because, Jordan, I think I told you this, but I'm going away for a week starting |
| 1:08.4 | tomorrow night. |
| 1:09.3 | I knew that. |
| 1:09.7 | I didn't know it was tomorrow night. I knew you were going away soon to |
| 1:13.0 | an undisclosed location, but you're going to have fun and see a lot of history and see a lot of |
| 1:20.5 | what we call soccer, right? You're doing a soccer trip because you're going with your |
| 1:25.0 | soccer mad child. That's right. And I will report all about seeing Manchester City versus, wow, I think they're playing Chelsea. |
| 1:34.3 | I really should find that out. |
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