Marty Supreme, Sunday, January 4 (film starts at 4:45; meet between 4:25-4:40)

BACKGROUND: I have only been to three in-person meetups with the AFI Cinema group before but somehow I have nevertheless managed to become a group co-organizer. (Go figure...) Want to see upcoming films in person? Me too.

ABOUT THE FILM: This is a little short notice since the film is this Sunday, but hopefully some others may be interested even so. This is AFI's page on Marty Supreme https://silver.afi.com/movies/detail/0100005376/ if you want to see the preview. The Washington Post had two positive articles about it in the span of two days (December 23 and 24). If critics' reviews make a difference, the film has a 94% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. It looks intriguing to me.

Other than that, I'll just quote AFI's short description: "Marty Mauser (Timothée Chalamet), a young man with a dream no one respects, goes to hell and back in pursuit of greatness. DIR/SCR/PROD Josh Safdie; SCR/PROD Ronald Bronstein; PROD Eli Bush, Anthony Katagas, Timothée Chalamet. U.S., 2025, color, 150 min. RATED R"

MEETING UP: It's playing Sunday at AFI at 4:45 in 70mm. I'm looking to arrive by 4:25 and wait in the lobby immediately outside the theater. (I don't plan on having a Meetup sign or other identification; hopefully I look enough like my Meetup picture to be recognizable.) My thought is to go in and get seats around five minutes before the scheduled start time, so if you arrive later than that, go in the theater and look for me (and any other attendees) there.

AFTER THE FILM: Following the three past in-person AFI group Meetup films that I have been to some of the attendees went to a place to eat nearby to chat about the film and films in general. If there is interest on Sunday we can also go get something to eat or drink nearby afterwards and do the same. We can figure that out in the lobby right outside the film after the credits end. It seems that the film should be ending around 7:30 (taking previews into account).