This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. First clue that someone is serious about pingpong: They call it table tennis. Second clue: They bring their own ...

Timothée Chalamet stars in Marty Supreme—a sports drama set in 1950s New York City that follows Marty Mauser, a pompous hustler on a mission to pursue his ping-pong dreams by any means necessary. The ...

Ping pong, or as it is more commonly known, table tennis, is a sport that people can play in their back garden just as easily as to partake in it at the Olympics. It originated in Victorian England, ...

Marty Reisman, the self-proclaimed “bad boy of table tennis,” was known for his eccentric and flamboyant style as well as his courtside showmanship. At home, though, he was a husband to his wife, ...

Abstract: Achieving human-level performance on real world tasks is a north star for the robotics community. We present the first learned robot agent that reaches amateur humanlevel performance in ...

It was the 25th (and last) time the self-described ping-pong hustler had illegally smuggled gold, concealed in the pockets of a muslin vest, across international borders for a Chinese profiteer. Seven ...

If Marty Supreme gives the unsettling impression that its hero once paid rent and talked back, that instinct is justified. Josh Safdie’s 2025 sports comedy-drama places Timothée Chalamet in the role ...

In the 1940s and '50s, New York City table tennis was a gritty subculture full of misfits, gamblers, doctors, actors, students and more. They competed, bet on the game or both at all-night spots like ...

“Drama is very important to me. I can’t undercut the drama,” notes one of the year’s most deeply carved cinematic characters, Marty Mauser, played by Timothée Chalamet with a staggering commitment to ...

Long before Timothée Chalamet starred in “Marty Supreme” — the hotly anticipated movie that hits theaters nationwide on Christmas Day — there was Marty “The Needle” Reisman, the wild-eyed, high-strung ...