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I watched 'Marty Supreme 'last week, and as a media student who spent most of college watching pretentious cinema, it felt almost like a rite of passage. And yes, the film is obnoxious and, at times, ecstatically annoying— but there’s something deeply irreverent about it, in the best way possible.
My best friend and I left the theatre saying, "Well, we’re clearly not working hard enough." And we’re probably not or we possibly are, I don’t know. I will never be able to find how much is enough. But I do know one thing: Marty Supreme could never be a woman’s story. If a woman was so obsessed with her goals and consumed by her passion, especially in the 1950s, she would probably be caged into a mental asylum. If she had taken everyone who showed her any compassion for granted, the way Marty did, she’d probably be hung, drawn and quartered.
Which is likely why I never saw myself as Marty — only as a distant observer, rooting for him while remaining astonished by his sheer cojones.
Maybe someday Coralie Fargeat (The Substance) or Payal Kapadia (All We Imagine As Light) will make a movie about an insufferable yet somehow likeable female protagonist who is consumed by her need to do nothing but succeed, but until then here’s what we have for you this week:
India Art Fair 2026, running from 5–8 February, brings together 135 exhibitors from across the world at the NSIC Exhibition Grounds, New Delhi. The fair showcases a wide range of art forms, spanning film, craft, and performances, and places some of the most exciting emerging artists and talents from South Asia centre stage. Read more about the fair in Homegrown’s guide here.
Studio Anarki, a Bangalore-based creative space, is hosting a one-day warehouse takeover: Monkey Business: Vol. 4, titled Age of Anarki on February 8. In collaboration with Guerilla Diner and Analogue Space, the warehouse will transform into a multi-sensory experience. With Guerilla Diner’s iconic smash burgers and fries, alongside Burning Ends serving up an authentic yakitori experience, the day promises to roll seamlessly into a night of indulgent food and drinks. Learn more about the night here.
‘Son of Thanjai’, is an action-adventure game set in 11th century South India, taking the audience into the kingdom of Rajendra Chola. Created by a homegrown studio based in Chennai, Ayelet Studios, the game paints the picture of ancient South India with the opulence and authenticity that has been lacking in contemporary pop-culture representations. It deviates from the normative narrative of what a hero from that time looks like, and presents a king who fights with a Surulvaal, a weapon used in the Kalariyapattu, an ancient martial art from Kerala. Learn more about the game here.
At the recently held Grammy Awards, sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and his sons, Amaan and Ayaan Ali Bangash, won a Grammy in the Best Audiobook category for the album Meditations: The Reflections of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The album highlights the Dalai Lama’s teachings on global responsibility, peace, and oneness. For Ustaad’s sons this project is part of a broader endeavour into bringing classical music into contemporary discourse and music. Read more about the album here.
'Deepfaking Sam Altman 'is a documentary by Adam Bhala Lough that looks at the relationship between the AI insurgence and human vulnerability. In collaboration with Indian deepfake artist Devi Singh Jadoun, the film takes us on Lough’s journey to interviewing Open AI CEO Sam Altman and then ending up creating a deepfake AI version of him. Read more about the experimental documentary here.
Authored by award-winning type designer Pooja Saxena, 'India Street Lettering: A Journey Through Typographic Craft & Culture’ celebrates vernacular lettering traditions that have long lived on the margins of mainstream design discourse. Saxena will be in conversation with Avani Tanya, an interdisciplinary artist whose practice in bookmaking and photography, at the Museum of Goa on 8th February, . Get more details about the event here.
On view at Delhi’s Sunder Nursery from February 4–13, the Aryanavi Pavilion marks the first tangible manifestation of Aranyani, a creative arts initiative dedicated to restoring the bond between humans and the natural world. Conceptualised by conservationist Tara Lal, the installation draws its name from the forest goddess mentioned in the Rigveda, grounding the project in ancient ecological wisdom. Read more here.
