Vikram Murthi
@fauxbeatpoet.bsky.social
A "reasonable man" (get off my case) / Contributing writer @thenation / Editor @downtime / Also @reverseshot @filmmakermag @vulture / vikrammurthi1 at gmail
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mayor zohran sir please immediately dispatch the boppers, gramercy riffs, turnbull ac's, hi-hats, electric eliminators, rogues, lizzies, orphans, punks and warriors to chicago to join the fight against ice
November 5, 2025 at 3:52 AM
mayor zohran sir please immediately dispatch the boppers, gramercy riffs, turnbull ac's, hi-hats, electric eliminators, rogues, lizzies, orphans, punks and warriors to chicago to join the fight against ice
I’ll say I’m a cynical pessimist by nature, but the last time I felt this hopeful was when I canvassed and phone banked for Obama in 08 when I wasn’t old enough to vote for him. “I’m running outta heroes man. Guys like you are in short supply,” etc. etc.
November 5, 2025 at 6:25 AM
I’ll say I’m a cynical pessimist by nature, but the last time I felt this hopeful was when I canvassed and phone banked for Obama in 08 when I wasn’t old enough to vote for him. “I’m running outta heroes man. Guys like you are in short supply,” etc. etc.
You know, he lit up the world with his beautiful smirk.
November 4, 2025 at 1:53 PM
You know, he lit up the world with his beautiful smirk.
At least twice during tonight’s performance, The Beta Band transcended the ’90s—white guys into rap, “sampledelica,” the legacy of Beck—to become the Scottish rebirth of Can (if every member was a percussionist). I wanna tell my stoner 16-yr-old self: You backed the right horse.
November 2, 2025 at 5:56 AM
At least twice during tonight’s performance, The Beta Band transcended the ’90s—white guys into rap, “sampledelica,” the legacy of Beck—to become the Scottish rebirth of Can (if every member was a percussionist). I wanna tell my stoner 16-yr-old self: You backed the right horse.
Heartbreaking, unfair, inevitable.
October 28, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Heartbreaking, unfair, inevitable.
This game may have made this the craziest World Series of my life. What happens when this is over? These guys played two games in one night. How is anyone gonna be functional?
October 28, 2025 at 6:15 AM
This game may have made this the craziest World Series of my life. What happens when this is over? These guys played two games in one night. How is anyone gonna be functional?
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They’re cooking over on /r/baseball right now
October 28, 2025 at 6:06 AM
They’re cooking over on /r/baseball right now
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oh no, the fox broadcast is zooming in on normal food in the stadium somewhere while the broadcasters say "that looks good to eat." they're developing Regular Season Madness
October 28, 2025 at 6:03 AM
oh no, the fox broadcast is zooming in on normal food in the stadium somewhere while the broadcasters say "that looks good to eat." they're developing Regular Season Madness
Who is doing this horrible cover of “Behind Blue Eyes” in the trailer for this dogshit Patrick Dempsey-starring hitman show on Fox? It’s horrible.
October 28, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Who is doing this horrible cover of “Behind Blue Eyes” in the trailer for this dogshit Patrick Dempsey-starring hitman show on Fox? It’s horrible.
I honestly believe if the game goes to the 14th inning, you gotta start selling beer again. What are you, an asshole?
the stadium stopped selling alcohol seven innings ago. everyone at this game is sober now
October 28, 2025 at 5:52 AM
I honestly believe if the game goes to the 14th inning, you gotta start selling beer again. What are you, an asshole?
Happy to be there writing On IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT (one of the year’s finest films) and the relief of seeing Jafar Panahi finally working outside his own head. Also includes a brief examination of my own (embarassing, unsettling) feelings about vengeance in fascist times.
so so pleased to have @fauxbeatpoet.bsky.social up on defector today
Jafar Panahi Returns With The Masterful Revenge Drama ‘It Was Just An Accident’ | Defector
The sole child in Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just an Accident knows right from wrong. In the film’s first scene, a young girl is introduced bopping up and down in the backseat of a car, to the beat of a re...
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October 27, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Happy to be there writing On IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT (one of the year’s finest films) and the relief of seeing Jafar Panahi finally working outside his own head. Also includes a brief examination of my own (embarassing, unsettling) feelings about vengeance in fascist times.
On THE MASTERMIND, Kelly Reichardt’s reserved political sensibility, the rise of the Me Decade, and the fact that we’re all on the chopping block, for @thenation.com Check it out! www.thenation.com/article/cult...
A Downbeat Take on the Heist Movie
Kelly Reichardt’s latest, a sly 1970s drama involving a museum theft, probes the broken politics of the decade.
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October 23, 2025 at 5:43 PM
On THE MASTERMIND, Kelly Reichardt’s reserved political sensibility, the rise of the Me Decade, and the fact that we’re all on the chopping block, for @thenation.com Check it out! www.thenation.com/article/cult...
No correct aspect ratio upload to be found on YouTube, and I could be more rigorous about my editing, but I genuinely think this is some of the funniest 106 seconds in comedy history, and definitely in my top five Simpsons jokes.
October 23, 2025 at 5:15 AM
No correct aspect ratio upload to be found on YouTube, and I could be more rigorous about my editing, but I genuinely think this is some of the funniest 106 seconds in comedy history, and definitely in my top five Simpsons jokes.
One of my best friends recently discovered, and has been painfully remastering, the archives of our radio show Unbridled Enthusiasm that we eventually transitioned into a podcast hosted out of his dorm room. Was pleasantly surprised how not bad it was. College radio is manna.
October 23, 2025 at 3:37 AM
One of my best friends recently discovered, and has been painfully remastering, the archives of our radio show Unbridled Enthusiasm that we eventually transitioned into a podcast hosted out of his dorm room. Was pleasantly surprised how not bad it was. College radio is manna.
VOODOO probably has legit claim to best post-Marvin R&B record and BLACK MESSIAH was such a massive deal in my corner of the world. Ludicrous that he’s gone so soon.
October 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
VOODOO probably has legit claim to best post-Marvin R&B record and BLACK MESSIAH was such a massive deal in my corner of the world. Ludicrous that he’s gone so soon.
Never do stuff like this, but if any editors I follow want to publish my funny, embarsssing story of meeting Marc Maron when I was 19 years old that easily doubles as a WTF remembrance, please get in touch. It has an arc and everything.
October 5, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Never do stuff like this, but if any editors I follow want to publish my funny, embarsssing story of meeting Marc Maron when I was 19 years old that easily doubles as a WTF remembrance, please get in touch. It has an arc and everything.
Regret to inform everyone that, yes, it looks better on VistaVision and it’s worth rolling the dice on the finnicky tech.
September 29, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Regret to inform everyone that, yes, it looks better on VistaVision and it’s worth rolling the dice on the finnicky tech.
Kaleb Horton was the type of writer I always wanted to be. His stories were important. His life was important. I’m so, so sad that he’s gone.
September 27, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Kaleb Horton was the type of writer I always wanted to be. His stories were important. His life was important. I’m so, so sad that he’s gone.
Wrote many rambling and insufficient thoughts about Ross McElwee’s excellent, heartbreaking new feature REMAKE. Hope this film receives a release, and may McElwee’s work receive a higher profile. For @indiewire.com.web.brid.gy www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
‘Remake’ Review: Documentarian Ross McElwee Honors the Memory of His Late Son by Chronicling Their On-Screen Relationship
McElwee’s affecting tribute to his son’s life that doubles as a reflective, career-spanning culmination of his life’s work.
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September 3, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Wrote many rambling and insufficient thoughts about Ross McElwee’s excellent, heartbreaking new feature REMAKE. Hope this film receives a release, and may McElwee’s work receive a higher profile. For @indiewire.com.web.brid.gy www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
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Wrote about one of my favorite films, and the woman behind it, for @indiewire.com '70s week. Tried to capture the spirit of the thing. www.indiewire.com/features/bes...
Every Sucker for Himself: How ‘Slap Shot’ Cut to the Soul of the American Character
"Slap Shot" could've been just another low-rent sports movie, but Nancy Dowd used it to give shape to a generation of nonconformist yearners.
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August 19, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Wrote about one of my favorite films, and the woman behind it, for @indiewire.com '70s week. Tried to capture the spirit of the thing. www.indiewire.com/features/bes...
Wrote about one of my favorite films, and the woman behind it, for @indiewire.com '70s week. Tried to capture the spirit of the thing. www.indiewire.com/features/bes...
Every Sucker for Himself: How ‘Slap Shot’ Cut to the Soul of the American Character
"Slap Shot" could've been just another low-rent sports movie, but Nancy Dowd used it to give shape to a generation of nonconformist yearners.
www.indiewire.com
August 19, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Wrote about one of my favorite films, and the woman behind it, for @indiewire.com '70s week. Tried to capture the spirit of the thing. www.indiewire.com/features/bes...
Granted, I’m at the airport, but the utter indignity of having to order a drink off a fucking app while literally looking at a physical bartender. Just a miserable world we’ve built.
August 7, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Granted, I’m at the airport, but the utter indignity of having to order a drink off a fucking app while literally looking at a physical bartender. Just a miserable world we’ve built.
I spoke to Akiva Schaffer about directing THE NAKED GUN. Topics include: getting the BEVERLY HILLS COP II-esque look right, focus testing comedies, and using SUPERMAN’s stunt coordinator for a key scene. Good talk. Check it out! filmmakermagazine.com/131443-inter...
“The Whole Movie is Doing an Impression of the Genre”: Akiva Schaffer on <em>The Naked Gun</em> - Filmmaker Magazine
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August 1, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I spoke to Akiva Schaffer about directing THE NAKED GUN. Topics include: getting the BEVERLY HILLS COP II-esque look right, focus testing comedies, and using SUPERMAN’s stunt coordinator for a key scene. Good talk. Check it out! filmmakermagazine.com/131443-inter...
Spoke to Ari Aster about EDDINGTON for @filmmakermagazine.com.web.brid.gy. Good stuff on shot listing and aspect ratios. Check it out! filmmakermagazine.com/131427-inter...
“Making a Movie is Just a Succession of On-Set Challenges”: Ari Aster on <em>Eddington</em> - Filmmaker Magazine
Publication with a focus on independent film, offering articles, links, and resources.
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July 31, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Spoke to Ari Aster about EDDINGTON for @filmmakermagazine.com.web.brid.gy. Good stuff on shot listing and aspect ratios. Check it out! filmmakermagazine.com/131427-inter...