Karina Longworth

Karina Longworth (born 10 July 1980) is an American film critic, author,[1] and journalist[2] based in Los Angeles. She is one of the founders of the film culture blog Cinematical[3][4] and formerly edited both Cinematical and the film blog SpoutBlog[5] and, while living in New York, was heard regularly on the Public Radio International show The Takeaway.[6] From 2010-2012, she was the Film Editor and lead critic at LA Weekly.[5][7]

Longworth has contributed to numerous magazines, including New York Magazine, Filmmaker,[8] TimeOut New York, Cineaste,[3] and Las Vegas Weekly,[9] as well as the online publications Slate,[10] indieWIRE,[11] The Daily Beast,[5] The Huffington Post,[12] The Village Voice, and Vanity Fair's Little Gold Men blog.

Education

Career

Internet film criticism vs print film criticism

When she was still a web critic for SpoutBlog, Longworth appeared in the documentary For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism,[13] explaining the virtues of blogging – for creating a back-and-forth dialogue with readers. About blogging she went on to say, "I have a Master’s Degree in Film Studies, but I’m no more qualified to blog than a high school student in Vermont." No more qualified she may be, but as to influence, the New York Times has called Longworth, "freakishly smart"[14] and Variety said, "... it's the ever-proliferating bloggers – Spout, Cinematical, Movie City News and Hollywood Elsewhere – that have become the instant barometers for how a film plays."[15]

Online film critics are considered by some to be the next wave of film criticism. In 2007 Variety said, "As the pool of well-paid print critics shrinks in size, the next generation of film fans may come to trust critic/bloggers like ... Spout’s Karina Longworth, who helped to create the major film blog Cinematical"[16] The New York Times has commented, "Are print critics really so all-important and sacrosanct with the Web full of debates about all manner of film in places like indiewire.com, cinematical.com and blog.spout.com?"[17]

Bibliography

References

  1. The Portable SpoutBlog: Rants, reviews and reports from the film blog edited by Karina Longworth (2009). Publisher: CreateSpace. ISBN 1-4486-9571-6
  2. Is Karina Longworth a film journalist? The Salt Lake Tribune, October 13th, 2009
  3. 3.0 3.1 Film Criticism in the Age of the Internet: A Critical Symposium Cineaste, Vol.XXXIII No.4 2008
  4. The Rocchi Review – With Karina Longworth of SpoutBlog!, 22 March 2008
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 LA Weekly adds film editor, reporter LA Observed, December 23, 2009
  6. Karina Longworth Film Contributor The Takeaway, November 25, 2009
  7. Scott Simon of National Public Radio interviews Karina Longworth, Film Editor at LA Weekly, January 29, 2011
  8. Filmmaker year in review: Karina Longworth FilmMaker Magazine, December 22nd, 2008
  9. Karina Longworth at Las Vegas Weekly
  10. The Movie Club, Slate, January 3, 2011
  11. Karina Longworth at indieWIRE
  12. Karina Longworth bio the Huffington Post
  13. For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism Acting Credits The New York Times, March 5, 2011
  14. The Carpetbagger The Awards Season Blog of the New York Times, 13 January 2009
  15. Blogosphere taps festival buzz, Variety, 25 January 2008
  16. Indie films crave great reviews, Variety, June 21, 2007
  17. Now on the Endangered Species List: Movie Critics in Print, New York Times, April 1, 2008

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