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Karina Longworth

Karina Longworth is proud to be one of those unwashed, basement-dwelling bloggers that Peter Bart is always on about. In 2005, she co-founded the film blog Cinematical, whilst simultaneously finishing her Masters degree in Cinema Studies, and working at a pasta factory to pay the rent. Karina has also written about film, new media and popular culture for a variety of sites and print publications, including The Huffington Post, NewTeeVee, Netscape, TV Squad, and FILMMAKER Magazine. The high point of her career thus far? The time at Sundance when Roger Ebert gave her the fleece vest off his back. The low point? The time she spilled a negroni on Huey Lewis. Karina started writing about movies because she couldn't find books that answered her burning questions. Questions like, "Has there ever been anything creepier than the scene where they reanimate Boris Karloff in 'The Walking Dead?" And, "Since 'Back to the Future 2' was set in 2015, isn't there still time for the fax machine to make a comeback?" Karina hopes to answer these questions--and additional, hopefully more intelligent queries--right here on SpoutBlog.


Author Archives: Karina Longworth

Superheroes and Celebrity Resurrection: SpoutBlog Week in Review

Contrary to the connotations of that headline, we did talk about something other than Robert Downey Jr this week.

MILf Counting: BlogNosh 05/09/08

Sometime-Moldy Peach Adam Green talks to Gothamist about promoting the Juno soundtrack by playing The View: “They gave me a year’s supply of Café Bustelo for playing. Anyways I got a check for $900 with Mickey Mouse’s head printed on it. Me and my girlfriend couldn’t figure out why Disney was sending me money. It [...]

The 15 Films That Buyers Want At Cannes

Two films that came together under the shadow of Heath Ledger’s death are expected to be big with buyers. Also: details about Terrence Malick’s TREE OF LIFE! Sort of!

Oliver Stone Has 5 Months To Finish His Bush Movie

And no, he still hasn’t started shooting it.

Donnie Darko 2 In Cannes

Screen Daily reports that the sequel to Donnie Darko, which begins shooting on May 18, will be looking for international buyers in the Cannes Market. Wait, back up––there’s a sequel to Donnie Darko? Yeah, and Richard Kelly, who is quietly working on a mainstream horror film in the aftermath of Southland Tales, has nothing to [...]

Glenn Kenny’s New Blog

A day after learning and announcing that his job at Premiere.com had been eliminated, Glenn Kenny has already set up a new personal blog, free of association with Premiere/Hachette. Well, sort of: the subtitle on the TypePad blog is, currently, “Film writer Glenn Kenny’s own bought-and-paid-for-blog, thank you very goddamn much.” The title-title is Some [...]

Political Groundhog Day

Your Blogger is having some computer issues this morning. While I get sorted, check out this blog post from Roger Ebert , in which he ponders the never ending Democratic primary in cinematic terms. “It must have been a species of torture for the anchors at CNN, who seemed caught in a Groundhog Day loop… The [...]

Anna Nicole Resurrected! Clip of the Day.

The lost Anna Nicole Smith biopic surfaces on YouTube. And it’s meta!!!

Warners Closes Picturehouse, WIP

What is this, ThursDay of Death?

Critics Watch: Glenn Kenny Out At Premiere

Another week, another dose of frustrating news about the state of film journalism. This morning longtime Premiere film critic (and occasional SpoutBlog commenter) Glenn Kenny used his blog to announce that his “position at Premiere.com is being terminated.” Glenn says he’ll keep up his Premiere-hosted blog if he can; otherwise, he’s looking for freelance work. [...]