Email Author Karina Longworth

Awards

• 2011 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club

  Film reviews

• 2011 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published February 5, 2010

  "Sundance's Rebel Yell"

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2012 Stories by Karina Longworth

• The Top 10 Films of 2012

  published December 27, 2012

  View the slide show: Top 10 Films of 2012 More >>

• Quentin Tarantino Emerges With His Most Ambitious Film, Django Unchained

  published December 27, 2012

  Quentin Tarantino has been Googling himself, and it's starting to become a problem. The filmmaker, whose eighth feature, Django... More >>

• Generation P: A Phantasmagoric Alternate History of the Putin Moment

  published December 6, 2012

  Generation P Review: A Phantasmagoric Alternate History of the Putin Moment More >>

• Killing Them Softly: Crime Is Just Business in Obama's America

  published November 29, 2012

  Killing Them Softly Review: Crime Is Just Business in Obama's America More >>

• Puppets and Starlets: Sean Baker's Latest Film Goes Inside the Porn Biz

  published November 29, 2012

  Puppets and Starlets: Sean Baker's Latest Film Goes Inside the Porn Biz More >>

• Hitchcock: A Half-Assed Attempt to Demystify a Larger-Than-Life Man

  published November 22, 2012

  Hitchcock Movie Review: A Half-Assed Attempt to Demystify a Larger-Than-Life Man More >>

• The Loneliest Planet Sets a Course for What Couples Truly Are

  published November 22, 2012

  The Loneliest Planet Movie Review: Sets a Course for What Couples Truly Are More >>

• Silver Linings Playbook: Mostly Cloudy

  published November 15, 2012

  Silver Linings Playbook Movie Review: Mostly Cloudy More >>

• Skyfall Lays Bare the Unknowable Spy

  published November 8, 2012

  Skyfall James Bond Movie Review: Lays Bare the Unknowable Spy More >>

• Fun Size: Finally, a Teen Comedy That's Not Bad for You

  published October 25, 2012

  Fun Size Movie Review: Finally, a Teen Comedy That's Not Bad for You More >>

• Middle of Nowhere: Beautifully Nuanced and Confidently Ambiguous

  published October 18, 2012

  Middle of Nowhere Movie Review: Beautifully Nuanced and Confidently Ambiguous More >>

• Detropia: A Moving Portrait of Detroit's Fall

  published October 18, 2012

  Detropia Movie Review: A Moving Portrait of Detroit's Fall More >>

• Argo: Ben Affleck Asks Us to Love Hollywood Again

  published October 11, 2012

  Argo Movie Review: Ben Affleck Asks Us to Love Hollywood Again More >>

• The Perks of Being a Wallflower: '90s Teen Angst

  published October 4, 2012

  The Perks of Being a Wallflower Movie Review: '90s Teen Angst More >>

• V/H/S: Undermined by Bad Acting

  published October 4, 2012

  V/H/S Horror Movie Review: Undermined by Bad Acting More >>

• The Ambassador: Mads Brugger Channels Borat in a Risky and Committed Performance

  published September 27, 2012

  The Ambassador Movie Review: Mads Brugger Channels Borat in a Risky and Committed Performance More >>

• The Myth of the American Sleepover: Feeling That Last Night of Summer

  published September 27, 2012

  The Myth of the American Sleepover Movie Review: Feeling That Last Night of Summer More >>

• The Master Movie Review: Paul Thomas Anderson Gives What You Don't Expect

  published September 20, 2012

  The Master Movie Review: Paul Thomas Anderson Gives What You Don't Expect More >>

• Toronto Film Festival's Most Bracing Movies

  published September 20, 2012

  Toronto Film Festival's Most Bracing Movies More >>

• Sleepwalk With Me Can't Quite Rise to the Level of Radio

  published September 6, 2012

  Sleepwalk With Me Can't Quite Rise to the Level of Radio More >>

• Celeste and Jesse Forever Is Too Scattered to Transcend Its Genre

  published August 23, 2012

  Celeste and Jesse Forever Is Too Scattered to Transcend Its Genre More >>

• Cosmopolis: Robert Pattinson's Latest Film Limos Through the Mind of a Master of the Universe

  published August 23, 2012

  Cosmopolis: Robert Pattinson's Latest Film Limos Through the Mind of a Master of the Universe More >>

• Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry at Miami Beach Cinematheque and O Cinema

  published August 16, 2012

  Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry at Miami Beach Cinematheque and O Cinema More >>

• Compliance's Craig Zobel on Documenting Sexual Degradation -- With Humanity

  published August 16, 2012

  Compliance's Craig Zobel on Documenting Sexual Degradation -- With Humanity More >>

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  Julie Delpy Rocks New York

  published August 16, 2012

  "My son is sick right now, covered in zits. It's not contagious — I mean, it's contagious, but don't worry: Grown-ups don't catch it.... More >>