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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2010 Stories by Karina Longworth

• Bad marriage: Lowbrow and chemistry-free in "Date Night"

  published April 7, 2010

  "We are not these people! We are a boring couple from New Jersey!" Claire Foster (Tina Fey) complains to her husband, Phil (Steve Carell),... More >>

• The year SXSW film broke

  published March 24, 2010

  The tagline for the recently concluded 2010 South by Southwest Film Festival was "Tomorrow Happens Here," slick marketing shorthand for the... More >>

• Noah Baumbach on Greenberg, the DIY ethos, and learning to drive

  published March 24, 2010

  Noah Baumbach is 40 years old. He just learned how to drive. A native New Yorker, the writer and director started spending time in Los Angeles... More >>

• On the road to ruin or fame: the story of the Runaways

  published March 17, 2010

  There's an obvious stunt element to the casting of The Runaways: a punked-up, barely legal Kristen Stewart and a still-underage, barely... More >>

• Kevin Smith's Cop Out: So crazy, it just might work

  published February 24, 2010

  Cop Out establishes its movie lineage right away, with a slow-motion toe-to-head tilt up, set to the Beastie Boys' "No Sleep 'Til... More >>

• Valentine's Day: So many stars, so many story lines

  published February 10, 2010

  In Pretty Woman, director Garry Marshall's personal cinematic high score, the opening credits close (and the closing credits open) with... More >>