Karina Longworth
Karina Longworth (born July 10, 1980) is an American film critic, author, and journalist based in Los Angeles. She is one of the founders of the film culture blog Cinematical and formerly edited both Cinematical and the film blog SpoutBlog and, while living in New York, was heard regularly on the Public Radio International show The Takeaway. From 2010–2012, she was the Film Editor and lead critic at LA Weekly.
Longworth has contributed to numerous magazines, including New York Magazine, Filmmaker,TimeOut New York, Cineaste, and Las Vegas Weekly, as well as the online publications Slate,indieWIRE,The Daily Beast,The Huffington Post,The Village Voice, and Vanity Fair's Little Gold Men blog.
She is dating film director Rian Johnson.
Education
2000 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Video from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2002 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film from San Francisco Art Institute
2005 Masters of Arts in Cinema Studies from New York University
Career
January 2005 – March 2007: regular contributor to the film blog Cinematical.com