Karina Longworth is the co-founder of Cinematical, the former editor of SpoutBlog, and a freelance film and new media critic/blogger based in Brooklyn. Vidiot TumbleTumblr (3.0; @karinalongworth)http://vidiocy.com/I return to New York tomorrow after an 11 day trip that has felt...<img src="http://6.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kstb4eYOU71qz73opo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I return to New York tomorrow after an 11 day trip that has felt like years. I keep having weird flashes of paranoia about not being able to unlock the door of my apartment.</p> <p>UPDATE!!! I got the door unlocked, but only after pushing aside almost a dozen manila envelopes blocking the door. Screener season is a shitty time to go out of town for a week and a half.</p>http://vidiocy.com/post/237404480http://vidiocy.com/post/237404480Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:43:00 -0500I wrote a book.I wrote a book.: Sort of. The Portable SpoutBlog, a collection of 41 blog posts published by me...http://vidiocy.com/post/233787155http://vidiocy.com/post/233787155Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:21:00 -0500"Karina Longworth will soon be crowned a Master of Cinema Studies. She’s torn between a)..."“Karina Longworth will soon be crowned a Master of Cinema Studies. She’s torn between a)...http://vidiocy.com/post/231171745http://vidiocy.com/post/231171745Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:37:36 -0500THIS IS IT: "play it like you’re getting out of bed” takes on extra mystery coming from a man who apparently used intravenous anesthetic as a sleeping aid<a href="http://blog.spout.com/2009/10/29/this-is-it/">THIS IS IT: "play it like you’re getting out of bed” takes on extra mystery coming from a man who apparently used intravenous anesthetic as a sleeping aid</a>http://vidiocy.com/post/227074062http://vidiocy.com/post/227074062Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:08:31 -0400Roq of the 80sRoq of the 80s: I spent pretty much every weekday from about 1981 to 1985 in a car with my mother,...http://vidiocy.com/post/223849828http://vidiocy.com/post/223849828Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:26:00 -0400"As we all know, Elvira wouldn’t be Elvira without her trademark wise cracks and “the..."“As we all know, Elvira wouldn’t be Elvira without her trademark wise cracks and...http://vidiocy.com/post/220312177http://vidiocy.com/post/220312177Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:51:10 -0400Overcome with the guilty feeling that her own sexuality caused her son to die, the woman essentially internalizes the texts she’s studied and becomes an embodiment of the "evil," manifested mainly through total sexual hysteria, that she once dedicated her life to critiquing. And hilarity sort of ensues!<a href="http://blog.spout.com/2009/10/22/antichrist-review-2/">Overcome with the guilty feeling that her own sexuality caused her son to die, the woman essentially internalizes the texts she’s studied and becomes an embodiment of the "evil," manifested mainly through total sexual hysteria, that she once dedicated her life to critiquing. And hilarity sort of ensues!</a>http://vidiocy.com/post/220174415http://vidiocy.com/post/220174415Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:31:24 -0400And so I join the ranks of the unemployed.Yup, it’s true — October 31 will be my last day at Spout, and as far I know, the last...http://vidiocy.com/post/219211027http://vidiocy.com/post/219211027Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:29:44 -0400"Maria Shriver: I tell women, you can’t really make a bad choice, it’s all part of your..."“Maria Shriver: I tell women, you can’t really make a bad choice, it’s all part of...http://vidiocy.com/post/218993044http://vidiocy.com/post/218993044Wed, 21 Oct 2009 07:47:29 -0400I’m feeling nostalgic for my pre-teen assumptions re: what...<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PdP6UuNNHqA&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PdP6UuNNHqA&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>I’m feeling nostalgic for my pre-teen assumptions re: what a social life would look, sound, feel like.</p>http://vidiocy.com/post/218281621http://vidiocy.com/post/218281621Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:26:52 -0400fuckyeah1920s: louise brooks on the set of beggars of life...<img src="http://12.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krqesc0zlJ1qzf2pdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://fuckyeah1920s.tumblr.com/post/217817310/louise-brooks-on-the-set-of-beggars-of-life-1928">fuckyeah1920s</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>louise brooks on the set of <i>beggars of life </i>(1928)</p> </blockquote>http://vidiocy.com/post/218107842http://vidiocy.com/post/218107842Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:54:33 -0400Skip to about 3:50 to hear the girls scream for Boris Karloff.<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/OC8B7FHsOD8&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/OC8B7FHsOD8&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Skip to about 3:50 to hear the girls scream for Boris Karloff.</p>http://vidiocy.com/post/217178623http://vidiocy.com/post/217178623Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:16:46 -0400Ooh, swish!<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/txaR2HvnwVg&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/txaR2HvnwVg&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Ooh, swish!</p>http://vidiocy.com/post/215705233http://vidiocy.com/post/215705233Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:58:07 -0400I went to Abu Dhabi and took these photos.<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/karinalongworth/sets/72157622479695737/">I went to Abu Dhabi and took these photos.</a>http://vidiocy.com/post/215574399http://vidiocy.com/post/215574399Sat, 17 Oct 2009 12:24:06 -0400Test postI’m moving/re-dressing this blog and this is a test post to see what text posts will look like...http://vidiocy.com/post/212854156http://vidiocy.com/post/212854156Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:41:22 -0400karina_03_SM<img src="http://5.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kq5vr38nVW1qz73opo1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>karina_03_SM</b></p>http://vidiocy.com/post/190891544http://vidiocy.com/post/190891544Fri, 18 Sep 2009 05:59:29 -0400karina_13_SM<img src="http://9.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kq5vqhr2me1qz73opo1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>karina_13_SM</b></p>http://vidiocy.com/post/190891384http://vidiocy.com/post/190891384Fri, 18 Sep 2009 05:59:07 -0400Cafe Des Artistes closed for vacation and will not reopen.<img src="http://12.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kp9hw7EeQp1qz73opo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/29/cafe-des-artistes-has-closed/">Cafe Des Artistes closed for vacation and will not reopen</a>.</p>http://vidiocy.com/post/176568575http://vidiocy.com/post/176568575Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:16:55 -0400sarazucker: every woman needs a garter belt built into her...<img src="http://14.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kp75i7DI4z1qz7euco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.sarazucker.com/post/175514648/every-woman-needs-a-garter-belt-built-into-her">sarazucker</a>:</p> <blockquote>every woman needs a garter belt built into her boots. (via <a href="http://vanessajackman.blogspot.com/2009/08/london-street-styleprada-boots.html">vanessa jackman</a>)</blockquote> <p>I am *extremely* excited for the Forever 21 knock-offs of these.</p>http://vidiocy.com/post/175518330http://vidiocy.com/post/175518330Sun, 30 Aug 2009 12:00:20 -0400More notes "on a ‘film journalist’"ninety9: natashavc: (*just a note on a ‘film journalist’. This is a moniker that has been bandied...http://vidiocy.com/post/174035436http://vidiocy.com/post/174035436Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:48:39 -0400