Alonso Duralde, TheWrap’s film reviews editor, has written about film for Movieline, Salon, Village Voice and MSNBC.com. He also co-hosts the “Linoleum Knife,” “Maximum Film!” and “Breakfast All Day” podcasts. A member of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and the National Society of Film Critics, Duralde has discussed cinema on TCM, CNN and ABC, among others, and was a regular contributor to FilmStruck. He is the author of “Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas” and “101 Must-See Movies for Gay Men” and the co-author of “I’ll Be Home for Christmas Movies”; his history of queer Hollywood will be published by TCM/Running Press in 2024.
Experience:
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‘Love, Weddings & Other Disasters’ Film Review: Moronic Comedy Delivers on the ‘Disaster’ Part
If this represents the best offers Diane Keaton and Jeremy Irons are getting, then show business is broken
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What’s New on DVD in November: ‘Schitt’s Creek,’ ‘Weathering With You,’ ‘Essential Fellini’ and More
Alonso Duralde’s monthly column spotlights the best Indie, foreign, doc, grindhouse, classic and TV releases on DVD and Blu-ray
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‘Small Axe: Lovers Rock’ Review: Steve McQueen Would Like to Dance With You, in 1979
The director’s talent for plunging you into specific places and feelings is used, for a change, to go somewhere sexy and exhilarating
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‘Superintelligence’ Film Review: Melissa McCarthy Is Humanity’s Last Hope in Superaverage Comedy
James Corden voices a rogue AI program in a high-concept movie that’s low on laughs
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‘Uncle Frank’ Film Review: Alan Ball’s 1970s Gay Road Trip Saga Meanders, But Finds Its Path
The writer-director finds some choice comic and dramatic moments when he’s not getting in his own way
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‘The Christmas Chronicles 2’ Film Review: Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn Team Up to Save the Holidays
This sequel to the Netflix hit mixes Yuletide lore with clockwork plotting from director and co-writer Chris Columbus
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‘Happiest Season’ Film Review: Kristen Stewart Makes Merry in LGBT Christmas Farce
Director and co-writer Clea Duvall mixes holiday fizz with emotional heft, and gets the balance mostly right
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‘The Croods: A New Age’ Film Review: The Laughs Keep Evolving in Animated Sequel
Even if you haven’t thought about this prehistoric family since 2013, this followup is as charming and funny as its predecessor
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‘Hillbilly Elegy’ Film Review: Ron Howard’s Rust Belt Saga Is Yokel Hokum
Instead of an exploration of the societal and economic roots of the opioid crisis, we get bootstrap boosterism
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2020 Holiday Gift Guide: Blu-rays, DVDs and Books to Make the Season Bright
Alonso Duralde recommends new releases of classic holiday movies, both on video and in book form
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‘Small Axe: Mangrove’ Film Review: Steve McQueen Exposes the Police Brutality of the Past, and the Present
A look at a landmark British trial from 50 years ago reminds us that the past is never dead, and it’s certainly not even past
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‘Fatman’ Film Review: Mel Gibson Is a Grizzled Santa in a Messy Genre Mash-Up
Hired killer Walton Goggins comes to sleigh in an ambitious film that never lands the right tone
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‘Jingle Jangle’ Film Review: An Overstuffed Christmas Musical That Stays Inventive
David E. Talbert’s holiday fantasy has a few gears loose, but there’s magic in this machine
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‘Let Him Go’ Film Review: Kevin Costner and Diane Lane Are Not Leaving Without Their Grandson
Character piece and thriller dovetail effectively in Thomas Bezucha’s suspenseful 1960s-set drama
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Sean Connery Appreciation: Screen Legend Left Audiences Shaken, Stirred, as Bond and Beyond
The Scottish actor not only cemented an iconic character but also proved he had other shades in his paintbox
