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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What’s New on DVD in October: ‘Parasite,’ ‘Mallrats,’ Dolly Parton, 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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‘City Hall’ Film Review: Frederick Wiseman Celebrates the Power of Civic Engagement
Boston mayor Marty Walsh becomes a constant figure in this examination of the good that government can potentially do with community involvement
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‘Come Play’ Film Review: Middling Monster Movie Lacks Metaphor, Meaning
A top-flight cast struggles to bring heft to this creature-feature
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‘The Craft: Legacy’ Film Review: Teen Witches Tackle Toxic Masculinity in Clever Sequel
Writer-director Zoe Lister-Jones (“Band Aid”) makes a smart, subversive teen movie that’s not focused on fan service
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‘On the Rocks’ Film Review: Bill Murray and Rashida Jones Make a Dynamic Comic Duo
NYFF 2020: Sofia Coppola may have crafted the quintessential Murray role in this father-daughter comedy, but Jones is nobody’s bystander
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‘Nationtime’ Film Review: Restored 1972 Doc Captures a Political Movement at a Turning Point
The specifics of Black issues in the U.S. may have changed since William Greaves shot this landmark film, but the struggle continues
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‘My Psychedelic Love Story’ Film Review: Errol Morris Unravels a Trippy Yarn About Timothy Leary’s Muse
AFI 2020: Reliable narrator or not, Joanna Harcourt-Smith spins a heck of a story
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‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’ Film Review: Sacha Baron Cohen Valiantly Fails to Resuscitate the Satire Corpse
In a culture where Americans publicly reveal their worst opinions every day, it’s no longer a trick to get them to do it on camera
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‘The Witches’ Film Review: Robert Zemeckis’ Roald Dahl Remake Is Creepy But Superfluous
This is no Tim-Burton-does-Willy-Wonka debacle, but neither does it improve on the 1990 version
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‘Pink Skies Ahead’ Film Review: Young Writer Releases Her Anxiety Over Her Anxiety in Empathetic Coming-of-Age Tale
AFI 2020: Jessica Barden’s winning performance elevates the story’s more familiar aspects
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‘Rebecca’ Film Review: Period Lavishness, Not Romance and Suspense, Keeps This Remake Afloat
Lily James and Armie Hammer play du Maurier’s tormented lovers, but Ben Wheatley is no Alfred Hitchcock
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‘Honest Thief’ Film Review: Liam Neeson Does What You Expect, While Jai Courtney Steals the Show
This firmly middling Neeson-gets-revenge thriller is boosted by Courtney’s wonderfully wicked villain
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‘Yellow Rose’ Film Review: A Young Immigrant Finds Her Voice in Routine Indie
Well-intentioned drama skims the surface of its heroine’s experience as a would-be country singer trying to stay clear of ICE
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‘Over the Moon’ Film Review: Animated Family Tale Borrows Too Much from Other Sources
You can almost tell where the studio notes kick in on this China-set Netflix feature
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‘The War With Grandpa’ Film Review: Robert De Niro Mildly Kills Time, So Audiences Can Do Likewise
This kiddie comedy isn’t despicable, but as post-“Home Alone” prank-based farces go, it’s so innocuous that it barely registers
