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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‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ Film Review: Tom Holland Goes Abroad in Globetrotting Marvel Romp
This latest Spidey series continues to charm, as a teen road comedy periodically becomes a superhero saga
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‘Ophelia’ Film Review: Daisy Ridley Gives Shakespeare’s Tragic Heroine a Provocative Do-Over
The melancholy Dane’s beloved is no wilting flower in this lush, intelligent adaptation of Lisa Klein’s novel
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What’s New on DVD in June: ‘Gloria Bell,’ ‘Knife + Heart,’ ‘The Brady Bunch 50th Anniversary’ 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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‘Toy Story 4’ Film Review: Woody and Company Return for a Sequel That’s No Buzz-Kill
It may not reach the emotional heights of “3,” but contemporary American animation’s gold standard remains untarnished
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‘Katie Says Goodbye’ Film Review: A Young Woman’s Destruction Served Up as Entertainment (Again)
First-time writer-director Wayne Roberts clearly empathizes with his young heroine, but ties her to the railroad tracks anyway
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‘Godzilla: King of the Monsters’ Film Review: Hollywood Finally Gets Kaiju Right
Director Michael Dougherty successfully takes the all-thriller-no-filler approach both to monsters and the human drama
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What’s New on DVD in May: ‘Blaze,’ ‘Lords of Chaos,’ ‘Never Look Away,’ ‘Boom!’ 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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‘We Have Always Lived in the Castle’ Film Review: Sisters Hide From the World in Riveting Shirley Jackson Adaptation
Taissa Farmiga, Alexandra Daddario, Sebastian Stan and Crispin Glover are electrifying in Stacie Passon’s second feature
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Doris Day Appreciation: Sweetness and Light Met Grit and Tenacity, Both on Screen and Off
She was the sunniest of singers and actresses, but that sparkle came from a place of strength
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‘Detective Pikachu’ Film Review: Humans and Pokemon Pal Around in Overstuffed, Underwritten World
Live-action-plus-animation take on the popular game feels both ambitious and lazy, frenzied and sluggish
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‘Non-Fiction’ Film Review: Olivier Assayas Comically Mourns the Death of Literature
Venice 2018: Juliette Binoche co-stars in this witty drama that does for print what “Summer Hours” did for art
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What’s New on DVD in April: ‘If Beale Street Could Talk,’ ‘Destroyer,’ ‘Tickled’ 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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‘Avengers: Endgame’ Film Review: Superhero Season Finale Gives Fan Service a Good Name
Some movies give us what we need, but there’s something to be said for one that’s so skillful in just giving us what we want
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‘Her Smell’ Film Review: Elisabeth Moss Puts the Rock in Rock-Bottom in Redemptive Music Tale
Writer-director Alex Ross Perry continues to examine humanity at its worst, but this time he offers a little hope
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‘Shazam!’ Film Review: DC Comics Gets a Bouncy Burst of Big-Screen Ebullience
This sweetly silly escapade puts the gee-whiz into Whiz Comics’ most famous character
