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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‘The Forest’ Review: Natalie Dormer’s Wonder-Twin Act Can’t Spark Wooden Fright Flick
There’s barely a scare to be found in this tale of a woman searching for her sister in an infamous Japanese suicide locale
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‘Hidden Figures’ Review: Taraji P Henson Runs the Numbers in Entertaining Civil Rights Space Saga
If Hollywood is going to turn all history into audience-pleasing schmaltz, then bring on the equal-opportunity schmaltz
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From ‘Ex Machina’ to ‘Spy,’ Underrated Movies on Our Oscars Wishlist
TheWrap’s film critic offers some achievements he’d like to call to the (red) carpet
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5 Must-See Haskell Wexler Movies (Appreciation)
A handful of titles that reflect the brilliant career of the Oscar-winning cinematographer, who passed away over the weekend at the age of 93
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‘Point Break’ Review: Remake of Campy Action Classic Is All Stunts, No Story
The caper can barely bother to make the surfing and sky-diving part of a coherent plot, resulting in an extreme sports highlight reel burdened with too many dead spots
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’45 Years’ Review: Charlotte Rampling Gives a Shattering Performance in Understated Marital Drama
Tom Courtenay co-stars as a husband haunted by the past in this standout two-hander from writer-director Andrew Haigh
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‘Daddy’s Home’ Review: Mark Wahlberg, Will Ferrell Comedy Trapped Between PG Saccharine and R-Rated Raunch
There are a handful of comic standout moments, but this broad dad-versus-stepdad farce never quite lands a consistently funny tone
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18 Great Performances in Mediocre Movies in 2015
TheWrap Rewind 2015: From Jennifer Lawrence in “Joy” to Tom Hardy in “Legend,” critics Inkoo Kang and Alonso Duralde identify great turns in meh films
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TheWrap Critics Pick 10 Worst Movies of 2015
TheWrap Rewind 2015: From “Stonewall” to “Pixels,” reviewers Alonso Duralde and Inkoo Kang recall the most cringe-worthy releases of the year
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‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Review: J.J. Abrams Makes Everything Old ‘A New Hope’ Again
Fans will be most relieved to know that there are no Ewoks, no Jar Jar Binks, no midi-chlorians, no “Yippee!”
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‘The Hateful Eight’ Review: Quentin Tarantino Western Is More Agatha Christie Than Sergio Leone
Don’t let the Ultra Panavision 70 fool you: This locked-room mystery takes place almost entirely in stagecoaches and cabins, but it’s fun if you like QT at his talkiest
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TheWrap Critics Pick 10 Best Movies of 2015
TheWrap Rewind 2015: From “Spotlight” to “Son of Saul” to “Mad Max: Fury Road,” Alonso Duralde and Inkoo Kang select the year’s finest new releases
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‘Christmas, Again’ Review: Spirit Award Nominee Mixes Holiday Melancholy With Comfort and Joy
Kentucker Audley’s riveting, wounded performance adds emotional heft to this delicate debut from writer-director Charles Poekel
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‘Joy’ Review: Jennifer Lawrence Wrings What She Can From Shambling Biopic
Actress’ third collaboration with David O. Russell has the ambition of “Silver Linings Playbook” and “American Hustle” but is undone by script and tone problems
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‘The Lady in the Van’ Review: A Salty Maggie Smith Can’t Cut Through the Sweetness
Alan Bennett’s tale of a homeless woman who lived in his driveway for 15 years is too much about him, and not enough about her
