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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‘Rock the Kasbah’ Review: Bill Murray Goes to Kabul for Music, Stays for Personal Growth
Barry Levinson’s comedy is mostly a schtick delivery system for his star
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‘Truth’ Review: Cate Blanchett and Robert Redford Are Adrift in Preachy Docudrama
Dan Rather’s investigation of George W. Bush’s National Guard service gets exonerated, but only after thudding speeches about journalism
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‘The Assassin’ Review: Taiwan’s Oscar Entry Puts a Poetic Spin on the Action Genre
Legendary filmmaker Hou Hsiao-Hsien blends stunning imagery with intentionally enigmatic storytelling in this tale of vengeance
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‘Crimson Peak’ Review: Guillermo del Toro Scares Up Creepy Haunted Mansion Thrills
A deliciously overripe celebration of gothic romance, with a game cast led by Mia Wasikowska, Tom Hiddleston and Jessica Chastain
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‘Steve Jobs’ Review: Michael Fassbender Bolsters an Incomplete Portrait of Apple Mogul
Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin throws out the biopic rules, but fails to create new and better ones
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‘Bridge of Spies’ NYFF Review: Tom Hanks Is Steven Spielberg’s All-American Cold Warrior
This true-life tale of espionage and international intrigue plays intelligently and suspensefully until Spielberg gives in to mawkishness
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‘Freeheld’ Review: Julianne Moore and Ellen Page Star in True Tale of Discrimination
It’s an undeniably powerful movie occasionally undone by its need to walk straight audiences through a fight for LGBT rights
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‘The Martian’ Review: Matt Damon’s a Superhero of Science in Ridley Scott’s Survival Saga
This captivating Red Planet adventure reminds us that sometimes it’s brains — not brawn — that mean the difference between life and death
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‘Hotel Transylvania 2’ Review: Adam Sandler Proves He’s Not Entirely a Lost Cause
Sandler and his usual crew of co-stars find their most humane characters in this rowdy collection of monsters and rapid-fire jokes
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‘Stonewall’ Review: Roland Emmerich’s Historical LGBT Drama Is the Other Kind of Disaster Movie
The man behind “Independence Day” and “White House Down” wants to celebrate the riot that launched the gay rights movement, but gets it all wrong
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‘Pan’ Review: Peter Pan Prequel Never Grows Up – Or Gets Interesting
Overdone performances (including Hugh Jackman’s), hideous visuals and half-baked ideas plagiarized from better movies make origin story an awfully awful adventure
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‘Sicario’ Review: Emily Blunt Sees Worst of the War on Drugs
Thriller from director Denis Villeneuve harbors no illusion about a moral high ground in battle between government and drug cartels
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‘Sleeping With Other People’ Review: Jason Sudeikis, Alison Brie Lead Smartest, Bawdiest Rom-Com Since ‘Bridesmaids’
Director Leslye Headland’s second film boasts witty dialogue, realistic characters and situations, and spot-on performances
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‘De Palma’ Venice Review: Fascinating Guided Tour Through a Master Filmmaker’s Career
Brian De Palma does all the talking, and the results are a documentary you wish could be twice as long
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‘A Bigger Splash’ Venice Review: Rocker Tilda Swinton’s World Is Rocked by Ralph Fiennes, Dakota Johnson
Matthias Schoenaerts rounds out the cast of the drama set on a sun-baked Mediterranean island
