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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‘Equals’ Venice Review: Kristen Stewart Battles a Shiny Dystopia We’ve Seen Before
Director Drake Doremus’ idea of an emotion-free future feels cobbled together from “THX-1138,” “The Giver,” perfume ads and the Apple Store
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‘Janis’ Venice Review: Joplin Documentary Comes to Praise the Singer, Not Bury Her
Director Amy Berg bypasses tragedy porn in favor of vintage footage and new interviews to paint a complete picture of a singular American artist
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‘The Danish Girl’ Venice Review: Eddie Redmayne Discovers the Woman Within
The trans community gets a lush and slightly stiff prestige movie to call its own, buoyed by Redmayne and Alicia Vikander’s powerful performances
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‘Beasts of No Nation’ Venice Review: Idris Elba Creates Child Soldiers in Bold and Harrowing Drama
Writer-director Cary Fukunaga stares unblinkingly at real-life horrors, aided greatly by a powerful lead performance by young first-time actor Abraham Attah
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‘Black Mass’ Venice Review: Johnny Depp Returns to Actual Acting in Gripping True-Crime Tale
Depp’s turn as James “Whitey” Bulger anchors a film packed to the gills with star turns and real-life intrigue
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‘Spotlight’ Venice Review: Michael Keaton Exposes the Catholic Sex Abuse Conspiracy
This taut drama from Tom McCarthy ranks among the few journalistic procedurals that deserves to be mentioned alongside “All the President’s Men”
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‘Everest’ Venice Review: Jake Gyllenhaal and Company Find Some Thrills But Mostly Thin Air
Director Baltasar Kormákur’s adventure epic has breathtaking moments of peril, but too many characters make for an unsatisfying docudrama
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‘Z for Zachariah’ Review: Chris Pine and Chiwetel Ejiofor Compete for Margot Robbie After the Apocalypse
In the captivating new film from “Compliance” director Craig Zobel, an Eden rises from the ashes — with one Adam too many
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‘We Are Your Friends’ Review: Zac Efron Spins Through a DJ Drama Low on Ideas-Per-Minute
A scene-stealing performance from Wes Bentley and occasional flourishes from director Max Joseph are the only standouts in this tale of rags to riches in the world of EDM
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‘No Escape’ Review: Owen Wilson Saves His Family in This Slick, Racist Thriller
Competent action filmmaking and one speech about corporate imperialism can’t make up for this action flick’s queasy “Save the white people” subtext
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‘Digging for Fire’ Review: Jake Johnson Leads Cast of Indie All-Stars in Boring Endurance Test
What with all the L.A. narcissists navel-gazing poolside, director Joe Swanberg’s latest plays like sub-par Henry Jaglom
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‘Grandma’ Review: Lily Tomlin Steers a Poignant, Hilarious Tour de Force
The moving and witty day-in-the-life offers up a career highlight not just for Tomlin but also for Sam Elliott and writer-director Paul Weitz
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‘American Ultra’ Review: Kristen Stewart and Jesse Eisenberg Give Their All to Ultra-Violent, Ultra-Stupid Comedy
What’s meant to be a broad and bloody farce descends into a cartoony mess that wastes the talents of its stars (including Connie Britton and Topher Grace)
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‘Mistress America’ Review: Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach Reteam for Another Cringingly Funny Comedy
The “Frances Ha” team further dissects the Manic Pixie Dream Girl
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‘The Man from U.N.C.L.E.’ Review: Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer Heat Up the Cold War in ’60s Spy Reboot
Guy Ritchie’s post-Mod rejiggering of the old TV show doesn’t always live up to its best bits, but it’s a bracing splash of cool in the dog days of summer
