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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‘Unbroken’ Review: Angelina Jolie’s WWII Saga Is Riveting, But Somewhat Generic
History writ large by a crack team of craftspersons, the results are more awe-inspiring than moving, but the true story of Louis Zamperini definitely makes a heck of a yarn
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‘Exodus: Gods and Kings’ Review: Christian Bale Makes a Stiff White Moses in Ridley Scott’s Stolid Epic
It’s the kind of Biblical saga where the actors with the most lines have the most jars of bronzer in their makeup trailer
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Mike Nichols Appreciation: A Humane, Witty Renaissance Man
Sketch comic turned director turned EGOT, he had the kind of career — and life — that could only happen in the 20th century
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‘Saving Christmas’ Review: Kirk Cameron’s Ho-Ho-Hum Sermonette on Holiday Revisionism
Former child star makes a Sunday school movie that attempts to reclaim Christmas’ pagan and secular roots, but did it have to be so crushingly dull?
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‘Rosewater’ Review: Jon Stewart’s Directorial Debut Bobbles the Storytelling and the Casting
This tale of an imprisoned journalist suffers from a muddled narrative, though Gael García Bernal is a fine actor
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‘The Gambler’ Review: Mark Wahlberg Folds Despite a Jackpot of a Supporting Cast
Remake lacks the 1974 version’s bleak power, but a powerful ensemble (including Jessica Lange and John Goodman) makes up for a disappointing lead performance
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‘Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1’ Review: The Revolution Will Be Televised (Video)
Politics prove to be just as deadly as the Hunger Games when the rebels of District 13 challenge the ruthless exploiters of The Capitol
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‘Why Don’t You Play in Hell?’ Review: Sion Sono’s Bloody Valentine to Moviemaking
Gangsters meet cinema buffs — violently — in this deliriously over-the-top comedy
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‘A Most Violent Year’ Review: Jessica Chastain, Oscar Isaac Chase the American Dream, by Hook or by Crook
With his third feature film, J.C. Chandor (“Margin Call,” “All Is Lost”) firmly plants himself among this generation’s great filmmakers
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‘A Merry Friggin’ Christmas’ Review: Robin Williams Stars in Dysfunctional-Family Holiday Comedy
The late comedy legend winds up stuck with a screenplay full of coal, as are Joel McHale, Candice Bergen, Oliver Platt, Lauren Graham and Wendi McClendon-Covey
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‘Horns’ Review: Daniel Radcliffe Embarks on a Devilish Pursuit of Justice
Horror director Alexandre Aja juggles fantasy, comedy, mystery, romance and drama, rarely dropping any of his spinning plates
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‘Interstellar’ Review: Christopher Nolan’s Sci-Fi Epic Launches Perfectly, Crumbles Upon Landing (Video)
The universe-spanning saga — starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, and Jessica Chastain — is challenging, provocative, and gorgeous. Until it isn’t
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‘Camp X-Ray’ Review: Kristen Stewart Goes to Gitmo, Without a Script
“Female U.S. soldier bonds with Guantanamo Bay detainee” works as a pitch, but it’s never successfully fleshed out as a story
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‘Citizenfour’ Review: Edward Snowden Doc Is One of the Year’s Most Unsettling Thrillers (Video)
You know Snowden’s story, but the secrecy involved in telling it is as suspenseful as the ramifications of his revelations are terrifying
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‘Force Majeure’ Review: Sweden’s Oscar Entry Offers a Family Ski Trip Rocked by Emotional Avalanche
Bleakly funny and emotionally gutting, this import might make an even more prickly date-night movie than “Gone Girl”
