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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‘Concussion’ Review: Smart and Sensual – Ain’t That a Kick in the Head
Robin Weigert is a stifled lesbian housewife turned Manhattan escort in Stacie Passon’s sexy and provocative debut feature
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‘Machete Kills’ Review: Who Knew Sex and Violence Could Be This Dull?
This second “Machete” is even more lifeless and perfunctory than Robert Rodriguez’s fourth “Spy Kids”
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‘All Is Lost’ Review: Robert Redford Lets the Ocean Do the Talking
Redford gives a bravura (and almost entirely non-verbal) performance as the sole cast member of this tense seafaring adventure
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‘Runner Runner’ Review: Ben Affleck Wins the Charm Race in This Tedious Thriller
Affleck almost makes this internet-gambling drama worth slogging through; Justin Timberlake not so much
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‘A.C.O.D.’ Review: Adam Scott’s Charm Can’t Even Make This Comedy Entertaining
Someone’s inner child needs to play the quiet game in film about a whiny, parent-damaged adult
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‘Parkland’ Review: Too Many JFK Assassination-Adjacent Stories for One Movie
This all-star look at those fateful days in 1963 Dallas casts too wide a net and comes up mostly empty
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‘Inequality for All’ Review: Compelling ‘Inconvenient Truth’ on Economics
This doc doesn’t break any news about income disparity, but Robert Reich makes a compelling tour guide through the current financial cataclysm
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‘Don Jon’ Review: Joseph Gordon-Levitt Aces the Foreplay, Flubs the Climax
The actor’s debut as a writer-director offers up smarts and style before wrapping up its complicated tale of sexual compulsion too tidily
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‘Thanks for Sharing’ Review: 12-Step Dramedy Addicted to Clichés
A game cast — including Mark Ruffalo, Gwyneth Paltrow, Tim Robbins and Josh Gad — can’t lift this tale of sexual compulsion and recovery out of the Lifetime doldrums
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‘Enough Said’ Review: A Cinematic Happy Ending for James Gandolfini’s Distinguished Career (Video)
It’s only her fifth film in 17 years, but writer-director Nicole Holofcener further burnishes her reputation as one of this generation’s great storytellers
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‘Rush’ Review: Ron Howard Shifts Gears With a Sexy, Stylish Racing Saga
Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Brühl play real-life rivals in a thrilling sports tale that’s set — and looks like it was shot — in the 1970s
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‘Blue Caprice’ Review: Intense True-Crime Tale Never Exploits Tragedy
Isaiah Washington and Tequan Richmond give chillingly effective performances as the D.C. snipers
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‘Jayne Mansfield’s Car’ Review: Overloaded Star Vehicle Tends to Drag
Billy Bob Thornton returns to the director’s chair with an all-star cast, but his meandering, on-the-nose script could have benefited from a few more drafts
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‘The Family’ Review: Robert De Niro’s Mob Comedy Has a Few Killer Chuckles
De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer are married mobsters hiding out in France in an extended, but occasionally hilarious, inside joke
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‘Insidious: Chapter 2’ Review: Deftly Haunts the Original Without Repeating Itself (Video)
This follow-up to the horror hit doubles back neatly on the plot of its predecessor, but pales next to the director’s recent “The Conjuring”
