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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Poorly Drawn ‘Chico & Rita’: Color It Another Oscar Mistake
Review: The vibrancy of jazz and ’50s Havana can’t make up for the cardboard love interests in this dashed-off nominated feature
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In ‘Safe House,’ the Cars and the Guns Get the Best Lines
Review: When the tires stop screeching and the people start talking, the new Denzel Washington-Ryan Reynolds thriller “Safe House” gets substantially less thrilling
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Watch Anything – Seriously, Anything – Other Than ‘Star Wars, Episode I: The Phantom Menace’ 3D
Any of these diversions will be a better use of your time than another two hours with Jar Jar Binks in “Star Wars, Episode I: The Phantom Menace in 3D”
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‘Journey 2’: Where Else Are You Going to See Michael Caine Riding a Giant Bumblebee?
There’s nothing to hate about 3D family adventure “Journey 2: The Mysterious Island” starring Dwayne Johnson — but not all that much to like, either
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‘The Woman in Black’ Delivers Scares in Abundance
Daniel Radcliffe brings a haunted gravitas to his first post-“Harry Potter” screen performance
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‘The Innkeepers’: Chills and Chuckles Share a Room
Director Ti West’s follow-up to “House of the Dead” starts out like a slacker comedy before exploring the scary secrets of a haunted hotel
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Exciting ‘Chronicle’ Could Have Skipped the Gimmicks
Clever teen sci-fi-action epic “Chronicle” suffers from the recent glut of first-person-camera movies
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Review: ‘Declaration of War’ Takes an Upbeat Look at a Dour Subject
Surviving on humor and resilience when your child is diagnosed with cancer — and also when you make a movie about it
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Review: ‘The Grey’ More Than Just ‘Taken’ With Wolves
Liam Neeson takes on the tundra in a movie that’s more ambitious than the average man vs. nature thriller
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Review: ‘Man on a Ledge’ Teeters on the Edge of Silliness
Sam Worthington stars in a familiar thriller that winds up relying too heavily on clumsy plotting
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Boy Meets Girl and Grandpa Meets Robot in Quirky New Sundance Comedies
“Robot and Frank” and “The First Time” gently tweak genre expectations while remaining firmly mainstream-friendly
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Review: ‘Celeste and Jesse’ Could Stand Another Trip to the Editing Room
Someone’s going to buy it — and that someone will quietly return the film to the editing bay to tighten up the film’s whiny, sluggish second half and make it as smart and funny as the film’s first half
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Review: Ain’t Soderbergh’s ‘Haywire’ a Kick in the Head!
MMA fighter Gina Carano may not be the greatest actress, but her fighting skills make a definite impression
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Review: ‘Crazy Horse’ Shows the Nuts and Bolts of Bump and Grind
Legendary documentarian Frederick Wiseman takes us behind the curtain of the Paris nightclub famous for its scantily-clad dancers
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‘Pina’: A Kinetic Snapshot of a Brilliant Career — in 3D
Wim Wenders’ 3D documentary captures the kinetic, poetic power of Pina Bausch’s extraordinary choreography