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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Review: Idealism Gets Assassinated in Clooney’s ‘Ides of March’
In George Clooney’s latest, even the most laudable politicians aren’t above a dirty trick or two if it means getting elected
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Review: ‘Dirty Girl’ a Fun Ride Down a Familiar Road
There’s not much new in this comedy about small-town outcasts, but a vibrant cast and a soundtrack full of ’80s hits keep things bouncy
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Review: ‘Dream House’ Saddled with a Fixer-Upper Script
David Loucka should be forced to needlepoint Roger Ebert’s dictum about “The Law of the Economy of Characters” onto 500 samplers in penance
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Review: Lonergan’s Pretentious ‘Margaret’ Should Have Stayed on the Shelf
All the editors (and lawyers) Fox Searchlight could muster can’t make his messy sophomore effort — filmed in 2005 — worth watching
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Review: ‘Thunder Soul’ a Joyous, Soaring Experience
Powerful documentary tells the story of the making — and reuniting — of a legendary 1970s high school band
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Review: ‘Abduction’ Is Hitchcock Lite … With Lautner Lite
The heartthrob’s first stab at a post-“Twilight” franchise avoids total catastrophe, but at least it’s better than Robert Pattinson’s ‘Remember Me’
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Review: ‘Moneyball’ Knocks It Out of the Park
Brad Pitt stars in a compelling look behind the scenes of the big leagues that gives the term “inside baseball” a good name
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Review: A Smart, Sexy Movie About Grown-Ups? ‘3’ Is the Magic Number
Tom Tykwer’s ménage tale puts a sophisticated spin on adult sexuality
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‘Restless’: One of the Worst Movies Ever Made by a Great Director
Gus Van Sant’s latest exploration of photogenic youth has a terminal case of the cutes
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Review: Right Turns and Wrong Turns Make ‘Drive’ Go in Circles
There’s a sleek machine in here somewhere, but director Nicholas Winding Refn has buried it in optional extras
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Review: What’s So Funny About Porn? ‘Bucky Larson’ Has No Idea
Someone seems to have turned Nick Swardson’s comedy setting to “Obnoxious Birthday Clown” and then yanked off the knob
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‘We Were Here’: a Gut-Punching Memoir of the Early Years of AIDS
David Weissman’s documentary will move you, educate you, and fully earn any tears you may shed
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9/11 Remembered: The Top 10 in Movies, Books and Music
In the last half-century, no event has shaped film, music and books quite like Sept. 11. Here’s a look at some notable entries
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‘Warrior’ Packs a Punch But Doesn’t Quite Go the Distance
Tom Hardy and Joel Edgerton recall the intensity of Bogart and Cagney, but their bout collapses in the final round
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‘Shark Night 3D’: Son of a Gun, You’ll Have No Fun on the Bayou
It’s no “Jaws,” it’s no “Piranha 3D” — heck, it’s not even “Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer”