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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‘Cocaine Bear’ Review: Elizabeth Banks Turns a Bizarre True Story Into a Brilliant Binge of Comedy-Horror
A distinguished ensemble finds itself face to face with a speed-freak apex predator
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What’s New on DVD/Blu-ray in February: ‘John Wick,’ ‘Framing Agnes,’ ‘Return of Swamp Thing,’ Truffaut and More
Alonso Duralde highlights the month’s major physical-media releases — because on streaming, nothing lasts forever
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‘Emily’ Review: Frances O’Connor Explores the Stormy Life of the Woman Behind ‘Wuthering Heights’
Emma Mackey’s eyes are the windows to Emily Brontë’s soul in a biopic that melds fact and fiction
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‘Marlowe’ Review: Liam Neeson Cosplays Hard-Boiled Detective Tropes
Neither spoof nor retrofit, Neil Jordan’s period piece perfunctorily revisits genre elements we all know by heart
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All 31 Marvel Cinematic Universe Movies Ranked, From Worst to Best (Photos)
TheWrap film reviews editor Alonso Duralde orders the MCU, including “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
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‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’ Review: Paul Rudd and Jonathan Majors Bring Yin and Yang to Superhero Sequel
The biggest shrinkage on display here happens to Evangeline Lilly’s barely-there Wasp character
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‘Dionne Warwick: Don’t Make Me Over’ Review: Doc Pays Homage to a Living Musical Legend
Come for the songs and the fashions, stay for the Snoop Dogg story
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What’s New on DVD/Blu-ray in January: ‘Bergman Island,’ ‘The Return of Tanya Tucker,’ Jackie Chan and More
Alonso Duralde highlights the month’s major physical-media releases — because on Netflix, nothing lasts forever
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All 43 New Hallmark Christmas Movies of 2022, Ranked Worst to Best (Photos)
Film Reviews Editor Alonso Duralde found time for dozens of new holiday offerings among the year-end awards bait
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The 10 Best Films of 2022, from ‘EO’ to ‘RRR’
Film Reviews Editor Alonso Duralde picks five pairs of his favorites out of an exceptional year
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‘Babylon’ Review: Hollywood Decadence at Its Dullest
Damien Chazelle’s overblown look at the magic and madness of the nascent film industry is a dreary, indulgent mess
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What’s New on DVD/Blu-ray in December: ‘Bros,’ ‘The Velvet Underground,’ ‘Nasty Women’ of Silent Cinema and More
Alonso Duralde highlights the month’s major new physical-media releases — because HBO Max is probably deleting your favorite shows as we speak
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‘Framing Agnes’ Review: Trans Artists and Academics Bring History into the Present
Director Chase Joynt (“No Ordinary Man”) uses vintage gender-study interviews as a prism through which to view modern transgender lives
