Alonso Duralde

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Alonso Duralde
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Duralde at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival
Born
Alonso Ampuero Duralde

(1967-05-18) May 18, 1967 (age 58)
Alma mater Vanderbilt University
Occupations
  • Film critic
  • author
  • podcaster
SpouseDave White

Alonso Ampuero Duralde (born May 18, 1967) [1] is an American film critic, author, and podcaster. He has been a writer and editor for The Film Verdict, The Wrap , The Advocate and MSNBC.com.

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Personal life

Duralde was born in East Point, Georgia, the youngest of seven children born to Spanish immigrants. [2] He attended Vanderbilt University and currently[ when? ] lives in West Hollywood, California with his husband, fellow writer and film critic Dave White. [3] They co-host the podcast Linoleum Knife, which began in late 2010. He was raised Catholic, but identifies as an atheist.

In January 2010, Duralde was a contestant on Jeopardy! [4] [5] [6]

Career

He was the artistic director at the USA Film Festival/Dallas for five years. He was also the former arts and entertainment editor at the national gay and lesbian magazine The Advocate . In 2007, he became the film critic for MSNBC.com, and in 2009, his reviews began appearing regularly on The Rotten Tomatoes Show .

Duralde is a member of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and the National Society of Film Critics. His writing has appeared in The Village Voice , Movieline , and Detour.

From 2011 to 2023, Duralde was the senior film critic for The Wrap , [7] which also syndicated his reviews to the Reuters wire. He also co-hosted the TYT Network program What the Flick?! alongside Ben Mankiewicz of Turner Classic Movies, Christy Lemire of The Associated Press and Matt Atchity of Rotten Tomatoes. After What the Flick?! was cancelled, he and Lemire began hosting the film podcast Breakfast All Day. [8]

In 2023, Duralde joined the website The Film Verdict as its chief U.S. film critic. [9]

Preferences

Best films of the year

Bibliography

References

  1. "Alonso Duralde". Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  2. Seitz, Matt Zoller (January 28, 2006). "The Bear Necessities: An Interview with Alonso Duralde, Part One". Slant Magazine . Retrieved September 1, 2018.
  3. "AlonsoDuralde.com > About Alonso". AlonsoDuralde.com. Archived from the original on March 31, 2016. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
  4. "J! Archive - Alonso Duralde". J! Archive. Retrieved November 23, 2016.
  5. "J! Archive: Show #5831 - Monday, January 11, 2010". J! Archive. January 11, 2010. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
  6. Lemire, Christy (November 13, 2020). "Breakfast All Day Podcast 11/13/20". Christy Lemire. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
  7. Alonso Duralde [@ADuralde] (February 23, 2023). "In other news, after 12 years at the site, this is my last review for [The Wrap]. I'll be spending a few months finishing my next book, and then after that - watch this space" (Tweet). Retrieved February 24, 2023 via Twitter.
  8. "Breakfast All Day Podcast Archives". ChristyLemire.com. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
  9. "Alonso Duralde Joins 'The Film Verdict' as Chief U.S. Film Critic". The Film Verdict. April 19, 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2023.
  10. Lemire, Christy (January 2, 2020). "Breakfast All Day Podcast 1/2/20". Christy Lemire. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
  11. Lemire, Christy (January 8, 2021). "Breakfast All Day Podcast 1/8/21". Christy Lemire. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
  12. Lemire, Christy (January 7, 2022). "Breakfast All Day Podcast 1/7/22". Christy Lemire. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
  13. "The 10 Best Films of 2022, from 'EO' to 'RRR'". The Wrap. December 20, 2022. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
  14. ""Alonso Duralde's Top 11 Films of 2024". The Film Verdict. December 20, 2024. Retrieved December 27, 2024.