Alonso Duralde

Alonso Ampuero Duralde (born May 18, 1967) 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.

Early life Duralde was born in East Point, Georgia, the youngest of seven children born to Spanish immigrants. He attended Vanderbilt University.

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.

In January 2010, Duralde was a contestant on Jeopardy!.

From 2011 to 2023, Duralde was the senior film critic for The Wrap, 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.

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

Preferences Best films of the year 2011: Weekend 2012: How to Survive a Plague 2013: Frances Ha 2014: Boyhood 2015: Mad Max: Fury Road 2016: Moonlight 2017: Call Me by Your Name 2018: Paddington 2 2019: Little Women 2020: Collective 2021: Licorice Pizza 2022: RRR 2023: Poor Things 2024: Hundreds of Beavers 2025: Sinners

Personal life Duralde currently lives in West Hollywood, California with his husband, fellow writer and film critic Dave White. They co-host the podcast Linoleum Knife, which began in late 2010.

Work Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2006 Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema Himself The Divine Ms. Susann Himself The Dish on Dolls Himself Gotta Get Off This Merry Go Round: Sex, Dolls, and Showtunes Himself 2007 A Groundbreaking Success: Brokeback Mountain Himself Schau mir in die Augen, Kleiner Himself Indie Sex: Censored Himself TV movie Indie Sex: Teens Critic TV movie Indie Sex: Extremes Himself TV movie 2008 Starz Inside: In the Gutter Himself TV movie 2009 Starz Inside: Sex and the Cinema Himself TV movie Pornography: A Thriller Video Store Customer 2010 The Real Story of Christmas Himself TV movie 2011 Celebrity Naked Ambition Himself TV movie A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas! Interviewee TV Movie 2013 I Am Divine Film Critic 2014 Hannibal: This Is My Design Himself 2017 The Fabulous Allan Carr Film Critic 2022 Tis the Season: The Holidays on Screen Commentator TV special 2024 Doc of Chucky Himself Best Christmas Movies Ever! Himself TV special

Television Year Title Role Notes 2009–2010 The Rotten Tomatoes Show Himself 49 episodes 2010 Jeopardy! Contestant 1 episode Stage 5 Host Episode: "June 2010" The Grid Himself 6 episodes 2011 50 Documentaries to See Before You Die Film Critic/Author 4 episodes 2011–2017 What the Flick?! Himself 148 episodes 2013 The Young Turks Guest 2 episodes 2016 Screen Junkies Movie Fights Himself Episode: "What is the Most Influential Film? - CLASSIC FILM FIGHTS!!" 2017 America: Facts vs. Fiction Himself Episode: "Smoking, Drinking, and Gambling" 2017–2020 Movie Trivia Schmoedown Himself 6 episodes 2018 Movie Trivia Schmoedown Exhibition Commentator Episode: "Holiday Movies! Reilly/Howard/Chandler/Rocha 2019 The Movies Himself 6 episodes 2022 Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror Himself 4 episodes 2024 On the Rocks Guest Episode: "Film critic/podcaster/writer Alonso Duralde's Take on Queer Hollywood History"

Audio Year Title Role Notes 2014 Bret Easton Ellis Podcast Himself Episode: "Alonso Duralde" 2018–2024 Deck the Hallmark Himself 169 episodes 2019 The Film Scene with Illeana Douglas Guest Episode: "Alonso Duralde's Top 5 Christmas Films" 2021 My Brother, My Brother, and Me Himself Episode: "MaxFun Block Party: Movie Advice with Maximum Film" 2022–2024 Feminist Frequency Radio Guest 2 episodes 2024 Go Fact Yourself Contestant Episode: "Blair Socci & Alonso Duralde" The Cinematography Podcast Himself Episode: "Hollywoods rainbow: Hollywood Pride with Alonso Duralde"