Alonso Duralde (born May 18, 1967)^{[citation needed]} is an American film critic, author, and podcaster.

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Personal life

Duralde was born in East Point, Georgia, the youngest of seven children born to Spanish immigrants.[1] He attended Vanderbilt University and currently lives in West Hollywood, California with his husband, fellow writer and film critic Dave White.[2] They co-host the podcast Linoleum Knife, which began in late 2010. He was raised Catholic, but now identifies as an atheist. In January 2010, Duralde was a contestant on Jeopardy!.[3][4][5]

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. His writing has appeared in The Village Voice, Movieline, and Detour.

In July 2011, he became the senior film critic for The Wrap, which also syndicates 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. He currently co-hosts the podcast and YouTube channel "Breakfast All Day" with Lemire.[6]

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[7]
• 2020: Collective[8]
• 2021: Licorice Pizza[9]

Bibliography

• 101 Must-See Movies for Gay Men. New York: Alyson Books. 2005. ISBN 9781555838669.
• Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas. Lanham, Maryland: Limelight Editions. August 2010. ISBN 9780879103767.

References

External links

• Official website
• Alonso Duralde's Rotten Tomatoes page
• Linoleum Knife podcast