| Alonso Duralde | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 18, 1967 East Point, Georgia |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Writer, film critic |
Alonso Duralde (born May 18, 1967 in East Point, Georgia) is an American writer and film critic.
Duralde 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.
On November 2, 2009, it was announced that Duralde had been laid off from his job as a film critic for MSNBC.com.
Duralde lives in West Hollywood, California with his husband, writer Dave White.
In January 2010, he was a contestant on Jeopardy!
In November 2005, Duralde's first book, 101 Must-See Movies For Gay Men, was published.
Duralde was also featured in writer Dennis Hensley's book Screening Party, where a group of Hensley's friends viewed movies together, and Hensley captured the commentary for the book.
Duralde's second book, Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas, was published in October 2010 by Limelight Editions.