Alonso Duralde

Nacimiento : 1967-05-18, East Point, Georgia, USA

Historia

Alonso Duralde is the author of 101 Must-See Movies for Gay Men (Advocate Books) and Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas (Limelight Editions). He is the film critic for The Wrap/Reuters and has written about film for Movieline, Salon, MSNBC.com, and HitFix, among many other publications. He also co-hosts the Linoleum Knife podcast and regularly appears on What the Flick?! (The Young Turks Network). Duralde also serves as Senior Programmer for the Outfest Film Festival in Los Angeles and as a pre-screener for the Sundance Film Festival; he is also a consultant for the USA Film Festival/Dallas, where he spent five years as Artistic Director. A former Arts and Entertainment Editor at The Advocate, Duralde was a regular contributor to The Rotten Tomatoes Show on Current and has been featured in documentaries for TCM (Merry Christmas!), Current, (50 Documentaries to See Before You Die), IFC (Indie Sex, Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema) and Starz (Sex and the Cinema, In the Gutter), as well as on the special features of the Brokeback Mountain and Valley of the Dolls DVDs. He lives in an awesome rent-controlled apartment with his husband Dave White, author of the very funny memoir Exile in Guyville.

Películas

A Brief History of Gay and Lesbian Cinema
A Brief History of Gay and Lesbian Cinema
In this FilmStruck Original, film critic and What the Flick?! host Alonso Duralde discusses the evolution and progression of gay and lesbian cinema.
The Fabulous Allan Carr
The Fabulous Allan Carr
Himself
Armed with a limitless Rolodex and a Benedict Canyon enclave with its own disco, Allan Carr threw the Hollywood parties that defined the 1970s. A producer, manager, and marketing genius, Carr built his bombastic reputation amid a series of successes including the mega-hit musical film "Grease," until it all came crashing down after he produced the 1989 Academy Awards, a notorious debacle.
Una noche de película: Feliz Navidad
Una noche de película: Feliz Navidad
Self - Interviewee
Una noche de cine: ¡Feliz Navidad! es un viaje lleno de oropel a través de las películas navideñas más icónicas de todos los tiempos, incluidas las favoritas eternas It's A Wonderful Life (1946) y Miracle on 34th Street (1947). El especial analiza variaciones dentro del género, como romances navideños, películas familiares e incluso suspenso. Una noche de cine: ¡Feliz Navidad! presenta historias detrás de escena y recuerdos navideños personales de Hollywood de personas como Chevy Chase, Margaret O'Brien, Chazz Palminteri, Deborah Raffin, Karolyn Grimes, Zack Ward, Brian Henson, Joe Dante, Trine Mitchum, los autores Julie Salamon y Alonso Duralde, Michael Patrick Hearn, un experto en villancicos de Navidad, y muchos más.
The Real Story of Christmas
The Real Story of Christmas
Himself
Did you know that the quaint custom of Christmas caroling actually began with drunk and rowdy revelers threatening people door to door looking for food and liquor? Early versions of the heartwarming legend of Santa Claus described him as a horrible devil named Krampus who beat and kidnapped naughty children. In America during the 17th and 18th Centuries, celebrating Christmas was against the law! There's a lot to tell about the history of Christmas, and a lot you may not know. Along the way, meet Ebenezer Scrooge and George Bailey, The Grinch and Rudolph, and learn the true origins of our Christmas traditions. So grab some eggnog and a slice of fruitcake as HISTORY unwraps THE REAL STORY OF CHRISTMAS.
Pornography: A Thriller
Pornography: A Thriller
Thanks
A Thriller weaves together three different but curiously related stories centering on the mysterious disappearance of quintessential “boy-next-door” gay porn star Mark Anton.
Pornography: A Thriller
Pornography: A Thriller
Video Store Customer
A Thriller weaves together three different but curiously related stories centering on the mysterious disappearance of quintessential “boy-next-door” gay porn star Mark Anton.
Starz Inside: In the Gutter
Starz Inside: In the Gutter
Himself
From the moment Shakespeare wrote his first fart joke, audiences have loved gross-out humor. In this 'Starz Inside' documentary, take a trip through the history of taboo-busting comedy that began with slapstick and led to the most notorious Internet video in history, with stops at every infamous penis, poo, puke and pie gag in-between. It’s a totally uncensored look at the scenes that make you want to look away.
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
Himself
Documentary on the history of gay and lesbian film.
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
Self
Este documental repasa cronológicamente las películas norteamericanas de temática gay/lésbica, desde los precursores de mediados del siglo XX (como Fireworks, de Kenneth Anger) hasta documentales como Tarnation (Jonathan Caouette, 2004) o producciones “major” como Brokeback Mountain (2005). Entre los que opinan están directores como Todd Haynes (Velvet Goldmine), Gus Van Sant (Mi Mundo Privado), John Cameron Mitchell (Shortbus), Ang Lee (Brokeback) y John Waters (Pink Flamingos).