
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Born
May 18, 1967 (age 58)
Place of Birth
East Point, Georgia, USA
Alonso Duralde
Biography
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.
Known For

TV
Indie Sex
Self
2007

TV
Murder with Friends
Guest
2016

Film
Pornography
Video Store Customer
2009

Film
Doc of Chucky
Self
2024

Film
Indie Sex: Teens
2008

TV
Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror
Self
2022

Film
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
Self
2006

Film
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
Self
2007

Film
Best Christmas Movies Ever!
Self
2024

Film
A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas!
Self - Interviewee
2011

Film
The Fabulous Allan Carr
Self
2017
Film
Starz Inside: In the Gutter
Self
2008

Film
The Real Story of Christmas
Himself
2010

Film
Gotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls'
Self
2006

Film
A Brief History of Gay and Lesbian Cinema
2017
Film
The Divine Ms. Susann
Self
2006

Film
The Dish on Dolls
Self
2006
Filmography
2024FilmBest Christmas Movies Ever!as Self2024FilmDoc of Chuckyas Self2022TVQueer for Fear: The History of Queer Horroras Self2017FilmA Brief History of Gay and Lesbian Cinema2017FilmThe Fabulous Allan Carras Self2016TVMurder with Friendsas Guest2011FilmA Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas!as Self - Interviewee2010FilmThe Real Story of Christmasas Himself2009FilmPornographyas Video Store Customer2008FilmStarz Inside: In the Gutteras Self2008FilmIndie Sex: Teens2007TVIndie Sexas Self2007FilmHere’s Looking at You, Boyas Self2006FilmGotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls'as Self2006FilmThe Divine Ms. Susannas Self2006FilmThe Dish on Dollsas Self2006FilmFabulous! The Story of Queer Cinemaas Self