Alonso Duralde - The Film Verdict

The Wild Robot

Posted by Alonso Duralde | Sep 9, 2024 | Spotlight, Hollywood |

Animator Chris Sanders concocts a sweet fable about love, parenting, and finding your own path.

Wolfs

Posted by Alonso Duralde | Sep 1, 2024 | Festivals, Spotlight, Venice 2024 |

It takes the combined power of George Clooney and Brad Pitt to maintain interest in this paper-thin farce about rival crime-scene cleaners.

The Order

Posted by Alonso Duralde | Aug 31, 2024 | Spotlight, Venice 2024 |

White-supremacist violence in the US is an evergreen subject, but this docudrama about an FBI takedown of a racist cell plays like countless other feds-versus-terrorists thrillers.

Babygirl

Posted by Alonso Duralde | Aug 30, 2024 | Spotlight, Venice 2024 |

Nicole Kidman delivers another emotionally and physically fearless performance in Halina Reijn’s provocative, kink-themed coming-out story.

Maria

Posted by Alonso Duralde | Aug 29, 2024 | Spotlight, Venice 2024 |

Pablo Larraín’s third portrait of the private pain of a public woman exists most effectively as a platform for Angelina Jolie’s diva-as-diva performance.

Author: Alonso Duralde

The Wild Robot

Wolfs

The Order

Babygirl

Maria