Alonso Duralde - The Film Verdict

The Killer

Posted by Alonso Duralde | Sep 3, 2023 | VENICE 2023, Spotlight |

David Fincher brings his considerable style and craft to this procedural about a professional assassin, but not even Michael Fassbender can make the character distinguishable from a thousand other cinematic hired guns.

Maestro

Posted by Alonso Duralde | Sep 2, 2023 | VENICE 2023, Spotlight |

Bradley Cooper’s ambitious sophomore directorial effort, about Leonard Bernstein’s married life, soars and sweeps in some passages while falling flat in others.

Poor Things

Posted by Alonso Duralde | Sep 1, 2023 | VENICE 2023, Spotlight |

Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone reteam for an audacious comic odyssey that defies genre and convention.

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

Posted by Alonso Duralde | Sep 1, 2023 | VENICE 2023, Spotlight, Verdict Shorts |

Wes Anderson’s second Roald Dahl adaptation packs a feature’s worth of deadpan humor and aggressive visual style into just 37 minutes.

Ferrari

Posted by Alonso Duralde | Aug 31, 2023 | VENICE 2023, Spotlight |

In his first feature film in eight years, director Michael Mann passionately captures a life where the drive for success and the threat of disaster were intricately intertwined.

Author: Alonso Duralde

The Killer

Maestro

Poor Things

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

Ferrari