Alonso Duralde - The Film Verdict

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.

El Conde

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

In El conde, Pablo Larraín’s darkly comic horror-satire reveals that turning a real-life monster into the protagonist of his own monster movie is an effective way to process historical tragedy.

Author: Alonso Duralde

Maestro

Poor Things

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

Ferrari

El Conde