Alonso Duralde
@aduralde.bsky.social
Film critic (thefilmverdict.com) Podcaster (linoleumcast.bsky.social bfastallday.bsky.social maximumfilmpodcast.bsky.social deckthehallmark.bsky.social) Member, LAFCA & NSFC. Coming soon: updated edition of HAVE YOURSELF A MOVIE LITTLE XMAS. he/him🌹🏳️🌈🎄📽
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Alonso Duralde
@aduralde.bsky.social
· Nov 26
Hey! My book is now on sale everywhere (you’ll probably have better luck getting it online than from bookstores, alas), but come buy a signed copy at one of the following events! Thread:
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I’m not sure if we needed another sign that “kinetic” is the adjective of choice for dumb people who want to sound smart but Based Mike Lee just provided it
How does launching air strikes and a commando raid fall under the remit of self defense for an arrest operation
January 3, 2026 at 4:18 PM
I’m not sure if we needed another sign that “kinetic” is the adjective of choice for dumb people who want to sound smart but Based Mike Lee just provided it
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Specifically, a protest song about how the sons of the rich were able to avoid fighting, like fighting-age Donald Trump who got four deferments for being in college and another for bone spurs.
Trump posts footage of the Maduro raid set to "Fortunate Son" -- a protest song about the Vietnam War draft
January 3, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Specifically, a protest song about how the sons of the rich were able to avoid fighting, like fighting-age Donald Trump who got four deferments for being in college and another for bone spurs.
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I see the peace president has ended another war
January 3, 2026 at 3:26 PM
I see the peace president has ended another war
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Can Venezuela now attack America, kidnap Trump and Melania, and have him stand trial for his crimes in Venezuela?
January 3, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Can Venezuela now attack America, kidnap Trump and Melania, and have him stand trial for his crimes in Venezuela?
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So when does Trump pardon him?
January 3, 2026 at 3:37 PM
So when does Trump pardon him?
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Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
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We are a rogue state, run by a dictator, and the international community should treat us as such including all appropriate economic and diplomatic sanctions
January 3, 2026 at 3:36 PM
We are a rogue state, run by a dictator, and the international community should treat us as such including all appropriate economic and diplomatic sanctions
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But to the extent that they do care, they rationalize what they're doing through utopian thinking: they believe that getting the right cultural mindset will magically make America more powerful than ever before. Logistics is effeminate. The warrior spirit is what wins battles. That kind of thing.
January 3, 2026 at 3:55 PM
But to the extent that they do care, they rationalize what they're doing through utopian thinking: they believe that getting the right cultural mindset will magically make America more powerful than ever before. Logistics is effeminate. The warrior spirit is what wins battles. That kind of thing.
Vulture Cinematrix No. 648: Jan 3, 2026
I got 9/9 Correct
Score: 2681
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Play at:
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I got 9/9 Correct
Score: 2681
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Play at:
vulture.com/vulturecinem...
January 3, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Vulture Cinematrix No. 648: Jan 3, 2026
I got 9/9 Correct
Score: 2681
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Play at:
vulture.com/vulturecinem...
I got 9/9 Correct
Score: 2681
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Play at:
vulture.com/vulturecinem...
Those Epstein files are pretty damning, huh.
January 3, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Those Epstein files are pretty damning, huh.
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So...Tony Dokoupil is a company stooge AND a reply guy AND doesn't believe in expertise? This is gonna go great.
Imagine thinking you're gonna win an online fight with Andy Cohen.
And then telling people that you're "more accountable and more transparent than Cronkite."
And then telling people that you're "more accountable and more transparent than Cronkite."
January 3, 2026 at 5:56 AM
So...Tony Dokoupil is a company stooge AND a reply guy AND doesn't believe in expertise? This is gonna go great.
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If you read nothing else this new year, let it be this piece. A former New York Times editor laid out how they're anti trans coverage was directed from the top by AG Sulzberger, Joe Kahn, and Carolyn Ryan. This was a purposeful effort to target trans people.
transnews.network/p/a-directiv...
transnews.network/p/a-directiv...
'A directive from above': Former NYT editor lays out how the paper pushes anti-trans bigotry
In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directe...
transnews.network
January 2, 2026 at 2:43 PM
If you read nothing else this new year, let it be this piece. A former New York Times editor laid out how they're anti trans coverage was directed from the top by AG Sulzberger, Joe Kahn, and Carolyn Ryan. This was a purposeful effort to target trans people.
transnews.network/p/a-directiv...
transnews.network/p/a-directiv...
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This is one of CBS News's new "principles," and it is Bari Weiss-branded fraudulence to its marrow. Of course someone who has been unqualified for every job she's ever gotten, most of all this one, would posture about people who actually study and learn things. They're nothing compared to "you."
The triumph of the stupid.
CBS: "On too many stories, the press has missed the story. Because we've taken into account the perspective of advocates and not the average American. Or we put too much weight in the analysis of academics or elites, and not enough on you."
CBS: "On too many stories, the press has missed the story. Because we've taken into account the perspective of advocates and not the average American. Or we put too much weight in the analysis of academics or elites, and not enough on you."
January 2, 2026 at 11:02 PM
This is one of CBS News's new "principles," and it is Bari Weiss-branded fraudulence to its marrow. Of course someone who has been unqualified for every job she's ever gotten, most of all this one, would posture about people who actually study and learn things. They're nothing compared to "you."
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This is good. The Kennedy Center is not there anymore. This is a zombie version, and a full boycott is appropriate until it can be restored to what it was and what it should be. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/a...
Stephen Schwartz Criticizes Kennedy Center, Saying He Won’t Host Gala
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 12:41 AM
This is good. The Kennedy Center is not there anymore. This is a zombie version, and a full boycott is appropriate until it can be restored to what it was and what it should be. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/a...
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CBS News has a message for Trump.
January 2, 2026 at 9:44 PM
CBS News has a message for Trump.
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Now he’s the hunter?
Like a predator?
Like a predator?
The White House posting like an NFL wide receiver during contentious contract negotiations
January 2, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Now he’s the hunter?
Like a predator?
Like a predator?
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I guess he really is going to spend the rest of his life boasting that he knows what a giraffe looks like.
What does it mean when your doctors keep insisting you redo the cognitive exam
January 2, 2026 at 7:00 PM
I guess he really is going to spend the rest of his life boasting that he knows what a giraffe looks like.
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As near as I can tell, this man was briefly “on the faculty” of a small college devoted to business education but he has big ideas for revamping the entire university system.
This article advocates for the “Faculty Merit Act” that would — get this — require all faculty applicants to submit their *SAT* scores. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Holy shirts that’s hilarious.
January 2, 2026 at 4:56 PM
As near as I can tell, this man was briefly “on the faculty” of a small college devoted to business education but he has big ideas for revamping the entire university system.
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Biden's aging brain caused him to slow down and cede decisions to his staff of experts.
Trump's form of dementia is causing deteriorated impulse control, and the confabulation of lies and fantasies, driving him to violence and destruction, which his cadre of sycophants only encourage.
Trump's form of dementia is causing deteriorated impulse control, and the confabulation of lies and fantasies, driving him to violence and destruction, which his cadre of sycophants only encourage.
January 2, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Biden's aging brain caused him to slow down and cede decisions to his staff of experts.
Trump's form of dementia is causing deteriorated impulse control, and the confabulation of lies and fantasies, driving him to violence and destruction, which his cadre of sycophants only encourage.
Trump's form of dementia is causing deteriorated impulse control, and the confabulation of lies and fantasies, driving him to violence and destruction, which his cadre of sycophants only encourage.
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“This test where they ask me to identify a giraffe is REALLY tough!”
What does it mean when your doctors keep insisting you redo the cognitive exam
January 2, 2026 at 4:09 PM
“This test where they ask me to identify a giraffe is REALLY tough!”
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"The world's richest man, a well-documented drug addict who is a Nazi and a major support and adviser of the President of the United States of America, has created a website that produces CSAM on demand at scale while he demands ethnic cleansing worldwide"
January 2, 2026 at 3:16 PM
"The world's richest man, a well-documented drug addict who is a Nazi and a major support and adviser of the President of the United States of America, has created a website that produces CSAM on demand at scale while he demands ethnic cleansing worldwide"
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Wishing a very happy birthday to Todd Haynes, one of American independent cinema's most daring and subversive voices! On the Channel, celebrate the master stylist with his visually intoxicating POISON, disturbing psychological drama SAFE and lush, Sirkian melodrama FAR FROM HEAVEN.
January 2, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Wishing a very happy birthday to Todd Haynes, one of American independent cinema's most daring and subversive voices! On the Channel, celebrate the master stylist with his visually intoxicating POISON, disturbing psychological drama SAFE and lush, Sirkian melodrama FAR FROM HEAVEN.
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Not ONE JOURNALIST has asked VD Vance when he was asked to apologize for being white
None.
Zero.
Not One.
My news friends- if you want us to take you seriously then you have to follow up on the crazy bullshit they say.
NON-NEGOTIABLE!
None.
Zero.
Not One.
My news friends- if you want us to take you seriously then you have to follow up on the crazy bullshit they say.
NON-NEGOTIABLE!
a man with glasses and a yellow hat is holding a cup and saucer with fx written on the bottom
ALT: a man with glasses and a yellow hat is holding a cup and saucer with fx written on the bottom
media.tenor.com
January 2, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Not ONE JOURNALIST has asked VD Vance when he was asked to apologize for being white
None.
Zero.
Not One.
My news friends- if you want us to take you seriously then you have to follow up on the crazy bullshit they say.
NON-NEGOTIABLE!
None.
Zero.
Not One.
My news friends- if you want us to take you seriously then you have to follow up on the crazy bullshit they say.
NON-NEGOTIABLE!
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The NHL wants a piece of the Heated Rivalry hype… if only it weren’t still dealing with its homophobia problem - buff.ly/D0rf7Gn
December 24, 2025 at 1:03 AM
The NHL wants a piece of the Heated Rivalry hype… if only it weren’t still dealing with its homophobia problem - buff.ly/D0rf7Gn