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🌹🏳️🌈🎄📽
Post your favorite Star Trek character. Wrong answers only.
November 15, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Post your favorite Star Trek character. Wrong answers only.
When I brought it up on @maximumfilmpodcast.bsky.social it took me a second to remember it. #tvsky 📺
November 13, 2025 at 2:40 AM
When I brought it up on @maximumfilmpodcast.bsky.social it took me a second to remember it. #tvsky 📺
The Beavers are coming back -- for Christmas! #filmsky 📽️ linktr.ee/hundredsofbe...
November 11, 2025 at 1:29 AM
The Beavers are coming back -- for Christmas! #filmsky 📽️ linktr.ee/hundredsofbe...
The protagonist of Predator: Badlands has a similar narrative arc to the hero of Hundreds of Beavers, encountering trap after organic trap in a dangerous land before figuring out how to use those perils to his advantage. #filmsky 📽
November 6, 2025 at 11:26 PM
The protagonist of Predator: Badlands has a similar narrative arc to the hero of Hundreds of Beavers, encountering trap after organic trap in a dangerous land before figuring out how to use those perils to his advantage. #filmsky 📽
And if you prefer to support the indies, I just signed some at Book Soup. @booksoupofficial.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 8:39 PM
And if you prefer to support the indies, I just signed some at Book Soup. @booksoupofficial.bsky.social
In other news, SiriusXM unboxed all its holiday channels today.
November 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
In other news, SiriusXM unboxed all its holiday channels today.
The wildly kinky Who Killed Teddy Bear makes its TCM debut Friday night! #filmsky 📽
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October 31, 2025 at 3:08 AM
The wildly kinky Who Killed Teddy Bear makes its TCM debut Friday night! #filmsky 📽
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I suspect my schedule will get in the way of my attending, but I’m thrilled that the New Beverly is doing a Bill Forsyth double feature of Local Hero and Housekeeping in November. #filmsky 📽 @newbeverly.bsky.social
October 25, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I suspect my schedule will get in the way of my attending, but I’m thrilled that the New Beverly is doing a Bill Forsyth double feature of Local Hero and Housekeeping in November. #filmsky 📽 @newbeverly.bsky.social
Big news: Claude Lelouch’s sublime Les Misérables, long unavailable in the US via streaming or physical media, is now on Kanopy. #filmsky 📽 @kanopy.com www.kanopy.com/video/15826562
October 24, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Big news: Claude Lelouch’s sublime Les Misérables, long unavailable in the US via streaming or physical media, is now on Kanopy. #filmsky 📽 @kanopy.com www.kanopy.com/video/15826562
Cinematrix wouldn’t let me put Mazes and Monsters as my answer for Tom Hanks/based on a novel. (And yes, that was a made-for-TV movie, but if they weren’t going to accept it as an answer, it shouldn’t come up in the menu.)
October 22, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Cinematrix wouldn’t let me put Mazes and Monsters as my answer for Tom Hanks/based on a novel. (And yes, that was a made-for-TV movie, but if they weren’t going to accept it as an answer, it shouldn’t come up in the menu.)
I am only now fully appreciating the wordplay in the name of the Doonesbury character “Lacey Davenport.” It only took 50 years or so.
October 20, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I am only now fully appreciating the wordplay in the name of the Doonesbury character “Lacey Davenport.” It only took 50 years or so.
A restoration of Marcel Pagnol's Merlusse (1935) premiered at Cannes Classics this year, and I really hope it gets some kind of US release. Alexander Payne cites it as a direct influence on The Holdovers. #filmsky 📽️
October 16, 2025 at 5:31 PM
A restoration of Marcel Pagnol's Merlusse (1935) premiered at Cannes Classics this year, and I really hope it gets some kind of US release. Alexander Payne cites it as a direct influence on The Holdovers. #filmsky 📽️
You will very soon be kicking yourself for not seeing Kiss of the Spider Woman on the big screen, so do it while you still can. #filmsky 📽
October 13, 2025 at 6:33 AM
You will very soon be kicking yourself for not seeing Kiss of the Spider Woman on the big screen, so do it while you still can. #filmsky 📽
Want to mix up your holiday flavors this Halloween season? I've got a whole chapter dedicated to horror movies in the new edition of Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas. #filmsky #booksky 📽️ 📚 preorder-movie-little-christmas.carrd.co
October 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Want to mix up your holiday flavors this Halloween season? I've got a whole chapter dedicated to horror movies in the new edition of Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas. #filmsky #booksky 📽️ 📚 preorder-movie-little-christmas.carrd.co
My monthly 4K/Blu/DVD column is up at Leonard Maltin dot com: leonardmaltin.com/new-on-4k-bl... #filmsky #tvsky 📽️ 📺
September 29, 2025 at 2:28 AM
My monthly 4K/Blu/DVD column is up at Leonard Maltin dot com: leonardmaltin.com/new-on-4k-bl... #filmsky #tvsky 📽️ 📺
I recently reviewed ASYL: christmascreeps.com/2025/09/16/e... @christmascreeps.bsky.social
And ASYL 2: Branchin' Out: deckthehallmark.com/episode/yule... @deckthehallmark.bsky.social (2/2) #tvsky 📺
And both are mentioned in the new edition of my book: preorder-movie-little-christmas.carrd.co
And ASYL 2: Branchin' Out: deckthehallmark.com/episode/yule... @deckthehallmark.bsky.social (2/2) #tvsky 📺
And both are mentioned in the new edition of my book: preorder-movie-little-christmas.carrd.co
September 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I recently reviewed ASYL: christmascreeps.com/2025/09/16/e... @christmascreeps.bsky.social
And ASYL 2: Branchin' Out: deckthehallmark.com/episode/yule... @deckthehallmark.bsky.social (2/2) #tvsky 📺
And both are mentioned in the new edition of my book: preorder-movie-little-christmas.carrd.co
And ASYL 2: Branchin' Out: deckthehallmark.com/episode/yule... @deckthehallmark.bsky.social (2/2) #tvsky 📺
And both are mentioned in the new edition of my book: preorder-movie-little-christmas.carrd.co
The latest VHS horror-anthology collection (premieres on Shudder 10/3) features a new short by Casper Kelly, who directed the two Adult Swim Yule Log films. (1/2) #filmsky 📽️
September 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The latest VHS horror-anthology collection (premieres on Shudder 10/3) features a new short by Casper Kelly, who directed the two Adult Swim Yule Log films. (1/2) #filmsky 📽️
