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Bullseye with Jesse Thorne is a production of maximum fun dot org and is distributed by NPR. It's Bolesi. I'm Jesse Thorne. So I don't think that it is hyperbolic for me to say, but my next guest lives for the movies.

Growing up, Alonso Duralday would memorize Showtime's out of his local newspaper. He would beg his mom to take him to the

repertory theater to see Citizen Kane one whole town over. Adult Alonso

Geraldo Day is a film critic and arts writer. He's worked for The Rap, the advocate,

MS NBC and many other outlets alongside Dreia Clark and Ifi Wadway, he's the host of our very own movie show maximum film.

Alonso is also an expert, maybe the expert,

on Hallmark Christmas movies, but we're

going to have to save that for another conversation

so that we can focus on this. He just published a

terrific new book. It's called Hollywood Pride, a celebration of LGBTQ plus

representation and perseverance in film.

Like the title suggests,

Geralday looks at the history of film through a queer lens.

He talks about the different ways Hollywood has and hasn't portrayed queerness on screen and he tells the story of queer writers,

actors and directors, some of them household names, some you may never have heard of.

It's a great time, great read, great coffee table book. I can't wait for you to hear about it. Let's get into my conversation with Alonzo-Toraldi.

Al-O-Anso-Tiraldi, welcome back to Bullsey. It's nice to see you, friend.

I am thrilled to be here, both in the physical space and on the program.

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