
Todd McCarthy is an American film critic. He wrote for Variety for 31 years as its chief film critic until 2010. In October of that year, he joined The Hollywood Reporter where he subsequently became chief film critic. Was born on February 16, 1950 in Evanston, Illinois, the son of Daniel and Barbara McCarthy. His mother was a cellist and served as the president of the Evanston Symphony Orchestra. His father was a rancher and real-estate developer. McCarthy graduated from Stanford University in 1972. McCarthy married at age 43 to Sasha Alpert on July 4, 1993 on his family's ranch in Pagosa Springs, Colorado. Sasha is a documentary film maker. From 1974 to 1975, McCarthy worked for Paramount Pictures in Los Angeles as an assistant to Elaine May. He helped her edit Mikey and Nicky. He edited Kings of Bs: Working Within the Hollywood System with Charles Flynn which was published in 1975. …
movieSearching for Mr. Rugoff
2019 · Self
movieThe Other Side of the Wind
2018 · Party Guest
movieDavid Stratton: A Cinematic Life
2017 · Self
movieOne Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film
2014 · Self
movieSeduced and Abandoned
2013 · Self
movieCorman's World
2011 · Self - Film Critic
movieNo Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
2009 · Self
moviePierre Rissient: Man of Cinema
2007 · Director, Cinematography
movieCary Grant: A Class Apart
2004 · Self
Howard Hawks: Reporter's Notebook
1999 · Self
movieForever Hollywood
1999 · Writer, Director
movieClaudia Jennings
1995 · Director, Writer
movieQuentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder
1994 · Self
movieVisions of Light
1992 · Self (uncredited), Director, Writer
movieHollywood Mavericks
1990 · Writer
moviePreston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer
1990 · Writer
movieFilming 'The Trial'
1981 · Self
movieGrand Theft Auto
1977 · Reporter (uncredited)
movieCannonball
1976 · Reporter at Finish Line
movieHollywood Boulevard
1976 · Author