Todd McCarthy
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Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Todd McCarthy: 21 Great Action Films to Cure Indoor Blues
THR’s chief film critic offers his picks for couch-bound viewers craving vicarious thrills — from a silent classic about a railroad pursuit to martial arts extravaganzas, franchise favorites, the best of the recent Bond films and beyond. → Read More
Todd McCarthy: 10 Comedies to Lift Your Mood
A Chaplin classic, an Almodovar farce, a riotous girlfriend-com, Billy Wilder, Borat and more — here are THR chief film critic's go-to laugh generators. → Read More
'The Banker': Film Review
THR review: Samuel L. Jackson, Anthony Mackie and Nicholas Hoult star in 'The Banker,' George Nolfi's fact-based film about a pair of black businessmen in the 1950s. → Read More
'The Way Back': Film Review
Ben Affleck stars as a troubled high school basketball coach chasing redemption in Gavin O'Connor's drama. → Read More
'The Invisible Man': Film Review
Elisabeth Moss headlines a contemporary spin on the eponymous H.G. Wells novel and 1933 sci-fi/horror film. → Read More
Critic's Notebook: Kirk Douglas, a Titan of Big-Screen Intensity
The vital, versatile actor epitomized a distinctly masculine, Old Hollywood grit, energy and elegance both onscreen and off. → Read More
'Charter': Film Review
Swedish filmmaker Amanda Kernell's sophomore feature centers on a divorced woman's impulsive decision regarding her estranged children. → Read More
Critics' Conversation: Dazzling Docs and Diverse Voices Lift Sundance 2020
If narrative features at this year's fest felt a bit small, the powerful, ambitious documentary selections — as well as striking works from and/or about people of color — saved the day. → Read More
'Into the Deep': Film Review
Emma Sullivan's Netflix documentary investigates Danish inventor Peter Madsen's killing of Swedish journalist Kim Wall aboard his submarine. → Read More
'Nine Days': Film Review
Winston Duke stars in Edson Oda's feature debut about a man tasked with interviewing souls for the chance to be sent out into life. → Read More
'Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind': Film Review
Laurent Bouzereau's HBO doc revisits the life and death of the star of 'Splendor in the Grass' and 'West Side Story.' → Read More
'The Father': Film Review
Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman play a dementia-afflicted man and his daughter in Florian Zeller's screen adaptation of his own play. → Read More
'Minari': Film Review
Steven Yeun stars in Lee Isaac Chung's autobiographical film about a Korean immigrant family trying to make it in 1980s Arkansas. → Read More
'Wendy': Film Review
Benh Zeitlin's long-awaited follow-up to 'Beasts of the Southern Wild' is a re-imagining of J. M. Barrie’s 'Peter Pan.' → Read More
'Promising Young Woman': Film Review
Carey Mulligan stars in Emerald Fennell's shocking debut feature about a young woman confronting the traumas of her past. → Read More
'Promising Young Woman': Film Review
Carey Mulligan stars in Emerald Fennell's shocking debut feature about a young woman confronting the traumas of her past. → Read More
'Dick Johnson Is Dead': Film Review
Kirsten Johnson's new work is a playful documentary in which she and her aging father grapple with his impending death in highly creative fashion. → Read More
'Shirley': Film Review
Elisabeth Moss and Michael Stuhlbarg play horror author Shirley Jackson and her professor husband in Josephine Decker's unusual biographical portrait. → Read More
'Worth': Film Review
Michael Keaton plays attorney Kenneth Feinberg, who was appointed by Congress to lead the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, in Sara Colangelo's biographical drama costarring Stanley Tucci. → Read More
'The Dissident': Film Review
Academy Award winner Bryan Fogel's latest doc, 'The Dissident,' dives into the murder of Washington Post journalist and Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi. → Read More