TV Guide: Don McKellar

Listing: Fallow Time

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:00:00 -0400

Wed Oct 22 09:00 AM SUNDe Richard begins an austerity program at the Festival.

Listing: Season's End

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:00:00 -0400

Wed Oct 15 09:00 AM SUNDe The festival is in financial crisis.

Listing: Camilla

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:15:00 -0400

Tue Oct 14 01:15 PM SHOe

Listing: Existenz

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 03:35:00 -0400

Mon Oct 13 03:35 AM SHOe

Listing: The Passion of Ayn Rand

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:30:00 -0400

Sun Oct 12 11:30 PM FLIXe

Listing: Playing the Swan

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:00:00 -0400

Sat Oct 11 03:00 PM SUNDe It's the opening day of “Hamlet” and Jack is nowhere to be found. Paul Gross, Martha Burns.

Video: Blindness Trailer

The Insider — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:19:13 -0400

Release Date: September 19, 2008 Studio: Miramax Films Director: Fernando Meirelles Screenwriter: Don McKellar Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Julianne Moore, Gael Garcia Bernal, Sandra Oh, Danny Glover When a sudden plague of blindness devastates a city, a small group of the afflicted band together to triumphantly overcome the horrific conditions of their imposed quarantine. "Blindness," starring Academy Award -nominee Julianne Moore, Gael Garc a Bernal, Mark Ruffalo, Sandra Oh and Danny Glover, is a psychological thriller about the fragility of mankind. Adapted from Nobel Laureate Jos Saramago's masterwork.

Video: Blindness -Trailer

The Insider — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:19:11 -0400

When a sudden plague of blindness devastates a city, a small group of the afflicted band together to triumphantly overcome the horrific conditions of their imposed quarantine. BLINDNESS, starring Academy Award-nominee Julianne Moore, Gael Garc a Bernal, Mark Ruffalo, Sandra Oh and Danny Glover, is a psychological thriller about the fragility of mankind. Adapted from Nobel Laureate Jos Saramagos masterwork. Directed by Academy Award-nominee Fernando Meirelles (City of God) from a screenplay by Don McKellar

Video: 'Blindness' - Clip No. 1

AOL Moviefone — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 09:11:59 -0400

The Constant Gardener director Fernando Meirelles joins forces with Canadian writer/director/actor Don McKellar to bring Portuguese Nobel Prize winner Jos Saramago's 1995 novel to the big screen in this large-scale philosophical thriller. An epidemic of blindness pushes society to the breaking point after sweeping through a modern metropolis and crossing borders into the outside world. A Brazilian/Canadian co-production shot in S o Paulo and Toronto, Blindness features a script by producer and co-star McKellar, who optioned the novel alongside Rhombus Media's Niv Fichman. - Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

Video: 'Blindness' - Trailer No. 2

AOL Moviefone — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 06:41:26 -0400

Video: Blindness: Trailer

IFC.com — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:20:22 -0400

The film is directed by Academy Award-nominee Fernando Meirelles (City of God) from a screenplay by Tony Award-winner Don McKellar (The Drowsy Chaperone). Starring Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Alice Braga, Danny Glover and Gael Garcia Bernal.

Video: A Word From The Management

Hulu — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 10:53:44 -0400

Don Mckellar reminisces about being a theater manager 15 years ago at the Toronto Film Festival.

Video: 'The Event' - Trailer No. 1

AOL Moviefone — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 07:27:03 -0400

A Manhattan DA (Parker Posey) investigates a string of mysterious deaths of AIDS patients, leading her to look closely at one incident in which a dying man (Don McKellar) threw a going-away party for himself before committing assisted suicide. The ensemble cast includes Olympia Dukakis, Sarah Polley and Jane Leeves. -

Video: 'Blindness' - Trailer No. 1

AOL Moviefone — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 07:16:29 -0400

Video: Blindness

Video Detective — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:51:48 -0400

Video: Red Violin, The

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:50:09 -0400

Francois Girard directed this drama tracing the history of a musical instrument through five countries and three centuries. In 1681, to keep the spirit of his wife alive, an Italian paints the violin with a red varnish made from her blood. It is later found in the Austrian Alps when a prodigy gives a performance in the court of Vienna in 1792. Taken by gypsies, the instrument is acquired by a Dionysian composer. After a journey by boat to China in 1966, it is hidden during the Cultural Revolution. In contemporary Canada, it is spotted at an auction house by a violin expert (Samuel L. Jackson) who becomes obsessed with it. Scripted by Girard and Don McKellar. Filmed on a $10 million budget in Montreal, China, Italy, Austria, and Oxford. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide.

Video: Waydowntown

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:35:39 -0400

Office workers existing in varying states of disgruntlement/insanity, Tom, Sandra, Randy, and Curt bet a month's salary to see who can stay indoors the longest. Since their office is located in a downtown area, where almost all of the buildings are connected by a system of glass-enclosed bridges, this doesn't seem like such a difficult proposition. However, the longer they stay indoors, the stranger things get. Waydowntown, which was screened at the 2000 {~Vancouver International Film Festival}, was directed and co-written by noted Canadian filmmaker Gary Burns, and features celebrated actor and filmmaker Don McKellar in a role as a cubicle drone. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, All Movie Guide.

Video: Last Night

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:39:37 -0400

Don McKellar wrote and directed this comedy-drama about the last night of the world, part of the 12-film Arte series of movies about the Millennium. Set in Toronto, Patrick (McKellar) endures a faux Christmas celebration with his family while Sandra (Sandra Oh) tries to get across town to commit suicide with her husband, a gas company employee Duncan (David Cronenberg). Meanwhile, Craig (Callum Keith Rennie) hopes to achieve sexual satisfaction with several women on his list. Still mourning his dead wife, Patrick plans his last moments alone, until he and Sandra crosspaths. Shown in the Directors Fortnight section at the 1998 {~Cannes Film Festival}. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide.

Video: Highway 61

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:24:10 -0400

Highway 61 is an offbeat, comedic road movie about a small-town Canadian barber (Don McKellar) who finds a dead body. When a woman claiming to be the corpse's roadie sister (Valerie Buhagiar), arrives in town, he agrees to drive her and the body from Ontario to New Orleans, following Highway 61 over the entire journey. Along the way, they meet several odd characters. Though the story is poorly-paced, it has enough off-center humor and the performances are engaging enough to make it worthwhile. Rockers Jello Biafra and Tav Falco make cameos. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Movie Guide.