Blindness: Rests uneasily between art and thriller Oct 5, 2008
Besides McKellar, there's Sandra Oh, as the minister of health, and Maury Chaykin, as a man born blind, who serves the King in Ward Three. We also get brief glimpses of Susan Coyne, Tracy Wright and Martha Burns. (Toronto Star)
Blindnessassaultswithmetaphor Oct 3, 2008
The real power brokers wind up being The Doctors Wife, since only a few people know she can see, and The Accountant (Maury Chaykin), a crony of the King, whos been blind his entire life and can expertly navigate his surroundings. While the impact of the blindness epidemic is portrayed somewhat compellingly, in a sub-Andromeda Strain sort of way, Meirelles would rather tediously explore Big Ideas such as the corrupting influence of power, the absurdity of racism, the absence of God,... (MSNBC -- News)
Film review: 'Blindness' Oct 3, 2008
a Bernal) who turns himself into a cruel, capricious monarch and whose rise to power is aided by a lieutenant (Maury Chaykin) with the advantage of having been blind all his life. The ophthalmologist's wife, meanwhile, has retained her sight, which gives her tattered clan a bit of an edge in the struggle for domination and survival that occupies the film's long middle section. (International Herald Tribune)
Here's looking at you, Kid Sep 17, 2008
As conceived by novice screenwriters Marvin Kaye and Chris Sheasgreen, the premise concerns a depressed, overweight male teen named Sheldon Blecher, played by newcomer Jesse Camacho, and his constant-source-of-embarrassment parents, Sam and Anne (Maury Chaykin, Wendel Meldrum) - a rageful driving instructor and a pyromaniac, respectively - with midwinter Winnipeg as the bleak backdrop. This is not The Wonder Years. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Today in history Jul 28, 2008
Actor Maury Chaykin is 59. Singer Maureen McGovern is 59. (Montana Standard, MT)
Mining Meech for laughs May 25, 2008
Corbet based Elijah on extensive interviews with Harper and other major players, including former Manitoba premier Howard Pawley (played by Maury Chaykin) and various journalists and Mulroney confidants. A veteran of feature films, Corbet says he chose to make Elijah as a television movie because the subject would be a hard thing to sell movie tickets for. (Calgary Herald)
Wives Collide May 16, 2008
I must say I loved a lot of it, this thought-provoking thriller that co-stars Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Danny Glover, Gael Garcia Bernal and a large supporting cast that also includes Maury Chaykin and Don McKellar, who wrote the screenplay. McKellar s worked on this post-apocalyptic story adapted from a novel by Jose Saramago for almost 10 years. (Fox News)
Star wattage brightens Blindness May 15, 2008
(Along with McKellar and Moore, it stars Mark Ruffalo, Danny Glover, Mexico's Gael Garcia Bernal, and Canadians Sandra Oh, Maury Chaykin and Martha Burns ... One American critic said: "As soon as I saw [actor] Maury Chaykin, I knew it was a Canadian film.". (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Flashback to an opening night disaster May 3, 2008
CORRECTION: Maury Chaykin, who has a role in Blindness, wound up with a wrong first name in my report yesterday. This week is a good time to recall another festival opening night that turned out much better. (Toronto Star)
Canadian-made film Blindness to open Cannes May 2, 2008
Shot in Toronto, Uruguay and Meirelles's hometown of Sao Paulo, Brazil, it features an international roster of stars, including Hollywood A-listers Mark Ruffalo, Julianne Moore and Danny Glover; Mexico's Gael Garcia Bernal; Japan's Yusuke Iseya and Yoshino Kimura; Brazil's Alice Braga; and Canadians Sandra Oh, Maury Chaykin, Martha Burns and Don McKellar (who wrote the script based on the novel by Portuguese Nobel Prize-winning author Jose Saramago). Rhombus's co-producers include Japan's Bee... (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Slings & Arrows finds new beginning in Brazil Apr 10, 2008
The film - a fierce and fantastical story of a blindness pandemic that eviscerates society - has an international cast that also includes Canadians Maury Chaykin and Sandra Oh, American Danny Glover, Japanese heartthrob Yusuke Iseya and Mexico's Gael Garcia Bernal. . (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Paul Quarrington's new book The Ravine publishes today Mar 16, 2008
Whale Music (1989): Loosely based on the life of troubled musical genius Brian Wilson, this Governor General's Award-winning novel was made into a movie starring Maury Chaykin. The Spirit Cabinet (1999): A European magic act featuring two brothers is transplanted to Las Vegas. (Toronto Star)
How Canadian nabbed hottest film, biggest stars Aug 25, 2007
Toronto's Maury Chaykin is his partner in crime, a corrupt accountant. Susan Coyne, McKellar and Martha Burns are also in the cast. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Ruffalo, Moore tapped for Canadian film Jun 13, 2007
Oscar-nominated director Fernando Meirelles cast the talent net wide for his upcoming apocalyptic feature film, Blindness, and has signed an international roster of stars that includes Hollywood A-listers such as Mark Ruffalo and Julianne Moore, as well as a half-dozen Canadians, including Sandra Oh, Maury Chaykin, Don McKellar and Martha Burns ... Toronto's Maury Chaykin is his partner in crime, a corrupt accountant. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Memorable Grammy moments Feb 12, 2007
1994 A nervous Maury Chaykin inadvertently farts during his Best Actor acceptance speech for Whale Music. 1992 Producer Robert Lantos criticizes event sponsor Air Canada for failing to show Canadian movies on its flights. (Toronto Star)
