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Abe Callard

Abe Callard

Abe Callard is a Chicago-based writer and filmmaker.

Articles and Events

The Noble Rat
On Screen

The Noble Rat

Elia Kazan’s On the Waterfront is masterful, powerful, and deceptive.

Abe Callard
OK Boomer
On Screen

OK Boomer

Can a World War II-era movie about an old crank help with generational riddles today?

Abe Callard
A Million Little Boulders
On Screen

A Million Little Boulders

Hiroshi Teshigahara’s 1964 Woman in the Dunes is a subtly subversive film that mirrors our COVID-induced confinement.

Abe Callard
Theater of the Not-So-Absurd
On Screen

Theater of the Not-So-Absurd

Borat is back. But can he compete with the political theater that is Donald Trump?

Abe Callard