Robert Rubsam

Robert Rubsam is a contributing writer to Commonweal. His work has been published in the New York Times Magazine, the Washington Post, the Atlantic, the Baffler, and the Nation, among other places.

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Keep Looking

Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s film, ‘Memoria,’ honors slow changes and the overlap of the material and spiritual worlds.
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Up for Grabs

Telling the story of two friends in the Oregon territory who steal milk to bake cakes, Kelly Reichardt’s latest film asks us to ponder the nature of generosity.
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