Spoiler Scale (How spoilery is this article on a scale of 1 to 10?):  3    Sometimes we cannot save ourselves.  We are not worthy of confession, communion, or redemption.  And perhaps the best we can muster from the core of our remaining humanity is to save an abused puppy left in a garbage can for dead. Well, that seems ... Read More »

Spoiler Scale (How spoilery is this article on a scale of 1 to 10?):  4  At its core, Rust and Bone – the sixth feature film by writer/director Jacques Audiard (A Prophet (2010)) –  is a love story stripped of the romance and a melodrama steeped in reality.  True to the nature of love as a product of what each party brings to the table, the film often turns its focus to the ... Read More »