Reduced to its essential elements, there's tradition in Rust and Bone. Based on a collection of short stories by Canadian author Craig Davidson and directed by Jacques Audiard (A Prophet), it's a slow-building love story between two people who begin in an acrimonious place—an oft-repeated arc that's comforting evidence that sometimes happiness comes from unhappiness, too. Rust's skin, on the flipside, is bizarre and grimy, and the paths of its characters are frightening and erratic—from one moment to the next, it's impossible to anticipate where this odd story will go. For example: There is a killer whale attack. by Marjorie Skinner