One of the most repellent phrases in the English language is “Oscar buzz.” The nattering about contenders for the Academy Awards begins more than a year before Oscar night, at Sundance; it balloons at ...

For most of Rust and Bone, Marion Cotillard plays a legless woman. Though the corporeal deficiency is a hardship for the character, Stéphanie, an orca trainer whose limbs are amputated after she is ...

"I'm not used to jumping into a movie without long preparation, and Jacques is not used to it either," said Cotillard. "I really wanted to work with him, and I was lucky enough that he wanted to work ...

Merely the premise of "Rust and Bone" sounds uncomfortably maudlin: A wayward single father and part-time fighter falls into an unexpected romance with a beautiful whale trainer who's just lost both ...

can be chilly. The camera is unflinching and unapologetic, whether capturing images of great beauty or gritty realism. It must be so, in order to temper the film’s steaming-hot plot melodramatics. It ...

Matthias Schoenaerts and Marion Cotillard in "Rust and Bone." Ali (Matthias Schoenaerts) is a tough guy, both inside and out. At least, he acts as if he is. So tough that he gets into street fights ...