Other venues: 'Rust and Bone,' 'Brooklyn Castle,' 'West Side Story'

After Hours Film Society

Tivoli Theatre

5021 Highland Ave.,

Downers Grove

630-534-4528

afterhoursfilmsociety.com

"Rust and Bone" ¿¿¿¿ (France; Jacques Audiard, 2012) Romantic and pitiless, fearlessly emotional as well as edgy, "Rust and Bone" is directed by consummate filmmaker Jacques Audiard and stars Marion Cotillard as an orca trainer who loses her legs and Matthias Schoenaerts as a self-absorbed bruiser. A violent fairy tale that is true to itself to the last frame. 7:30 p.m. Monday

BACinema

Beverly Arts Center

2407 W. 111th St.

773-445-3838

beverlyartcenter.org

"Brooklyn Castle" ¿¿¿¿ (U.S.; Katie Dellamaggiore, 2012) Marvelous documentary turns a sympathetic camera eye on one of the richest subjects imaginable: the nationally recognized chess team of Intermediate School 318 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, a multiethnic wonder of individual talents and specific, personal stories. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday

Block Cinema

Northwestern University

40 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston

847-491-4000

blockmuseum.northwestern.edu/block-cinema/

"Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters" ¿¿¿1/2 (U.S.; Ben Shapiro, 2012) Ten years in the making, Shapiro's documentary on celebrated photographer Gregory Crewdson concentrates on his magnum opus, the collection of huge prints known as "Beneath the Roses." For those unfamiliar with Crewdson's oeuvre, the film serves as a delicious eye-opener, while for fans it furnishes an unprecedented look at his long-secret methods, utilizing crews and budgets suitable for independent features, by which his eerily frozen moments of Americana come into being. 7 p.m. Friday

Cinemark