Movies Update: Cannes, ‘Men’ and More

Plus, "Downton Abbey" is back on the big screen.
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By Mekado Murphy

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Hey, movie fans!

Hollywood has been transported to the South of France this week with the Cannes Film Festival underway. We've been reporting all the goings-on, including a star-studded premiere for "Top Gun: Maverick." Our critic Manohla Dargis has an assessment of the films in the early days of the festival and our reporter Kyle Buchanan has an interview with the French actor Vincent Lindon, this year's jury president.

Out in theaters is a new entry in the "Downton Abbey" franchise. Amy Nicholson writes that the new film is "amiable enough," but that it "rests most of its extravagant weight on cozy familiarity."

If you're looking for a British film that is less refined, you might go for Alex Garland's psychological creep-out "Men," starring Jessie Buckley. While much of it takes place in the English countryside, quaint this movie is not. A.O. Scott calls it "an uneasy amalgam of horror and allegory, full of creepy, gory effects and literary and mythological allusions," and that it "amounts to a sustained and specific indictment of the titular gender."

Whichever film you choose, enjoy the movies!

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