| Kyle Buchanan Pop Culture Reporter | | Hey, movie fans! It's your faithful Carpetbagger, back from Cannes. | | The wide releases this week are an eclectic bunch: You've got a creature feature in "Godzilla: King of the Monsters," Octavia Spencer terrorizing high schoolers in the horror movie "Ma" and Taron Egerton singing his little heart out as Elton John in "Rocketman." Netflix is also debuting the Ali Wong/Randall Park romcom "Always Be My Maybe," as several documentaries bow in limited release, including "XY Chelsea," "Echo in the Canyon" and "For the Birds." | | I spent the last two weeks on the Côte d'Azur with the indomitable Manohla Dargis, and as far as I'm concerned, this was one of the best editions of the Cannes Film Festival in recent memory. I'm eager for you all to see three of the masterpieces that premiered there — Pedro Almodóvar's "Pain and Glory," Céline Sciamma's "Portrait of a Lady on Fire" and Bong Joon-ho's fearsomely entertaining Palme d'Or-winner "Parasite" — and I know there will be plenty to say about other entries like the surreal Robert Pattinson/Willem Dafoe two-hander "The Lighthouse" and Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood," which is sure to be one of the most discussed films of the year. | | So if the movies out this week don't quite scratch your itch, never fear: There's a lot to look forward to, and we'll start getting some of it very soon. | | |
