Cannes Diary: Anya Taylor-Joy dazzles, Barry Keoghan flies the Irish flag

'Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga' is exhilarating, Francis Ford Coppola's 'Megalopolis' is a disaster, and tuxedos are soon dispensed with despite the red carpets

Grace Van der Waal, Giancarlo Esposito, Chloe Fineman, Nathalie Emmanuel, Francis Ford Coppola, Adam Driver, and Aubrey Plaza at the 'Megalopolis' premiere in Cannes on Thursday, May 16. Picture: Doug Peters/PA

Apparently, they have a pile of red carpets — there must be a pun there — for the Cannes Film Festival. 

The Olympics of film festivals can be as disorientating as it is hierarchal, but above everything is the rain. Organisers have to plan for the rain and the only thing more unsightly than a critical thumbs-down for a movie at the most important festival of them all is a grubby carpet underfoot.