Unveiling the Cannes official selection in Paris, festival president Pierre Lescure and artistic director Thierry Fremaux set the stage for an epic clash between the powers of good (including Steven Spielberg’s big friendly giant, “The BFG,” and Shane Black’s “Nice Guys”) and evil (“Money Monster” and “The Neon Demon”) among its English-language fare, which also includes new films from Jeff Nichols (“Loving”), Sean Penn (“The Last Face”) and Jim Jarmusch — the latter bringing both bus-driver drama “Paterson” and Iggy Pop docu “Gimme Danger.”

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