What Happened to the Cannes Film Festival?

An examination of two points that highlight a decline in the cultural value traditionally offered by the Cannes Film Festival.

1- The showing of Top Gun: Maverick:
The Festival is hammering the last nails in its coffin by yet again welcoming big Hollywood into its theatres. Last year it was Matt Damon's pet project Stillwater, and this year it's the second iteration of an American classic that will shock viewers with its out-of-place simplicity. What's next? Will we watch The Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 at Cannes 76? 

2- The rejection of Russian films: 
The most important film I watched as a Cannes 74 attendee was the Russian film Delo or House Arrest. House Arrest examines the life of an intellectual who held silent against the corruption in his small town no more. The film follows his story as he gets into deeper trouble, is labeled a dissident, and is humiliated and confined to his home for the simple act of submitting a political cartoon. The film exposes yet another aspect of Russian daily life that helps broaden the overall understanding of a nation that has since been dubbed the enemy of democracy, liberty, and western values. How is the censorship and erasure of such movies as Delo aiding Ukrainians in their worthy struggle against the Russian invader?