Ari Aster (“Beau is Afraid,” “Midsommar”) plugs this neo-Western right smack dab into 2020 as the MAGA-infused local sheriff (Joaquin Phoenix) decides to run against the pro-masking, pro-shutdown ...

From Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor’s romance to a Julian Assange documentary, here are our critics’ hits and misses of the festival ...