Le Cercle
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About Le Cercle
Le Cercle is a talk TV series that premiered on Canal+ on March 4, 2005. It has 22 seasons and 131 episodes so far and is still airing new episodes. The latest episode, Season 22 Episode 3, aired on October 16, 2026.
As long as there is cinema, LE CERCLE will be there. It is the only television program of critical debates 100% devoted to cinema. Each week, it offers fiery, joyful and non-condescending jousts on the films on the bill; and invites with "Le questionnaire du CERCLE" directors to come and share their passion for cinema.
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Episodes
131 episodes · 22 seasons
Season 3
2007 · 1 episode · Last episode: 19 years ago
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1. Episode 1
Season 18
2022 · 40 episodes · Last episode: 3 years ago
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40. Episode 40
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39. Episode 39
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38. Episode 38
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37. Episode 37
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36. Episode 36
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35. Episode 35
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34. Episode 34
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33. Episode 33
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32. Episode 32
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31. Episode 31
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30. Episode 30
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29. Episode 29
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28. Episode 28
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27. Episode 27
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26. Episode 26
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25. Episode 25
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24. Episode 24
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23. Episode 23
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22. Episode 22
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21. Episode 21
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20. Episode 20
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19. Episode 19
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15. Episode 15
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14. Episode 14
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13. Episode 13
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12. Episode 12
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11. Episode 11
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10. Episode 10
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9. Episode 9
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8. Episode 8
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7. Episode 7
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6. Episode 6
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5. Episode 5
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4. Episode 4
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3. Episode 3
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2. Episode 2
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1. Episode 1
Season 19
2023 · 32 episodes · Last episode: 2 years ago
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32. Episode 32
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31. Episode 31
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30. Episode 30
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29. Episode 29
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28. Episode 28
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27. Episode 27
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26. Episode 26
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25. Episode 25
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24. Episode 24
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23. Episode 23
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22. Episode 22
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21. Episode 21
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20. Episode 20
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19. Episode 19
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18. Episode 18
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17. Episode 17
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16. Episode 16
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15. Episode 15
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14. Episode 14
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13. Episode 13
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12. Episode 12
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11. Episode 11
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10. Episode 10
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9. Episode 9
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8. Episode 8
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7. Episode 7
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6. Episode 6
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5. Episode 5
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4. Episode 4
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3. Episode 3
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2. Episode 2
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1. Episode 1
Season 20
2024 · 38 episodes · Last episode: 1 year ago
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38. Le Cercle celebrates its 20th anniversary: French films, summer releases, and columnist memories
For its 20th anniversary, Le Cercle discusses four French films ("Enzo" "Black to the Future" "Reflection in a Dead Diamond" and "The Piano Accident"), as well as the must-see summer releases. Columnists share their favorite memories of the show and celebrate two decades of passionate debates about cinema.
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37. Michel Gondry
Life of Chuck by Mike Flanagan, Different by Lola Doillon, Untamable by Thomas Ngijol, Sister Midnight, Sister Midnight by Karan Kandhari, How to Train Your Dragon by Dean DeBlois and our guest of the week Michel Gondry.
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36. Johann Dionnet
Ballerina by Len Wiseman, Freud's Last Session by Matt Brown, Chime / Cloud by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Guess Who’s Calling! by Fabienne Godet and our guest of the week Johann Dionnet.
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35. 78th Cannes Film Festival
Special program dedicated to the 78th Cannes Film Festival.
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34. Best of Cannes
A "Best-Of" program featuring a selection of debates on the best films from the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.
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33. Cannes Special
Leave One Day by Amélie Bonnin, the films we are most looking forward at Cannes and our guests of the week, the Dardenne brothers: Jean-Pierre and Luc.
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32. This week's releases
The Shrouds by David Cronenberg, On Swift Horses by Daniel Minahan, Small Things Like These by Tim Mielant, The New Year That Never Came by Bogdan Muresanu, Ghostlight by Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson, Little Jaffna de Lawrence Valin.
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31. Melvil Poupaud
Mariana's Room by Emmanuel Finkiel, Mexico 86 by Cesar Diaz, Love Is Overrated by Mourad Winter, Bring Them Down by Chris Andrews, Simon of the Mountain by Federico Luis and our guest of the week Melvil Poupaud.
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30. Mourad Winter
Sinners by Ryan Coogler, Le mélange des genres by Michel Leclerc, It Takes Two to Tango by Jean-Pierre Améris, Zion by Nelson Foix, Sicilian Letters by Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza and our guest of the week Mourad Winter.
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29. Emmanuel Finkiel
We're talking about the Cannes 2025 lineup, The Girl with the Needle by Magnus von Horn, The Village Next to Paradise by Mo Harawe, Her Story by Yihui Shao, The Amateur by James Hawes, and our guest of the week Emmanuel Finkiel.
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28. Baya Kasmi
Hard Truths by Mike Leigh, The Rookie Guide by Philippe Mechelen, Youth (Hard Times) by Wang Bing, La cocina by Alonso Ruizpalacios, Trap by M. Night Shyamalan and our guest of the week Baya Kasmi.
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27. Mike Leigh
The Alto Knights by Barry Levinson, We Will Go by Enya Baroux, I Swear by Samuel Theis, The Boy by Zabou Breitman and Florent Vassault, Afternoons of Solitude by Albert Serra and our guest of the week Mike Leigh.
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26. Lenny and Harpo Guit
Once Upon My Mother by Ken Scott, The Safe House by Lionel Baier, Lumière! The Adventure Continues by Thierry Frémaux, Vermiglio by Maura Delpero, Prosper by Yohann Gloaguen and our guests of the week, brothers Lenny and Harpo Guit.
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25. This week’s releases
Mickey 17 by Bong Joon-ho, Black Bag by Steven Soderbergh, Off to India by Ali Bougheraba and Redouane Bougheraba, Black Dog by Guan Hu, The Last Showgirl by Gia Coppola and Parthenope by Paolo Sorrentino.
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24. This week’s releases
Queer by Luca Guadagnino, A Real Pain by Jesse Eisenberg, À bicyclette! by Mathias Mlekuz, Spirit World by Eric Khoo, Creation of the Gods II: Demon Force by Wuershan, The Monkey by Osgood Perkins.
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23. Le Cercle Best of: 2025 César Nominations
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22. Ariane Labed
Mercato by Tristan Séguéla, The Ties That Bind Us by Carine Tardieu, When the Light Breaks by Rúnar Rúnarsson, our predictions for the 2025 César and our guest of the week Ariane Labed.
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21. Costa-Gavras
The Brutalist by Brady Corbet, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy by Michael Morris, The Mohican by Frédéric Farrucci, The Time It Takes by Francesca Comencini, The Damned by Roberto Minervini and our guest of the week Costa-Gavras.
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20. Francesca Comencini
Maria by Pablo Larraín, Presence by Steven Soderbergh, Paddington in Peru by Dougal Wilson, My Favourite Cake by Maryam Moghadam and Behtash Sanaeeha, Block Pass by Antoine Chevrollier and our guest of the week Francesca Comencini.
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19. David Cronenberg
A Perfect Unknown by James Mangold, Julie Keeps Quiet by Leonardo Van Dijl, The Thieving Magpie by Robert Guédiguian, A Boat in the Garden by Jean-François Laguionie and our guest of the week David Cronenberg.
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18. This week's releases
The Quiet Son by Delphine and Muriel Coulin, Better Man by Michael Gracey, All For One by Houda Benyamina, A Traveler's Needs by Hong Sang-soo, Flight Risk by Mel Gibson and our tributes to David Lynch and Bertrand Blier.
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17. This week's releases
Filmlovers! by Arnaud Desplechin, I'm Still Here by Walter Salles, Babygirl by Halina Reijn, Elyas by Florent-Emilio Siri, Memoir of a Snail by Adam Elliot and Maldoror by Fabrice du Welz.
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16. Arnaud Desplechin
The Room Next Door by Pedro Almodovar, Love In Time by John Crowley, How to Make a Killing by Franck Dubosc, Bird by Andrea Arnold, Stormskerry Maja by Tiina Lymi and our guest of the week Arnaud Desplechin.
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15. The Best Movies of 2024
A selection of the most anticipated films for the Holidays and the Cercle's favorite movies of 2024.
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14. Noémie Merlant
Holy Cow by Louise Courvoisier, Christmas Eve in Miller's Point by Tyler Taormina, Stages of Love by Victor Rodenbach, Saint-Exupéry by Pablo Agüero and our guest of the week Noémie Merlant.
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13. This week's releases
And Their Children After Them by Ludovic and Zoran Boukherma, Daddio by Christy Hall, Wicked by Jon M. Chu, Limonov by Kirill Serebrennikov and Conclave by Edward Berger.
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12. Ludovic and Zoran Boukherma
Heretic by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, The Marching Band by Emmanuel Courcol, Animale by Emma Benestan, Grand Tour by Miguel Gomes, Queens of Drama by Alexis Langlois and our guests of the week Ludovic and Zoran Boukherma.
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11. Alexis Langlois
The Most Precious of Cargoes by Michel Hazanavicius, Wild Diamond by Agathe Riedinger, The Choice by Gilles Bourdos, Piece by Piece by Morgan Neville, Memories of a Burning Body by Antonella Sudassasi Furnis and our guest of the week Alexis Langlois.
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10. Claude Lelouch
Gladiator II by Ridley Scott, The Kingdom by Julien Colonna, Sailing Home by Xavier Beauvois, A Missing Part by Guillaume Senez of our guest of the week Claude Lelouch.
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9. 40 years of Canal+
The Substance by Coralie Fargeat, Three friends by Emmanuel Mouret, Here by Robert Zemeckis, 40 years of Canal+: round table of recommendations.
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8. Coralie Fargeat
Anora by Sean Baker, Juror #2 by Clint Eastwood, Flow by Gints Zilbalodis, the 20th anniversary of Shaun of the Dead and our guest of the week is Coralie Fargeat.
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7. Emmanuel Mouret
Smile 2 by Parker Finn, The Killer (2024) by John Woo, Monsieur Aznavour by Mehdi Idir and Grand Corps Malade, Between the Temples by Nathan Silver and our guest of the week Emmanuel Mouret.
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6. Gilles Lellouche
Souleymane's Story by Boris Lojkine, Misericordia by Alain Guiraudie, The Wild Robot by Chris Sanders, Savages by Claude Barras, My Best Fiend by Werner Herzog and our guest of the week Gilles Lellouche.
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5. Alain Guiraudie
Joker: Folie à deux by Todd Phillips, Terrifier 3 by Damien Leone, Lee by Ellen Kuras, Niki by Céline Sallette, The Apprentice d'Ali Abbasi and our guest of the week Alain Guiraudie.
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4. Alejandro Jodorowsky
When Fall Is Coming by François Ozon, All We Imagine As Light by Payal Kapadia, Maya, Give Me a Title by Michel Gondry, the re-release of Giorgino by Laurent Boutonnat and our guest of the week Alejandro Jodorowsky.
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3. Chantal Akerman Retrospective
Megalopolis by Francis Ford Coppola, Emmanuelle by Audrey Diwan, To Live, To Die, To Live Again by Gaël Morel, Never Let Go by Alexandre Aja, Rue du Conservatoire by Valérie Donzelli, Chantal Akerman Retrospective.
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2. Mohammad Rasoulof
An Ordinary Case by Daniel Auteuil, Meet the Barbarians by Julie Delpy, Hit Man by Richard Linklater – Now on Canal+, This Life of Mine by Sophie Fillières and our guest of the week Mohammad Rasoulof.
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1. Julie Delpy
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice by Tim Burton, The 2024 Venice Film Festival, In His Image by Thierry de Peretti, Dahomey by Mati Diop, Dog on Trial by Laetitia Dosch et our guest of the week Julie Delpy.
Season 21
2025 · 17 episodes · Last episode: 4 months ago
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17. Last episode of the season: Soderbergh and Spielberg
For the final show before the summer break, Le Cercle discusses summer releases—from Spielberg to L’Odyssée—touches on animated films like Toy Story 5, and revisits RRR before sharing their movie recommendations.
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16. Cannes 2026 Awards: Palme d'Or for Mungiu's Fjord and debates on the award-winning films
Review of the 2026 Cannes Film Festival: analysis of the Palme d'Or winner "Fjord" by Mungiu, the acting awards for "Coward," and the directing awards for "Fatherland" and "La Bola Negra." Debates on the jury's choices and personal favorites.
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15. 2026 Cannes Film Festival Special
Anticipated films, predictions and parallel selections.
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14. Cinema releases of the week
Juste une illusion by Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano, Dead Man's Wire by Gus Van Sant, The Fence by Claire Denis, Brawl by Julien Royal, Romería by Carla Simón.
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13. Cinema releases of the week
The Drama by Kristoffer Borgli, Silent Friend by Ildikó Enyedi, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic, I Swear by Kirk Jones, My Father's Shadow by Akinola Davies and the revolution of The Matrix.
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12. Cinema releases of the week
The Rays and Shadows: A Historical Drama by Xavier Giannoli, Project Hail Mary by Phil Lord et Christopher Miller, The Golden K Award by Jeremy Ferrari, Wild Foxes by Valéry Carnoy, The Testament of Ann Lee by Mona Fastvold.
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11. Cinema releases of the week
The Better Me by Nicolas Charlet and Bruno Lavaine, The Bride! by Maggie Gyllenhaal, Scream 7 by Kevin Williamson, Woman And Child by Saeed Roustaee, Pillion by Harry Lighton and Is This Thing On? by Bradley Cooper.
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10. Our César Awards predictions and the cinema releases of the week
Marty Supreme by Josh Safdie, At Work by Valérie Donzelli, Marsupilami by Philippe Lacheau, Wuthering Heights by Emerald Fennell, The Mastermind by Kelly Reichardt and our César Awards predictions.
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9. Cinema releases of the week
Hamnet by Chloé Zhao, Guru by Yann Gozlan, Dreams by Michel Franco, Baise-en-ville (Overnight Bag) by Martin Jauvat, La grazia by Paolo Sorrentino, The Wizard of the Kremlin by Olivier Assayas.
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8. Cinema releases of the week
Father Mother Sister Brother by Jim Jarmusch, Summer Beats by Lise Akoka and Romane Gueret, Furcy, né libre by Abd Al Malik, The 28 Saga (28 Years Later: The Bone Temple), The Sound of Falling by Mascha Schilinski.
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7. The best films of 2025
The Secret Agent by Kleber Mendonça Filho, Avatar: Fire and Ash by James Cameron, Zootopia 2 by Jared Bush and Byron Howard, Resurrection by Bi Gan, and our 10 favorite films of 2025.
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6. Cinema releases of the week
A Private Life by Rebecca Zlotowski, Bugonia by Yórgos Lánthimos, The Voice of Hind Rajab by Kaouther Ben Hania, Mektoub, My Love: Canto due by Abdellatif Kechiche.
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5. Cinema releases of the week
Case 137 by Dominik Moll, The Running Man by Edgar Wright, Wicked: For Good by Jon M. Chu, Eagles of the Republic by Tarik Saleh, Kika by Alexe Poukine, Eleanor the Great by Scarlett Johansson.
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4. Cinema releases of the week
The Stranger by François Ozon, The Richest Woman in the World by Thierry Klifa, The Smashing Machine by Benny Safdie, The Great Arch by Stéphane Demoustier, Two Prosecutors by Sergey Loznitsa and Class Reunion by Jérôme Commandeur.
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3. Cinema releases of the week
Dog 51 by Cédric Jimenez, Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere by Scott Cooper, The Little Sister by Hafsia Herzi, Arco by Ugo Bienvenu, The Chronology Of Water by Kristen Stewart, The Disappearance of Josef Mengele by Kirill Serebrennikov.
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2. Cinema releases of the week
Météors by Hubert Charuel and Claude Le Pape, Nouvelle Vague by Richard Linklater, A Big Bold Beautiful Journey by Kogonada, C'est Si Bon! de Diane Kurys, Tron: Ares by Joachim Rønning, The Long Walk by Francis Lawrence.
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1. Back to school
One Battle After Another by Paul Thomas Anderson, Sirāt by Oliver Laxe, Conjuring: Last Rites by Michael Chaves, Nolan Cycle on Canal+, The Party's Over! by Antony Cordier, It Was Just An Accident by Jafar Panahi.
Season 22
2026 · 3 episodes · Last episode: 3 weeks ago
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3. Episode 3
Minotaure d'Andrey Zvyagintsev, The Social Reckoning d'Aaron Sorkin, Le corset de Louis Clichy,
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2. Film Breakdown: Iñárritu’s Digger, Notre salut on the Collaboration, and Lance Oppenheim’s Primetime
Le Cercle panelists debate the latest film releases: Tom Cruise as an oil tycoon in Digger, Swann Arlaud as a petty collaborator in A Man of His Time, Robert Pattinson as a TV host in Primetime, and Adèle Exarchopoulos as an actress adrift in Another Day. Plus, a Marvel spotlight on the re-release of Avengers: Endgame!
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1. Nolan’s Ulysses, Harari’s The Unknown, marital thrillers, and a tribute to the Coen brothers
On the agenda: Nolan’s epic Ulysses Odyssey, Arthur Harari’s The Unknown starring Léa Seydoux, marital thrillers by Géraldine Nakache (Think Good) and Mauvignier (The Birthday Party by Léa Mysius), a few gems from the Venice Film Festival, Olivia Wilde’s The Invite, and a tribute to the Coen brothers centered on The Big Lebowski.
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