
About this season
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.
Episodes (38)
1. Julie Delpy
Aired 13 September 2024 âą 45 min
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.
2. Mohammad Rasoulof
Aired 20 September 2024 âą 45 min
An Ordinary Case by Daniel Auteuil, Meet the Barbarians by Julie Delpy, Hit Man by Richard Linklater â Now on Canal+, This Life of Mine by Sophie FilliĂšres and our guest of the week Mohammad Rasoulof.
3. Chantal Akerman Retrospective
Aired 27 September 2024 âą 45 min
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.
4. Alejandro Jodorowsky
Aired 4 October 2024 âą 45 min
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.
5. Alain Guiraudie
Aired 11 October 2024 âą 45 min
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.
6. Gilles Lellouche
Aired 18 October 2024 âą 45 min
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.
7. Emmanuel Mouret
Aired 25 October 2024 âą 45 min
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.
8. Coralie Fargeat
Aired 1 November 2024 âą 45 min
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.
9. 40 years of Canal+
Aired 8 November 2024 âą 45 min
The Substance by Coralie Fargeat, Three friends by Emmanuel Mouret, Here by Robert Zemeckis, 40 years of Canal+: round table of recommendations.
10. Claude Lelouch
Aired 15 November 2024 âą 45 min
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.
11. Alexis Langlois
Aired 22 November 2024 âą 45 min
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.
12. Ludovic and Zoran Boukherma
Aired 29 November 2024
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.
13. This week's releases
Aired 6 December 2024
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.
14. Noémie Merlant
Aired 13 December 2024
Holy Cow by Louise Courvoisier, Christmas Eve in Miller's Point by Tyler Taormina, Stages of Love by Victor Rodenbach, Saint-ExupĂ©ry by Pablo AgĂŒero and our guest of the week NoĂ©mie Merlant.
15. The Best Movies of 2024
Aired 20 December 2024
A selection of the most anticipated films for the Holidays and the Cercle's favorite movies of 2024.
16. Arnaud Desplechin
Aired 10 January 2025
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.
17. This week's releases
Aired 17 January 2025
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.
18. This week's releases
Aired 24 January 2025
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.
19. David Cronenberg
Aired 31 January 2025
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.
20. Francesca Comencini
Aired 7 February 2025
Maria by Pablo LarraĂn, 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.
21. Costa-Gavras
Aired 14 February 2025
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.
22. Ariane Labed
Aired 21 February 2025
Mercato by Tristan SĂ©guĂ©la, The Ties That Bind Us by Carine Tardieu, When the Light Breaks by RĂșnar RĂșnarsson, our predictions for the 2025 CĂ©sar and our guest of the week Ariane Labed.
23. Le Cercle Best of: 2025 César Nominations
Aired 22 February 2025
24. This weekâs releases
Aired 7 March 2025
Queer by Luca Guadagnino, A Real Pain by Jesse Eisenberg, Ă bicyclette! by Mathias Mlekuz, Spirit World by Eric Khoo, Creation of the Gods II: Demon Force by Wuershan, The Monkey by Osgood Perkins.
25. This weekâs releases
Aired 14 March 2025
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.
26. Lenny and Harpo Guit
Aired 21 March 2025
Once Upon My Mother by Ken Scott, The Safe House by Lionel Baier, LumiÚre! 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.
27. Mike Leigh
Aired 28 March 2025
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.
28. Baya Kasmi
Aired 4 April 2025
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.
29. Emmanuel Finkiel
Aired 11 April 2025
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.
30. Mourad Winter
Aired 18 April 2025
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.
31. Melvil Poupaud
Aired 25 April 2025
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.
32. This week's releases
Aired 2 May 2025
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 OâSullivan and Alex Thompson, Little Jaffna de Lawrence Valin.
33. Cannes Special
Aired 9 May 2025
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.
34. Best of Cannes
Aired 13 May 2025
A "Best-Of" program featuring a selection of debates on the best films from the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.
35. 78th Cannes Film Festival
Aired 30 May 2025
Special program dedicated to the 78th Cannes Film Festival.
36. Johann Dionnet
Aired 6 June 2025
Ballerina by Len Wiseman, Freud's Last Session by Matt Brown, Chime / Cloud by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Guess Whoâs Calling! by Fabienne Godet and our guest of the week Johann Dionnet.
37. Michel Gondry
Aired 13 June 2025
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.
38. Le Cercle celebrates its 20th anniversary: French films, summer releases, and columnist memories
Aired 20 June 2025
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.