

Le Cercle
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.
Seasons
E1Episode 1
Mar 4, 2005
E1Episode 1
Mar 3, 2007
E1Episode 1
Sep 16, 2022
E2Episode 2
Sep 23, 2022
E3Episode 3
Sep 30, 2022
E4Episode 4
Oct 7, 2022
E5Episode 5
Oct 14, 2022
E6Episode 6
Oct 21, 2022
E7Episode 7
Oct 28, 2022
E8Episode 8
Nov 4, 2022
E9Episode 9
Nov 11, 2022
E10Episode 10
Nov 18, 2022
E11Episode 11
Nov 25, 2022
E12Episode 12
Dec 2, 2022
E13Episode 13
Dec 9, 2022
E14Episode 14
Dec 16, 2022
E15Episode 15
Dec 22, 2022
E16Episode 16
Jan 6, 2023
E17Episode 17
Jan 13, 2023
E18Episode 18
Jan 20, 2023
E19Episode 19
Jan 27, 2023
E20Episode 20
Feb 4, 2023
E21Episode 21
Feb 10, 2023
E22Episode 22
Feb 17, 2023
E23Episode 23
Feb 18, 2023
E24Episode 24
Mar 3, 2023
E25Episode 25
Mar 10, 2023
E26Episode 26
Mar 17, 2023
E27Episode 27
Mar 24, 2023
E28Episode 28
Mar 31, 2023
E29Episode 29
Apr 7, 2023
E30Episode 30
Apr 14, 2023
E31Episode 31
Apr 21, 2023
E32Episode 32
Apr 28, 2023
E33Episode 33
May 5, 2023
E34Episode 34
May 12, 2023
E35Episode 35
May 19, 2023
E36Episode 36
Jun 2, 2023
E37Episode 37
Jun 9, 2023
E38Episode 38
Jun 16, 2023
E39Episode 39
Jun 23, 2023
E40Episode 40
Jun 30, 2023
E1Episode 1
Sep 15, 2023
E2Episode 2
Sep 22, 2023
E3Episode 3
Sep 29, 2023
E4Episode 4
Oct 6, 2023
E5Episode 5
Oct 13, 2023
E6Episode 6
Oct 20, 2023
E7Episode 7
Oct 26, 2023
E8Episode 8
Oct 27, 2023
E9Episode 9
Nov 3, 2023
E10Episode 10
Nov 10, 2023
E11Episode 11
Nov 17, 2023
E12Episode 12
Nov 24, 2023
E13Episode 13
Dec 1, 2023
E14Episode 14
Dec 8, 2023
E15Episode 15
Dec 15, 2023
E16Episode 16
Dec 22, 2023
E17Episode 17
Jan 12, 2024
E18Episode 18
Jan 19, 2024
E19Episode 19
Jan 26, 2024
E20Episode 20
Feb 9, 2024
E21Episode 21
Feb 16, 2024
E22Episode 22
Feb 17, 2024
E23Episode 23
Mar 1, 2024
E24Episode 24
Mar 8, 2024
E25Episode 25
Mar 15, 2024
E26Episode 26
Mar 22, 2024
E27Episode 27
Mar 29, 2024
E28Episode 28
Apr 5, 2024
E29Episode 29
Apr 12, 2024
E30Episode 30
Apr 19, 2024
E31Episode 31
Apr 26, 2024
E32Episode 32
May 3, 2024
E1Julie Delpy
Sep 13, 2024
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.
E2Mohammad Rasoulof
Sep 20, 2024
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.
E3Chantal Akerman Retrospective
Sep 27, 2024
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.
E4Alejandro Jodorowsky
Oct 4, 2024
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.
E5Alain Guiraudie
Oct 11, 2024
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.
E6Gilles Lellouche
Oct 18, 2024
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.
E7Emmanuel Mouret
Oct 25, 2024
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.
E8Coralie Fargeat
Nov 1, 2024
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.
E940 years of Canal+
Nov 8, 2024
The Substance by Coralie Fargeat, Three friends by Emmanuel Mouret, Here by Robert Zemeckis, 40 years of Canal+: round table of recommendations.
E10Claude Lelouch
Nov 15, 2024
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.
E11Alexis Langlois
Nov 22, 2024
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.
E12Ludovic and Zoran Boukherma
Nov 29, 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.
E13This week's releases
Dec 6, 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.
E14Noémie Merlant
Dec 13, 2024
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.
E15The Best Movies of 2024
Dec 20, 2024
A selection of the most anticipated films for the Holidays and the Cercle's favorite movies of 2024.
E16Arnaud Desplechin
Jan 10, 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.
E17This week's releases
Jan 17, 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.
E18This week's releases
Jan 24, 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.
E19David Cronenberg
Jan 31, 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.
E20Francesca Comencini
Feb 7, 2025
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.
E21Costa-Gavras
Feb 14, 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.
E22Ariane Labed
Feb 21, 2025
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.
E23Le Cercle Best of: 2025 César Nominations
Feb 22, 2025
E24This week’s releases
Mar 7, 2025
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.
E25This week’s releases
Mar 14, 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.
E26Lenny and Harpo Guit
Mar 21, 2025
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.
E27Mike Leigh
Mar 28, 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.
E28Baya Kasmi
Apr 4, 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.
E29Emmanuel Finkiel
Apr 11, 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.
E30Mourad Winter
Apr 18, 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.
E31Melvil Poupaud
Apr 25, 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.
E32This week's releases
May 2, 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 O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson, Little Jaffna de Lawrence Valin.
E33Cannes Special
May 9, 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.
E34Best of Cannes
May 13, 2025
A "Best-Of" program featuring a selection of debates on the best films from the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.
E3578th Cannes Film Festival
May 30, 2025
Special program dedicated to the 78th Cannes Film Festival.
E36Johann Dionnet
Jun 6, 2025
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.
E37Michel Gondry
Jun 13, 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.
E38Le Cercle celebrates its 20th anniversary: French films, summer releases, and columnist memories
Jun 20, 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.

E1Back to school
Sep 26, 2025
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.

E2Cinema releases of the week
Oct 10, 2025
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.

E3Cinema releases of the week
Oct 24, 2025
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.

E4Cinema releases of the week
Nov 7, 2025
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.

E5Cinema releases of the week
Nov 21, 2025
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.

E6Cinema releases of the week
Dec 5, 2025
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.

E7The best films of 2025
Dec 19, 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.

E8Cinema releases of the week
Jan 16, 2026
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.

E9Cinema releases of the week
Jan 30, 2026
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.

E10Our César Awards predictions and the cinema releases of the week
Feb 20, 2026
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.

E11Cinema releases of the week
Mar 6, 2026
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.

E12Cinema releases of the week
Mar 20, 2026
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.

E13Cinema releases of the week
Apr 3, 2026
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.

E14Cinema releases of the week
Apr 17, 2026
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.
E152026 Cannes Film Festival Special
May 8, 2026
Anticipated films, predictions and parallel selections.
E16Cannes 2026 Awards: Palme d'Or for Mungiu's Fjord and debates on the award-winning films
May 29, 2026
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.
E17Last episode of the season: Soderbergh and Spielberg
Jun 12, 2026
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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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