Le Cercle Season 20, Episode 33: Cannes Special

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.

45 min

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.

45 min

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.

45 min

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.

45 min

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.

45 min

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.

45 min

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.

45 min

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.

45 min

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.

45 min

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.

45 min

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.

45 min

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.

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.

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.

The Best Movies of 2024

A selection of the most anticipated films for the Holidays and the Cercle's favorite movies of 2024.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Le Cercle Best of: 2025 César Nominations

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Best of Cannes

A "Best-Of" program featuring a selection of debates on the best films from the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.

78th Cannes Film Festival

Special program dedicated to the 78th Cannes Film Festival.

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.

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.

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.