What are we watching this weekend? A great Tom Hiddleston, the cult work of David Lynch, the “death” of Philippe Rebbot…

Cinema, streaming, VOD, TV… Find the Première selection every Friday.

The film in theaters: My Brother by Lise Akoka and Romane Gueret

After The Worst (2022), whose title was enough to define by exaggeration the esteem that society has for a youth that is often summarized solely by its social geography: “popular”, “disadvantaged”, “from the neighborhoods”, the duo of filmmakers traces the same path with My Brother. A film which is once again based on the energy of a group (toddlers from La Place des Fêtes in Paris gathered for a camp in the Drôme) and its ability to touch us with its vitality. At the center of the film, two brilliant young actresses play mono apprentices: Fanta Kebe and Shirel Nataf. Not too far from the spotlight, singer Amel Bent is not bad either. We think of Our Happy Days (20 years already!) already carried by a pair of filmmakers. Chance ? We don’t believe it.

What’s new at the cinema this week

The series: The Pitt, season 2

We dive back into the heart of Pittsburgh’s emergency room, hour by hour, patient by patient, without losing the almost documentary realism that was the strength of the first season. Noah Wyle still shines as head of department, but it is the collective play and the subtlety of the characters that allow the medical series to stand out from the crowd and restore its letters of nobility to a genre that has largely suffered in recent decades. Fatigue, wear and tear, lack of resources and precariousness of patients: everything is shown without artifice. Even without having seen season 1, diving into this intense and human daily life will take you to the guts.

Watch The Pitt on HBO Max

The film on TV: 28 years later by Danny Boyle

Quickly, quickly! This is the rule with the infected version Danny Boyle and Alex Garland: you have to keep the rhythm, not hang around too much, otherwise you’ll pass. While the sequel to 28 Years Later (28 Years Later: The Temple of the Dead, by Nia DaCosta) arrives in theaters next Wednesday, it’s time for latecomers to catch up on this first part of a new zombie trilogy (which is also a continuation of 28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later, we hope you’re following), interweaving the hallucinatory stylistic flashes of a supercharged Danny Boyle (pleonasm) to the philosophical appetites of screenwriter Alex Garland, who meditates on our post-Covid fears in the light of Kipling and Coppola. One of the best films of 2025, to (re)discover before this Temple of the Dead which rumor already indicates as one of the first big cinema shocks of 2026.

Watch 28 Years Later Friday evening on Canal Plus and streaming on MyCanal

The cult series: Twin Peaks by David Lynch

On January 15, it will be a year since David Lynch left us, and one of the best ways to celebrate his memory (apart from a commemorative transcendental meditation session and the making of a good cherry pie) is undoubtedly to (re)launch a complete series of the brilliant Twin Peaks series, which has just been put online on the Arte website. For the record, Twin Peaks is: a season 1 that revolutionized television in the early 90s and drove millions of viewers crazy thanks to the mystery question “Who killed Laura Palmer?” » ; a largely scrappy season 2, of which we have the right during a rewatch to skip episodes 8 to 21; and finally an unexpected and miraculous third season, The Return, which fell from the sky in 2017, a unleashing of devastating visions in the form of the ultimate Lynchian labyrinth. Or a perfect refuge for the winter, there, within reach, behind the red curtain.

Watch Twin Peaks, the complete on Arte.TV

The streaming film: Life of Chuck by Mike Flanagan

Certainly, Mike Flanagan’s series (The Haunting of Hill House and Bly Manor, Midnight Sermons, The Fall of the House of Usher) often have more impact with the general public than his films (The Mirror, Not a Sound, Jesse, Doctor Sleep, etc.). But with barely more than 286,000 admissions in France for Life of Chuck, we are on the verge of an affront. So treat yourself to the pleasure of catching up with this adaptation of Stephen King with a melodious and metaphysical side, with Tom Hiddleston and Mark Hamill in majesty. Hard to summarize: a great film that encapsulates life, love, dance, death and the worlds we leave behind when we close our eyes for the last time. Thanks Chuck!

Watch Life of Chuck streaming on MyCanal

The short film: Death of an Actor by Ambroise Rateau

Philippe Rebbot learned of his death one morning on the radio. And the problems begin. His denials have no effect, and his agent wants to exploit popular unrest. Soon, Finnegan Oldfield was cast to play him in a biopic… This biting short film, pre-selected for the 2026 Césars, mischievously sketches the vagaries of the actor’s life, questions of ego, the image reflected to the public or to the profession. And of course the media frenzy against a backdrop of fake news. A nice try for the young director Ambroise Rateau, trained at Fémis, who won the Audience Award at the last Clermont Ferrand Festival.

Watch Death of an Actor streaming on France.TV

The classic: The Savage by Jean-Paul Rappeneau (1975)

“…Jean-Paul Rappeneau is one of the rare filmmakers who, like the Ophuls of Madame de… or the Truffaut of The Soft Skin, identifies with his female characters…” Thus spoke Catherine Deneuve in the columns of L’Express on August 4, 1975. She was filming with The Savage her second film with the filmmaker after La vie de château (1966) The Wild features an exiled adventurer (Yves Montand) volunteer on a small island in South America soon disturbed by a volcanic blonde (Cathou of course) As always with Rappeneau everything is a matter of rhythm (the long time between each of his shoots is inversely proportional to the cadence of his characters on screen!) It is also necessary to note here the care taken with the colorimetry. Thus Deneuve’s blondeness literally pierces the frame with its blinding rays. The late cinematographer Pierre Lhomme was a true painter of film. Guaranteed change of scenery.

Watch The Savage in streaming on France.TV