What are we watching this weekend? The best Marvel series, a visionary Cuaron, a moving Bastien Bouillon…

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

The film in theaters: Hamnet de Chloe Zhao

After the Marvel parenthesis with EternelsChloe Zhao returns to this sensory cinema which has constituted her DNA since her first feature, The Songs My Brothers Taught Mewith this variation on the creation of Hamlet by Shakespeare, adapted from the novel by Maggie O’Farrell. A film as beautiful as it is powerful about mourning, carried by a dazzling Jessie Buckley in the role of the writer’s wife, long invisible, whom this film propels into the light. Look no further for the favorite for the next Oscar for best actress!

What’s new at the cinema this week

The series: Wonder Man

A Marvel series that doesn’t look like a Marvel series? Here is the big idea of ​​this buddy movie behind the scenes of Hollywood, which brings back Ben Kingsley in the shoes of Trevor Slattery. Who is that? But yes, remember: the failed actor encountered in Iron Man 3a cheap Mandarin who offered the film a hilarious twist. Here he forms an ill-matched duo with an actor who is struggling because he is too cerebral (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II), and incidentally endowed with powers which are activated under anger. A detail, because Wonder Man is above all a very meta comedy about Los Angeles, which quotes Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood and walks on the flowerbeds of The Studio. Unexpected and very thrilling.

Watch Wonder Man on Disney Plus

The film on TV: Misanthrope by Damian Szifron

First free-to-air TV broadcast for Misanthropeone of the best thrillers of recent years. Directed by the supercharged Argentinian Damian Szifron (The New Savages), the film tells the story of a young cop (Shailene Woodley) tracking down a mad sniper with an unpredictable modus operandi. A little of Silence of the Lambsa pinch of Sevenor codes inherited from the cinema of the 90s, but brought up to date, readjusted to contemporary anxieties, by a filmmaker who is not only virtuoso, but also very human and sensitive. Friendly advice: don’t miss the unforgettable intro scene.

Watch Misanthrope Sunday evening on TF1

The film on VOD: Left handed girl de Shih Ching Tsou

This was one of the gems of the last Cannes Critics’ Week which was particularly rich in this area (Useful ghost, Kika, Proofs of love…) Shih Ching Tsou’s first solo feature film, co-written by Sean Baker (Anora) with whom she has worked for over 20 years. We follow a mother and her two daughters – one of whom is still a child – returning to live in the bustling daily life of Tapei and struggling with financial difficulties ready to swallow them up at any moment. The filmmaker masterfully orchestrates their frantic race against time to get out, held back by the weight of Taiwanese patriarchal traditions. The speed of his staging perfectly matches the quality of his writing, particularly his management of the remarkably orchestrated twists and turns. A filmmaker to follow closely.

Watch Leff handed girl on VOD on Première Max

The documentary: Mr Nobody against Putin de Pavel Talankin

It is a document as much as a documentary. An extremely rare testimony that we owe to the Nobody who gives it its title: Pavel Talankin, teacher and videographer in the Russian town of Karabash. This Mr Nobody against Putin is his wartime logbook, the one Russia declared to Ukraine with its full-scale invasion. With his camera, Talankin shows head-on the propaganda that has since swept through his establishment and the danger of refusing to comply with it. There is something astonishing about what we see on screen, reinforced by the tone full of humor and self-deprecation. But also by the courage of a man who chose to speak when everything pushes you to silence.

Watch Mr Nobody against Putin streaming on Arte

The short film: The Tremors by David Depesseville

The Tremors delicately observes the experience of death. Three brothers, Emmanuel, Alexis and Yoann return to their homeland to visit their dying mother. At the hospital, they witness his end. A voice-over recounts the events surrounding his death and takes us on a journey into Emmanuel’s head, torn between grief and the memory of his mother. Alexis (Bastien Bouillon), suffering from Parkinson’s disease, is prey to intense attacks of tremors. Selected for the 2026 Césars, this short film by David Depesseville offers a sensitive look at the experience of losing a loved one.

Watch The Tremors streaming on Arte