Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast is a film about the Troubles that, when you dig into it, isn’t so much about the Troubles at all. A twinkly-eyed childhood memoir – and rigorously fashioned to be an Oscar ...

“Belfast” opens, literally, with a bang. Kenneth Branagh’s memoir film of his childhood in Northern Ireland begins with a brief modern-day prologue and then thrusts us into the world of 9-year-old ...

In a time of grim uncertainty about the future, "Belfast" sent Kenneth Branagh and Ciarán Hinds reaching back into the past. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free ...

Black-and-white Oscar contenders can be tough for critics to recommend to moviegoers, but occasionally one is filled with such heart that it’s destined to be a crowd pleaser. Enter Kenneth Branagh’s ...

After spending much of the first wave of the pandemic writing the script for his "small, intimate, personal project," the filmmaker and his creative team seized upon a very short window to prep and ...

Director-actor-writer Kenneth Branagh filmed a love letter to his youth with the crowd-pleasing, semi-autobiographical “Belfast,” which opens on area screens this weekend. Based on his experiences ...

Jessica Reynolds is among a large cast of local actors who feature in the Belfast-based short film Nostalgie An actor in a Belfast-based short film has said she is "so proud to be a part of it" after ...

Stephen Colbert revealed that Kenneth Branagh's "Belfast" was one of his favorite films of the last year, stating that the film resonated with his Catholic faith. English pop star Dua Lipa turned the ...

A still from director Paolo Sorrentino's "The hand of God." Left to right: Filippo Scotti, Toni Servillo, Teresa Saponangelo and Marlon Joubert. (Courtesy Gianni Fiorito/Netflix) Shockingly restrained ...

Nominations have been announced for this year’s Irish Film And TV Academy Awards (IFTAs). Scroll down for the full list. Leading the way with ten apiece are Kenneth Branagh’s much-fancied awards ...

An actor in a Belfast-based short film has said she is "so proud to be a part of it" after the production won an Irish Film and Television (Ifta) award. Nostalgie took the Best Short Film prize in the ...