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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Tuesday morning, Belfast writer-director Kenneth Branagh had a lot to celebrate. Branagh became both the first man to be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. KENNETH BRANAGH: Well, it was definitely enhanced by the idea of the lockdown. There was much more introspection, I think, at the ...

Kenneth Branagh pours himself a cup of Big Ben tea, and while the downtown Chicago Peninsula Hotel has many plush and refined components, this particular teapot practically dares its user not to spill ...

Kenneth Branagh was born in Northern Ireland in 1960, according to IMDb. The son of working-class parents, Branagh felt an early affinity for acting. He went on to study at the Royal Academy of ...

The filmmaker turned to the black and white movies of his youth for the look of his movie memoir. Sir Kenneth Branagh has been waiting to tell the story behind “Belfast” (Focus Features) for 50 years.

SAN ANTONIO — There is a scene in Kenneth Branagh’s “Belfast” designed as a hot brand for the heart. Shot in milky black-and-white (as is the rest of the film), it conjures up a piercing euphoria on ...

Filmmaker Kenneth Branagh is back in the awards race with his new drama “Belfast,” and the film is drawing further interest based on its six Oscar nominations — including Best Picture. Based partly on ...

Bill Maher was back Friday night from a brief hiatus and while the hot topic of the Russia-Ukraine war was discussed, it did not take center stage. Before diving in to his usual political banter, the ...

Kenneth Branagh received three Oscar nominations today for Belfast – Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Picture – bringing his total to eight nominations. His nominations for Best ...

"Belfast" takes a chapter from the history books to tell the story of the fight between Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland. The time in the mid-20th century came to be known as "The ...