After dazzling the in-person audience at the Toronto Film Festival, writer-director Kenneth Branagh broke down crying over his loosely autobiographical film “Belfast.” Following what was easily the ...

Kenneth Branagh directed "Belfast," based on his experiences as a child who moved from Northern Ireland to England to escape escalating violence – Copyright AFP ...

Filmmaker Kenneth Branagh’s poignant cinematic memoir of his childhood in Northern Ireland in 1969 recalls a turbulent period when Catholics and Protestants were at war with one another. His ...

“Write what you know” bears plenty of fruit for Kenneth Branagh and his latest film, “Belfast.” In the black-and-white (and, occasionally, color) memoir, the acclaimed director shows what it was like ...

It is bait, but bait works. Especially in the BP category. I also saw this premiere at LFF and it went down an absolute storm with the crowd. (Also an all female producing team screams BP success).

Even though “The Power of the Dog” has the most Oscar nominations, it could lose Best Picture to a less sprawling film like “Belfast.” The reason? Director Kenneth Branagh’s cinematic memoir is such a ...