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 ...

"Belfast" is a coming-of-age drama inspired by filmmaker Kenneth Branagh's own childhood growing up in Northern Ireland. HOLLYWOOD -- Filmmaker Kenneth Branagh relives the good and bad of his own ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kenneth Branagh has just turned one of his eight career Oscar nominations into a win, stepping up Sunday to receive the award for ...

The writer-director explains how a scene between Buddy (Jude Hill) and his grandfather Pop (Ciarán Hinds) shows characters from different generations on the brink of a major change. By Tyler Coates ...

In a time of grim uncertainty about the future, "Belfast" sent Kenneth Branagh and Ciarán Hinds reaching back into the past. Branagh, who wrote and directed "Belfast," saw the black-and-white ...

British actor and director Kenneth Branagh has played English kings and German SS officers, detectives both French and Swedish, a Danish prince and even an American president. So it may have escaped ...

Kenneth Branagh’s new movie Belfast, starring Jamie Dornan, (in theatres Nov. 12) is an autobiographical story from the filmmaker’s childhood, set during the Troubles-era conflicts between Catholics ...

Kenneth Branagh's Belfast transports viewers back to the Northern Ireland of his 1960s childhood, when the Troubles roiled the streets of the neighborhood he grew up in — and many more like it. But ...

Kenneth Branagh’s “Belfast” is a film he holds near and dear to his heart, as the semi-autobiographical movie is a touching love letter to his childhood. Jude Hill stars as Buddy, a young boy growing ...

Editor’s note: This segment was rebroadcast on March 1, 2022. Find that audio here. Actor-director Sir Kenneth Branagh’s new film centers around a working-class North Belfast family in the 1960s.

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 ...