If color has taken over from black and white for ages in the cinema, it has always been loved by directors who have often preferred it when it deals with intimate or tragic subjects such as the Shoah (Schindler’s Letter of Spielberg), and like this year Belfast by Kenneth Branagh and The Tragedy of Macbeth … Read more
The restrained evocation of Kenneth Branagh’s childhood memories, before violence pushed his family to flee to England. Belfast, August 15, 1969. Buddy, 9, knows perfectly well who he is and to what world he belongs, that of the working class of the northern districts of Belfast where he lives happy, pampered and safe; in a … Read more
Prêt pour la cérémonie, qui se déroule dans la nuit de dimanche à lundi? Relisez les avis des critiques du Figaro et il est encore temps de voir la plupart des films, actuellement au cinéma, sur Netflix, Prime Vidéo, Apple TV ou en DVD. Une quinzaine de longs métrages s’apprêtent à en découdre, dimanche soir, … Read more
Published on : 03/28/2022 – 09:26Modified : 03/28/2022 – 09:24 London (AFP) – With his distinguished accent and his multiple adaptations of Shakespeare, Kenneth Branagh appears to many as a typical Englishman. It took him “Belfast”, a film tribute to his hometown that he fled as a child, to remind the world that he was … Read more
Peaceful streets turned into a war zone. With “Belfast”, crowned best British film at the 2022 BAFTAs, Kenneth Branagh looks back on the Northern Irish violence of the late 1960s, through the innocent eyes of Burdy, a 9-year-old boy. An intensely personal story These clashes, the British filmmaker witnessed in his youth. Kenneth Branagh was … Read more
DIRTY OLD TOWN Buddy plays in front of his house, in a quiet working-class street in the protestant Northern Irish city of Belfast. He lives in the best of worlds: that of his childhood, where the villains are punished and the heroes always triumph in the end – especially his parents and grandparents. But the … Read more
Accompanied by his actors Jamie Dornan, Caitriona Balfe and Ciaran Hinds, Kenneth Branagh evokes “Belfast”, a film inspired by his childhood in Ireland. Thor in Phase I of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The rebirth of Jack Ryan on the big screen. The transposition of Disney’s Cinderella live. Two luxurious adaptations of Agatha Christie, and a … Read more
Eclectic in his choices, Kenneth Branagh filmed all genres after Henry V, his first movie. In Belfast on the screens Wednesday, March 2, he revisits the year of his 9 years in a city that is on fire between Protestants and Catholics. Years of embers evoked with lyricism, in black and white, with an amazing … Read more
Kenneth Branagh’s “Belfast” received seven nominations for the 2022 Oscars. Kenneth Branagh today became the first person to be nominated in seven different Oscar categories, making history for the famous statuettes, thanks in large part to his film ‘Belfast’. Branagh’s impressive list of nominations is a new Oscar record, as he has now received seven … Read more
This Tuesday, February 8, the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences unveiled its nominations for the 94th edition of the Oscars. The awards will be presented on March 27, 2022 in Los Angeles. the Dolby Theater on Hollywood Boulevard will star Jane Campion’s western which culminates 12 nominations with her Netflix film “The … Read more