PORTRAIT – The star of the series Outlander has managed in a decade to rub shoulders with the greatest. Playing a brave mother in Belfastby Kenneth Branagh, it imposes itself and heckles the awards season. “I had a lot of doubts when I started my retraining at 30. An agent friend warned me: “At your […]
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Kenneth Branagh: “I didn’t want a political film”
MAINTENANCE – The director of Belfastan intimate semi-autobiographical account, talks about his childhood in Northern Ireland and the community unrest that “signalled the end of recklessness”. An exegete of Shakespeare, from which he adapted several plays, actor and director Kenneth Branagh spent a decade at the helm of major productions (Thor from marvel, Artemis FowlThe […]
The Batman, Belfast, Robust… The films to see or avoid this week
A dark and sticky version of the superhero, a tender and poignant film with a religious background, a story of singular friendship… What should we see this week? Discover the cinema selection of Figaro. Belfast- AT see absolutely Drama by Kenneth Branagh, 1h38 In Belfast in 1969, a Protestant family lives in a predominantly Catholic […]
Kenneth Branagh: “The Titanic was built in Belfast! It was from there that things started to go wrong.”
SEEN FROM ELSEWHERE – Belfast, an Oscar favourite, tells the story of a nine-year-old boy who experiences the beginnings of the Civil War in Northern Ireland. Conversation with its director around the family, the Berlin Wall and a very particular football match. By Hanns-Georg Rodek (Die Welt) Kenneth Branagh, great Shakespearean actor, is currently visible […]
Bafta: the French Ducournau and Diwan shake up the nominations
DECRYPTION – Muses of a selection outside the Hollywood paths, the French directors give priority to Denis Villeneuve and Steven Spielberg in the best director category. It is possible to breathe fresh air into the awards season when Hollywood seems to have dubbed the same favorites for the Oscars. The English equivalent of the Caesars […]
Batman, Cyrano, Uncharted, Notre-Dame burns … the films that will illuminate 2022
THE SELECTION OF FIGARO – Reboots, superheroes, a handful of originality and a few contenders for the Cannes film festival. Overview. Even if the eruption of the omicron variant has once again upset release schedules, the 7th art is betting on many nuggets and blockbusters this year, where sequels and superheroes still take the lion’s […]
Between omicron and ostracism, the Golden Globes go into stealth mode to save their influence
Shunned for its lack of diversity and transparency, the ceremony, anteroom of the Oscars, takes place on Sunday without a star or a camera. Belfast and The Power Of The Dog are at the top of his nominations. An award ceremony in humility and practically destitution to continue to exist and get out of purgatory. […]
The Power of the Dog and Belfast top Golden Globe nominations in disgrace
In the ban of Hollywood, the organization plays its reputation of maker of kings on the road to the Oscars. His choices confirm in any case the esteem given to the western of Jane Campion and the childhood memories of Kenneth Branagh. Will the lucky ones named uncork the champagne or, on the contrary, will […]