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Notre Dame reopens in Paris 5 years after fire – its reconstruction preserves the past and illuminates France’s modern ambitions

Parisians navigating the narrow streets of the 4th arrondissement in recent days may have heard a familiar, yet nearly forgotten, sound. The bells of Notre Dame Cathedral have been ringing again after nearly five years, in preparation for the famed building’s long-awaited reopening.

The Conversation

‘I felt this film was my duty’: director Mati Diop on Dahomey, about the return of looted African treasures

The French-Senegalese film-maker on winning the top prize at Berlin for her otherworldly new work, cultural identity and her beef with Beyoncé

The Guardian - UK

Biopic woman: move over Napoleon, Ferrari and Oppenheimer … here come the wives

From Ridley Scott’s Napoleon to Michael Mann’s Ferrari, this has been a year of biopics about men, by men. But it’s the female powerhouses who deserve equal billing

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Ridley Scott talks Napoleon, historical accuracy, and working with Joaquin Phoenix

Exclusive: Total Film sits down with Ridley Scott to talk taking on Napoleon Bonaparte in his biggest and most challenging film yet

Total Film

Napoleon review – Ridley Scott’s sturdy epic only fully comes alive on the battlefield

The impressive combat sequences pull you right in, but both the director and Joaquin Phoenix as Bonaparte struggle to show us what drove the military mastermind

The Guardian - UK

Did Napoleon really fire at the pyramids? A historian explains the truth behind the legends of Ridley Scott's biopic

Directors of historical feature films face a difficult task. How can they make the characters familiar to an audience without reducing them to caricature? How can they make sure that knowledge of the outcome – battles won or lost, empires built then ruined – doesn’t make the story seem like…

The Conversation

Obsession, jealousies and Joséphine: has Ridley Scott’s new film captured the real Napoleon?

Love or loathe him, Bonaparte is central to French identity. Good luck to Hollywood in turning existential angst into an epic, says Andrew Hussey

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Tired of Boppenheimer? Here are this year’s other major film releases to get excited about

2023 is a great year for cinephiles

Evening Standard

3 YA fantasy novels for summer that bring out the monsters within

As we roll into the dog days of summer, these three YA novels move beyond being beastly — as their protagonists transform into the creatures that lie within.

WEKU

Napoleon: Release Date, Cast And Other Things We Know About The Joaquin Phoenix Historical Movie

Here is everything we know about Napoleon, including its release date, cast, story, and those epic battle sequences.

Cinemablend

Napoleon: trailer, release date, plot for Ridley Scott’s upcoming epic with Joaquin Phoenix

It’s not tonight, Joséphine, but there’s not long to wait now until Scott’s historical drama lands in cinemas

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