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Napoleon director Ridley Scott is calling on us historians to ‘get a life’ – and he has a point. Art is about more than historical facts

The release of Napoleon unleashed a torrent of objections to historical errors in the movie.

The Conversation

Napoleon’s Surrendered Warship Gangway Auctioned For $75,741

Historic timber from HMS Bellerophon, where Napoleon surrendered, to be sold at auction.

Zenger

Ridley Scott Only Needed 61 Days To Shoot Napoleon, Explains To CinemaBlend Why Gladiator 2 Will Require Even Less Time

Legendary director Ridley Scott discusses how his filming methods allow him to shoot major films like Napoleon and Gladiator 2 in less than three months.

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In Ridley Scott's Napoleon, Political Ambition Is Both Pathetic and Horrific

The new film is an anti-epic about the petty awfulness of history's great men.

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Vanessa Kirby opens up about nerves co-starring with Joaquin Phoenix in Napoleon

Kirby plays Empress Joséphine de Beauharnais in Ridley Scott’s ‘Napoleon’

The Independent UK

Experts Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop Taking Shots At Ridley Scott's Napoleon, But Not Everything Is Historically Inaccurate

Experts are still taking shots at the historical inaccuracies of Ridley Scott’s Napoleon, but not everything is untrue.

Cinemablend

Ridley Scott's Napoleon epic divides and conquers cinema fans

Breathing life into the story of French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte was never going to be easy, especially for an Englishman. Director Ridley Scott’s version incorporates masterful battles scenes with a tortured love story between Napoleon and Josephine. After its worldwide release on Wednesday, it seems the war of the film…

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Critics of Napoleon epic have fallen for emperor’s fibs, says film’s military expert

The ex-para who advised Ridley Scott on the new movie’s battle scenes claims historians who attacked it have fallen for Bonaparte’s own hype

The Guardian - UK

‘Rizz-first’ Tinder painfully desperate to woo young people back to dating apps

The leading dating app’s response to news that online dating is declining is a redesign wrapped in cringeworthy corporate slang

The Guardian - US

Vanessa Kirby opens up about nerves acting opposite Joaquin Phoenix in Napoleon

Kirby plays Empress Joséphine de Beauharnais in Ridley Scott’s ‘Napoleon’

The Independent UK

Heroic, short, callous, crumpled, Christlike: how artists portrayed Napoleon before Ridley Scott

From a battlefield avenger to a nude colossus, the Corsican conqueror was a rich subject for artists across Europe. But did Turner, who painted him as a fallen emperor, finally capture the truth?

The Guardian - UK

Moderniser, warmonger, despot: Napoléon’s complicated legacy

The historical French leader has captivated imaginations around the globe for centuries as the subject of books, films, songs and poems. As a new biopic directed by Ridley Scott is set to further embellish Napoléon Bonaparte's legend, the reality of his legacy is more complicated.

France 24

Napoleon: the film's fashion tells a story of its own, from cropped hair to ribbon chokers

In his epic historical drama, Ridley Scott depicts Napoleon Bonaparte’s career not only through a military lens but a romantic one, suggesting that Napoleon’s global conquests were driven by a desire to conquer his wife Josephine’s heart.

The Conversation

When is Napoleon coming to streaming?

The film is coming to Apple TV Plus

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How to watch Napoleon

Is Napoleon streaming or is it just playing in movie theaters? Here's what you need to know on how to watch Napoleon right now.

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Director slams French "Napoleon" critics

“The audience that I showed it to in Paris, they loved it," Scott told the BBC

Zenger

“Napoleon” To Stream On AppleTV+

The film reveals the dark past and motives of the French revolutionary.

Inverse

'Napoleon' Review: Ridley Scott Reimagines a Tyrant in an Explosively Funny War Epic

Ridley Scott depicts a despot's ambition while taking surprising creative detours. Read Inverse's review of 'Napoleon.'

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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

The Guardian - AU

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Evening Standard

Ridley Scott: 'Movies past three hours... you’ve got to consider the bum ache factor!'

Ahead of his 86th birthday, the legendary director talks venturing into the wine trade, the threat of AI and ‘going downhill at 90mph’ with Joaquin Phoenix for Napoleon

Radio France Internationale

Napoleon's hat sells for record sum at French auction

A hat belonging to Napoleon Bonaparte when he was French emperor sold for a record of nearly two million euros at a French auction on Sunday, the auction house said.

The Guardian - UK

Hat worn by Napoleon fetches record €1.9m at Paris auction

Black bicorne hat is one of 20 remaining that once belonged to French emperor, who famously wore them sideways

France 24

Signature Napoleon bicorne hat could fetch upwards of €600,000 at auction

One of Napoleon Bonaparte's signature hats goes up for auction on Sunday alongside other personal items in Fontainebleau, outside Paris, and is expected to fetch more than half a million euros.

Chicago Sun-Times

One of Napoleon’s signature bicorne hats expected to fetch $650,000 at France auction

Other history-laden items in the sale of industrialist Jean-Louis Noisiez’s collection of Napoleonic memorabilia include a silver plate looted from Napoleon’s carriage after his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.

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