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

Letters: Bonaparte was in fact six years younger than his wife, but Hollywood has obeyed sexist norms in the casting of the Ridley Scott movie, says Yvonne Price

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…

With Ridley Scott’s epic about to hit screens, there has been renewed discussion about the military leader’s legacy – and film fans can’t wait