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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

The life of Napoleon proves too large for Ridley Scott to capture — at least with any sort of historical nuance.

Critics are weighing in on Napoleon, the upcoming historical epic from Ridley Scott starring Joaquin Phoenix.

Napoleon may divide its audience when it comes to whether it’s a success waiting to happen or a failure that’s just waiting to be confirmed.

Napoleon review: "One of Ridley Scott's best in almost two decades"

Ridley Scott dispenses with the symbolic weight attached to previous biopics in favour of a spectacle with a great star at its centre

The obvious joke here isn't suitable for a family newspaper but Ridley Scott's stars make this sexy biopic sing

This is a two-and-a-half-hour spectacle that translates brutal history through Scott’s brawny, cannily modern style