The Frogs have been getting uppity over Joaquin Phoenix’s depiction of Napoleon, in Ridley Scott’s new blockbuster. Their historians point out the real Boney didn’t participate in cavalry charges, ...

France has a lot of historic sites associated with Napoleon Bonaparte (as do other parts of the world), but a single myth has persisted throughout history about the former French emperor: He was short ...

Defending his Napoleon from grumbles caused by early rumors of historical inaccuracy, director Ridley Scott snapped that “when I have issues with historians, I ask: ‘Excuse me, mate, were you there?

Ultimately what we learn in Napoleon says far more about the director than it does about Napoleon. Ridley Scott could not have picked a more exciting period in modern history to make a movie about.

Ridley Scott’s biopic ‘Napoleon’ topped the global box office over the Thanksgiving weekend. But some moviegoing history lovers are trashing it for playing fast and loose with the facts.

New facts about the role played by Napoleon in the emancipation of European Jewry at the beginning of the nineteenth century are revealed in an article in the current issue of The American Hebrew. The ...

WATERLOO, Belgium (Reuters) - Kings and commoners gather at Waterloo this week to mark the battle's bicentenary in a show of European unity not seen for a major anniversary at the site since history ...

Ross Bonaime is the Senior Film Editor at Collider. He is a Virginia-based critic, writer, and editor who has written about all forms of entertainment for Paste Magazine, Brightest Young Things, ...