Vanessa Kirby plays Joséphine to Joaquin Phoenix's Napoleon Bonaparte in this latest historical epic from director Ridley Scott.

Joaquin Phoenix stars at Napoleon Bonaparte in Ridley Scott’s “Napoleon.” ©Sony Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection Typical Phoenix gives us his same creepy, whack-job performance from ...

For Napoleon’s coronation, Yates took cues from Jacques-Louis David’s famous 1807 painting about the event. “We copied it as verbatim as we could,” she says.

‘Napoleon’ is far from dynamite Ridley Scott’s ‘theatrical cut’ stars Joaquin Phoenix as the French emperor and Vanessa Kirby as a barely-there Josephine.

Joaquin Phoenix plays the legendary leader in Ridley Scott’s latest epic, which premieres in theaters November 22, and the latest trailer shows the scope of his reign.

Joaquin Phoenix plays the French soldier-emperor as a petulant oaf in the veteran director’s historical—if not particularly factual—epic.

From designing Napoleon's coronation to his historic battles, Janty Yates and David Crossman drew upon historical texts and paintings for inspiration.

Ridley Scott’s storied career has included directing great (“Gladiator”) and not-so-great (“Kingdom of Heaven,” “The Last Duel”) period epics. “Napoleon” lands somewhere in ...

Napoleon was many things, and with this dutiful career highlights reel, Phoenix and his director deliver glancing blows to as many aspects of the warrior-tyrant-genius-fool-lonely heart as ...

"Napoleon" star Joaquin Phoenix plays the French leader as puffed-up emperor and man-child husband, though Ridley Scott's epic lacks cohesion.

Joaquin Phoenix transforms into the legendary French Emperor in Ridley Scott’s latest epic ‘Napoleon.’ Watch the first trailer now.