Jun. 11—"Firebrand" is the first English-language film by Brazilian-Algerian director Karim Aïnouz, and he infuses this portrait of mid-1500s Tudor England figure Katherine Parr with an entrancing ...
Firebrand takes creative liberties with historical facts, focusing on Catherine Parr's story in the last days of Henry VIII's reign. The film is visually stunning, highlighted by period-accurate ...
Everyone knows Henry VIII had six wives — but as far as filmmakers are concerned, it’s wife No. 2, Anne Boleyn, who has always been the main attraction. Still, cinema and television’s obsession with ...
Tudor, or not Tudor. That is the question in “Firebrand,” a revisionist royal portrait of Henry VIII’s last wife, Katherine Parr (played here by Alicia Vikander), that features all the pageantry you’d ...
After “Too many years lost in history,” as they memorably sing in “Six: The Musical,” the wives of Henry VIII continue to receive their belated due, with the latest example being “Firebrand,” devoted ...
Most movies about England’s King Henry VIII like to focus on the mercurial monarch’s failed marriages. His six wives have been collectively described as divorced, died, beheaded, divorced, beheaded, ...
Firebrand (2023) Film Review from the 23rd Annual Tribeca Film Festival, a movie directed by Karim Aïnouz, written by Henrietta Ashworth, Jessica Ashworth and Elizabeth Fremantle and starring Alicia ...
Karim Aïnouz's slightly disappointing follow-up to "Invisible Life" is bolstered by a bellicose Jude Law performance as the murderous English king. There have been any number of films about Henry VIII ...
The worthy scouring of the past for hidden heroes, underrepresented figures and untapped dramatic potential has always kept historians and novelists dutifully occupied. One might think that England’s ...
Remember years ago when Alicia Vikander said she had plans to win an Oscar, which caused people to scoff at her for daring to believe she could win so early in her career? She was quickly proved right ...
Art-house darling Karim Aïnouz’s English-language debut seems disconnected from his previous work ('Invisible Life,' 'Futuro Beach'), bringing a contemporary agenda to its depiction of Katherine Parr.