If you're more of a visual learner, Firebrand is here to give you a bit of a history lesson about King Henry VIII and the complicated relationship with one of his six wives, Katherine Parr. We've got ...

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 ...

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 ...

In blood-soaked Tudor England, twice married, accomplished, and educated Katherine Parr (Vikander), reluctantly agrees to become the sixth wife of the tyrannical King Henry VIII (Law). Her consent to ...

Based on Elizabeth Fremantle’s 2013 novel Queen’s Gambit, Firebrand introduces Katherine during her period as regent, controlling the throne while Henry (Jude Law) is off fighting the French. She’s ...

Top-shelf actors and authentic Tudor table-setting fail to quicken this glumly unfocused take on the exploits of Henry VIII’s last wife, Katherine Parr. By Jeannette Catsoulis When you purchase a ...

For Alicia Vikander, playing Katherine Parr, the last of Henry VIII’s six wives in the opulent costume drama “Firebrand,” is about reclaiming women’s place in history. Adapted from “Queen’s Gambit,” a ...

“Firebrand” focuses on his sixth spouse as she tries to outlast the ailing king and his treacherous court. “I thought of it as a thriller,” the director says. By Roslyn Sulcas Midway through Karim ...

Set in 1546, “Firebrand” opens with a fairy-tale-like intro delivered by a teenage Princess Elizabeth (Junia Rees): “In a rotten, blood-soaked island kingdom, cursed by plague and riven by religious ...

It used to be thought that, when England’s uxorious Henry VIII made his sixth attempt at matrimonial bliss in 1543 and took on the twice-widowed (but childless) Katherine Parr, he had at last got ...

Brazilian filmmaker Karim Aïnouz (Mariners of the Mountains) admits that the Tudor England historical drama Firebrand isn't exactly in his typical wheelhouse. He tells Collider's Steve Weintraub that ...