2024 · drama · history · thriller
Firebrand
Directed by Karim Aïnouz2h 0m2024
Katherine Parr, the sixth wife of King Henry VIII, is named regent while the tyrant battles abroad. When the king returns, increasingly ill and paranoid, Katherine finds herself fighting for her own survival.
Our read: Firebrand (2024) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded drama · history · thriller entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Heavy, steady, measured drama / history, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- heavy
- intense
- twisty
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