Blitz recreates photograph of a young Black boy evacuating Nazi-bombed London
British director Steve McQueen’s Blitz tells the story of a young Black boy evacuated to the countryside to escape the ...
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‘Blitz’ stars Saoirse Ronan as wartime Londoner searching for her son
Blitz” is writer-director Steve McQueen’s wartime survival drama, consistently tense and persistently string-pulling. It relays a story of London in 1940 under attack, with a protagonist that never ...
A mother and son are separated by the London 'Blitz' in this quietly radical film
In a film that has powerful moments of wonderment, humor and joy, Saoirse Ronan plays a London factory worker trying to ...
As bombs fall in ‘Blitz,’ a look at WWII history in London through new eyes
As a result, McQueen curdles the expected optimism with a realistic look at how Black people and African and Indian ...
Blitz and the truth about London's greatest wartime horror
Oscar-winner Steve McQueen's latest film offers a new perspective on life in the capital during the devastating 1940-41 Nazi ...
The History Behind Steve McQueen’s World War II Drama Blitz
The Blitz ended when the Germans turned their focus toward the Soviet Union. World War II ended in Europe with Nazi Germany’s ...
How ‘Blitz’ Recreates War-Torn London
Steve McQueen’s latest film, set in 1940 during Germany’s bombardment of the British capital, draws extensively from wartime photos, and much of it was shot outside London.
Review: WWII drama ‘Blitz’ more unconventional than it appears
Ultimately, that there is a war on in “Blitz” may not be its defining feature. The London under siege in McQueen’s film is as ...
‘Blitz’: Steve McQueen Turns the Harrowing German Aerial Assault on London Into a Social Realist Fable
Blitz' editor Sciberras tells IndieWire about London as a major character during the German bombing during World War II.
Steve McQueen looks at WWII through child’s eyes in ‘Blitz’
While those born years after the months-long 1940 Nazi bombing of London may have no clue about Hitler’s merciless ...
‘Blitz’ Built and Destroyed Practical Sets Instead of Relying on CGI: ‘We Wanted It to Feel Like a Bomb Had Exploded’
"Blitz" director Steve McQueen and production designer Adam Stockhausen built and destroyed practical sets instead of using ...
In 'Blitz,' a harrowing war drama, bombs aren't the only threat for a boy on his own
A title card for Steve McQueen’s harrowing and viscerally impactful historical war drama “Blitz” tells us that during the ...