As a result, McQueen curdles the expected optimism with a realistic look at how Black people and African and Indian ...
In a film that has powerful moments of wonderment, humor and joy, Saoirse Ronan plays a London factory worker trying to ...
Editor Peter Sciberras tells IndieWire about London's epic and intimate role in this family drama that becomes a primal ...
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 ...
Steve McQueen’s latest film, set in 1940 during Germany’s bombardment of the British capital, draws extensively from contemporary photos, and much of it was shot outside London.
“Blitz” also introduces audiences to people they’ve likely not heard of: Mickey Davies (played by Leigh Gill), a man known as ...
London Mayor and “renters champion”, Sadiq Khan, has said he wants to raise £187m come 2030 by building rental homes near ...
Oscar-winner Steve McQueen's latest film offers a new perspective on life in the capital during the devastating 1940-41 Nazi bombing campaign – dispelling myths and clichés. "I can assure you ...
“Blitz” also introduces audiences to people ... Ronan doesn’t live all that far from East London and is often reminded of the past in the banal every day. The bougie park where everyone ...
So declares US war correspondent Quentin Reynolds in the British propaganda short London Can Take It, released in November 1940 as the Nazi bombing campaign over the UK, known as the blitz ...