British filmmaker Steve McQueen’s latest demoralizing film, Blitz, takes on England’s World War II experience when Germany ...
Leading lady Saoirse, 30, who stars as Rita in the new movie, has 'pulled on viewers' heartstrings' in the gripping drama.
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 ...
The artist and filmmaker Steve McQueen has said he was inspired to write Blitz "after seeing a faded photograph of a black ...
“Blitz” is writer-director Steve McQueen’s wartime survival drama, consistently tense and persistently string-pulling. It ...
George, a 9-year-old biracial child in East London whose life with his mother, Rita (Saoirse Ronan), and grandfather is ...
"Blitz" director Steve McQueen and production designer Adam Stockhausen built and destroyed practical sets instead of using ...
Steve McQueen’s “Blitz” is a triumph of production design; unfortunately, what it triumphs over is story.
And that’s maybe “Blitz” in a nutshell: not a perfect movie, but a truly moving one. Taking place in London in September 1940, it focuses primarily on George, a biracial child who lives with his ...
As a result, McQueen curdles the expected optimism with a realistic look at how Black people and African and Indian ...
Ronan credits her parents and the filmmakers she worked with as a child for keeping acting fun. She stars as a woman ...
We update our picks throughout awards season, so keep checking IndieWire for all our 2025 Oscar predictions. As we enter the ...