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’: Steve McQueen Turns the Harrowing German Aerial Assault on London Into a Social Realist Fable
Editor Peter Sciberras tells IndieWire about London's epic and intimate role in this family drama that becomes a primal ...
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 ...
Review: ‘Blitz’ stars Saiorse Ronan as a 1940 wartime Londoner searching for her son
“Blitz” is writer-director Steve McQueen’s wartime survival drama, consistently tense and persistently string-pulling. It ...
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 ...
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 contemporary photos, and much of it was shot outside London.
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 ...
‘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 ...
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Steve McQueen’s WWII drama ‘Blitz’ is more unconventional than it appears
Blitz” — 3 stars “Blitz,” set in London during World War II, might technically be Steve McQueen’s first war movie. But ...
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Blitz Bombs the British Empire — Again
British filmmaker Steve McQueen’s latest demoralizing film, Blitz, takes on England’s World War II experience when Germany ...
Review: Steve McQueen's WWII drama 'Blitz' is more unconventional than it appears
Steve McQueen's “Blitz” feels stuck between a conventional war drama and something more adventurous and probing. It doesn’t ...