‘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 ...
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.
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‘Blitz’ Makes Little Impact
“Blitz” is a harrowing feat of explosive filmmaking and shell-shocking sequences. However, the scenes that fill the gaps ...
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 ...
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 ...
Saoirse Ronan shines in Steve McQueen’s ‘Blitz’ - lavish wartime family drama reviewed
OSCAR-winning writer/director Steve McQueen recreates Second World War-era London for a compelling family-friendly story ...
In ‘Blitz,’ Steve McQueen shows wartime London through a child’s eyes
“Blitz” also introduces audiences to people they’ve likely not heard of: Mickey Davies (played by Leigh Gill), a man known as ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Hans Zimmer’s “Horrendous” Dissonant Score For ‘Blitz’ Helped Him Understand His Mother’s WWII Experience – Sound & Screen Film
Blitz' composer Hans Zimmer explained how his "horrendous" dissonant score for the film’ helped him understand his mother’s ...