At times, Blitz plays like a prequel to McQueen’s 2020 anthology series Small Axe, a vibrant portrait of the West Indian community of London where he grew up.It also has some overlap with ...

Blitz follows the journey of a young English boy (Elliot Heffernan, in his feature film debut) who is evacuated from London during World War II, and opts to run away in an attempt to reunite with ...

D irector Steve McQueen's Blitz is a historical fiction drama starring Saoirse Ronan Elliot Heffernan as Rita and her son George. The film follows George's evacuation from London amid the Nazi's ...

In a film that has powerful moments of wonderment, humor and joy, Saoirse Ronan plays a London factory worker trying to protect her young son as German bombs fall across the city.

Children preparing to evacuate London circa 1939, the year before the Blitz. Many wear a tag bearing their name and, sometimes, other personal details, similar to the tag George wears around his ...

The tunnels lie directly below London Underground’s Central Line in the city’s Holborn area. Work to dig them began in secret ...

That said, Blitz is based on a true story in the sense that “The Blitz” was a real thing that happened, when German forces ...

For all these stark and apocalyptic images, the London we see in Blitz also pulses with life. The use of music throughout is inspired, and I don’t just mean Hans Zimmer’s brooding score ...

In Blitz, Saoirse Ronan and Elliott Heffernan play a mother and son separated by war in 1940 London. From Empire of the Sun to Au Revoir les Enfants , there’s been no shortage of films that show ...