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 ...
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‘Blitz’ stars Saoirse Ronan as wartime Londoner searching for her son
Blitz” is writer-director Steve McQueen’s wartime survival drama, consistently tense and persistently string-pulling. It ...
‘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 ...
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.
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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 ...
The nightmarish war film ‘Blitz’ aims high. But here’s why it falls short
Writer-director Steve McQueen's ambitious Second World War drama explores racism and resilience in Nazi-bombed 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 ...
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 ...
In ‘Blitz,’ Steve McQueen re-creates England’s darkest days
Steve McQueen’s “Blitz” is a triumph of production design; unfortunately, what it triumphs over is story.