Fast facts about Blitz What: A nine-year-old boy struggles to find his way home as London is hit by German air strikes during World War II. It might be one of the most dramatised periods in 20th century history, but for Oscar-winning British filmmaker Steve McQueen, there are stories that remain untold amid the chaos and rubble of World War …
For British director Steve McQueen, the past isn’t worth dramatizing unless it can illuminate the present, so when he makes films steeped in history — whether it’s “12 Years a Slave” or his World War II epic “Blitz” — he’s asking audiences to judge where we are now in relation to what’s happened before. While conducting research for “Small Axe,” …
“I’m not going to go down the easy path,” says director Steve McQueen. “We could have that,” the filmmaker says, sitting in a quiet room in London’s Soho Hotel during a long day of press ahead of BFI London Film Festival. But I know it’s interesting when you’re working in a way which is confrontational.” “War is bad enough, but …
Apple Original Films has released the first trailer for Blitz, an intense WWII drama directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen. The film stars four-time Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan alongside newcomer Elliott Heffernan and is set to hit select theaters on November 1, before premiering globally on Apple TV+ on November 22. Hans Zimmer’s haunting score, already garnering Oscar buzz, heightens …
