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A mother and son are separated by the London 'Blitz' in this quietly radical film toggle caption Apple TV+ From Empire of the Sun to Au Revoir les Enfants, there’s been no shortage of films that show us World War II through the eyes of a child. At times, Blitz plays like a prequel to McQueen’s 2020 anthology series Small …

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 …

Chad McQueen, an actor known for his performances in the Karate Kid films and the son of the late actor and race car driver Steve McQueen, has died. His wife Jeanie and his children Chase and Madison shared a statement on Instagram Thursday afternoon from McQueen’s verified account, announcing the news of his death with “a heavy heart.” “His remarkable …

With two essential films, Cannes finds haunting new prisms on the Holocaust

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Seven years ago—when #OscarsSoWhite was a hot topic and Obama was still president—Slate published the Black Film Canon, a list of 50 of the best and most culturally significant films by Black directors. “Dash insisted on making a migration film that would rely on the vibrancy of images, the richness of Gullah cultural rituals and its African rooted ancestral signification, …

Steve McQueen’s “Small Axe,” an anthology of five films centered on the lives of Black people in Britain, won best picture from the Los Angeles Film Critics Assn. GLENN WHIPP: Going into our vote, Justin, I had no idea how we were going to handle Steve McQueen’s “Small Axe” film anthology. With something as magnificent as “Small Axe,” labeling these …

Steve McQueen announces Small Axe, an anthology of five films on racism and resistance

All of Steve McQueen’s films in his Small Axe anthology will play on the BBC and Amazon in November In a movie year mostly lacking big, ambitious releases, Steve McQueen’s Small Axe anthology is an unqualified main event. “You look back to look forward, and also to judge how far we’ve come.” The scope of McQueen’s achievement has been gradually …

With “Lovers Rock,” the wonderful opening-night movie at this year’s dramatically overhauled New York Film Festival, the director Steve McQueen sets aside the spectacles of cruelty that have so often transfixed him and embraces a vision of bliss. “Lovers Rock” is the first of five films to be unveiled in McQueen’s “Small Axe” anthology, which he directed and co-wrote for …

Oscar winner Steve McQueen to premiere three original films at New York Film Festival 2020

Three original films by Oscar-winner Steve McQueen will debut at the New York Film Festival this year, organizers said Monday. “It’s an incredible honor and also very humbling to show three of my films at the New York Film Festival,” McQueen said in a statement. “It’s especially meaningful for me at this particular time to share these stories as a …

The Cannes Film Festival was canceled. But now we know the films that would have screened