This will no doubt be the first of many amazing roles,' says director Steve McQueen of the actor making his film debut in the ...

Elliott Heffernan makes a stunning debut as the son of a factory worker played by Saoirse Ronan in director Steve McQueen’s ...

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 ...

A title card for Steve McQueen’s harrowing and viscerally impactful historical war drama “Blitz” tells us that during the ...

Propelled by moments of wonderment, humor and joy, the movie stars Saoirse Ronan as a London factory worker trying to protect ...

In Steve McQueen’s moving World War II drama “Blitz,” Saoirse Ronan puts an entire life into a song. -- Moira Macdonald, ...

Saoirse Ronan and newcomer Elliott Heffernan dominate the film as a mother and son separated by war who must find their way back to each other as London is bomb ...

Seeing war through a child’s eyes is sobering. It helps us reconnect to a situation that’s ongoing and unfortunately very ...

“Blitz”: Award-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen goes old school, in a way, with his breathtakingly filmed World War II ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Steve McQueen, right, writer/director of “Blitz,” poses with cast ...

But the film beautifully uses song — it’s practically a musical — to show character, and to convey how music can take us to a ...