With the New York City-set "Shame" (2011) and "12 Years a Slave" (2013), the latter winning the best picture Oscar for its brutal portrayal of American slavery, British director Steve McQueen ...

Steve McQueen is set to open the BFI London Film Festival on Wednesday night with a world premiere — and it’s not his first time doing so. But his new film “Blitz” is very different from crime ...

For Steve McQueen, Blitz started with a photograph. While researching for his Small Axe anthology, McQueen found a picture of a young Black boy evacuating London with a suitcase. “I just wanted to ...

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 bombed. Steve McQueen –– or Sir Steve ...

Saoirse Ronan found Paul Weller to be a “truly special person”. The 30-year-old actress stars opposite the ‘Changingman’ singer in ‘Blitz’, and though playing her dad was the former Jam frontman’s ...

After exploring the ramifications of the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam in his 4 1/2-hour 2023 documentary Occupied City, director-writer Steve McQueen returns to the era for his latest narrative ...

Elliott Heffernan makes a stunning debut as the son of a factory worker played by Saoirse Ronan in director Steve McQueen’s harrowing film “Blitz” reminded me of the movies made during World War II ...

The director also discusses writing his first original song for a film and the relief on discovering that Saoirse Ronan could 'sing like a bird' “Blitz” is set in WWII London as it came under ...