London has lived through many devastating bombings in the 20th century, among them, the German Blitz of World War II, which remains an important symbolic part of the city's history and character.

Blitz follows the journey of a young English boy (Elliot Heffernan, in his feature film debut) who is evacuated from London during World War II, and opts to run away in an attempt to reunite with ...

For the British people, the Blitz was entirely distinct from the Battle of Britain. One had been a dramatic fight in the skies over southern England, the other was a restless series of bombing ...

The movie’s timeline switches between an opening scene ... the nearly satirical tone McQueen adopts. In the version of London “Blitz” portrays, racial conflicts are boiled down to phrases ...

McQueen has broadened the racial, cultural and humanistic array of London Blitz and wartime Britain ... amount of incidents into a very short timeline. This may be an untenable objection, for ...

The Blitz, Germany’s bombing campaign that ravaged London during World War II, was itself a logistical puzzle for both sides, given the staging of the bombings, the evacuations of more than a ...

The German air force’s bombing of London from Sept. 7, 1940, to May 11, 1941, left about 43,500 people dead and many more homeless. The attack campaign became known as "the Blitz." While the ...

“It was very important to see the makeup and disparity of London in the midst of the blitz, but also the aftermath where people are (cutting off) fingers to get jewelry,” McQueen adds.

And so, not long into his journey, George leaps from the train and heads back to London. Blitz follows him from one peril to the next. There are sweet moments of uplift, like when he rides the ...

But Blitz, the new film from British writer-director Steve McQueen, ends in just that way. Following a mother and son during the London Blitz — Nazi Germany's sustained and devastating bombing c ...