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 ...

“Blitz,” set in London during World War II, might technically be Steve McQueen’s first war movie. But struggle and survival has long marked the filmmaker’s tough and tortured work. No matter the ...

“Blitz,” set in London during World War II, might technically be Steve McQueen ’s first war movie. But struggle and survival has long marked the filmmaker’s tough and tortured work. No matter the ...

A mother and her son are separated in wartime London in "Blitz," director Steve McQueen's searing drama about clinging onto hope in the midst of chaos. Saoirse Ronan is Rita, who has to part with her ...

The Nazis’ relentless aerial bombing of London during World War II tore up the city at the same time it brought its people together — physically, out of necessity, in shelters and retreats, but also ...

The filmmaker explains why his latest is "very different" from other films about the German bombing campaign in London. Steve McQueen's journey to Blitz began with a single image. Though the gripping ...

Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series highlighting the scripts behind the year’s buzziest awards-season films continues with Steve McQueen‘s Blitz, a searing period action drama that imagines one ...

One thing you could never accuse the English filmmaker Steve McQueen of is making the same movie over and over. Over the course of the past 16 years, his films have included a biopic about an Irish ...

NEW YORK – Saoirse Ronan had no desire to make another World War II drama. But that changed when the “Atonement” actress read “Blitz,” which eschews the battlefield for a slice-of-life tale about a ...

When it comes to directing, Steve McQueen has his own point of view. He’s been at the helm of 2011’s “Shame” — which was his breakthrough. By 2013, “12 Years a Slave” picked up the Oscar for Best ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In his films, Steve McQueen asks audiences to judge where we are now in relation to what's happened before — particularly with his ...

“Blitz,” set in London during World War II, might technically be Steve McQueen ‘s first war movie. But struggle and survival has long marked the filmmaker’s tough and tortured work. No matter the ...