“I didn't know if he existed and then I discovered Elliott.” Courtesy APPLE TV+ McQueen knew that Heffernan, a fellow ...

"Blitz" is a gripping World War II epic directed by Steve McQueen, set during the German blitzkrieg on London. The story, centered on the human perspective, follows working-class single mother Rita ...

The World War II drama Blitz, from director Steve McQueen, features Ronan as a single mother in London who is separated from ...

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

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 ...

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

Oscar-winning British screenwriter, producer and director Steve McQueen for “12 Years a Slave” (2013) has come up with a startling depiction of war-ravaged London during the blitzkrieg of 1940-41 as a ...

In the film, Ronan plays Rita, mother to George, played by 11-year-old Elliott Heffernan. Rita and George live with her ...

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 ...

We meet 9-year-old George, played by Elliott Heffernan, in a cocoon of relative safety. He and his mother Rita, a munitions ...

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