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 ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." As air raid sirens wailed and bombs fell nightly, Londoners of all ages faced the inescapable horrors of ...

“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 ...

It was a single photograph that started Oscar-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen on the journey to make “Blitz.” As a Londoner, the German bombing raids on the city during World War II are never all that ...

Blitz opens amid a terrifying conflagration on a nighttime city street. This is the blitzkrieg — the German bombing of London in 1940 in the early days of World War II. But as writer/director Steve ...

Over eight decades later and filmmakers are still finding innovative ways to unearth different perspectives of World War II. This time, Oscar winning director Steve McQueen tackles the harrowing ...

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 ...