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In ‘Blitz,’ Steve McQueen shows wartime London through a child’s eyes
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 far from his mind. Reminders of it are everywhere. But the spark of inspiration...
Movie Review: Steve McQueen's WWII drama 'Blitz' is more unconventional than it appears
“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 circumstance — slavery in “12 Years a Slave,” the 1960s-1980s London of...
Saoirse Ronan felt happy and settled. That's why she could play an alcoholic in 'The Outrun'
The thing about birthing a lamb on camera is you only get one take. Saoirse Ronan had been getting up at dawn to observe local farmers in Orkney in action, soaking in as much as she could. But soon it was her turn. Not only would she have a life in her hands: She had to look like...
Movie Review: A transcendent Saoirse Ronan illuminates true-life addiction drama ‘The Outrun’
At some point during “The Outrun,” it occurred to me that watching Saoirse Ronan act is a bit like looking into a magnifying glass: Everything somehow feels a bit clearer, sharper, more precise. This singular actor gives one of her finest performances in a two-hour study of...
The 33 most anticipated movies of the fall
The seasonal differences of the movie calendar have eroded a little bit with time. Neither of the last two Oscar juggernauts — “Oppenheimer,” “Everything Everywhere All at Once” — opened in the fall, the traditional launching pad of Academy Awards hopefuls. And just the...
