I think we know more about the Tudors than we do about the Blitz era,” notes Steve McQueen in the latest episode of Esquire’s Freeze Frame series. It’s that collective historical shortcoming which makes the Oscar-winning director’s latest film – Blitz starring Saoirse Ronan and newcomer Elliott Heffernan as a mother and son – so moving and surprising.

The former Turner Prize-winning artist’s latest work is racial history masquerading as a chocolate-box depiction of the second world war, writes Juliet Jacques.

If you want to watch a new, big-budget movie this weekend but don’t feel like going to the movie theaters for Wicked or Gladiator 2, then Apple TV+ has got you covered with the streaming release of Steve McQueen’s new WWII movie,

Steve McQueen The director of Blitz talks us through the choices he made to create his dreamlike love letter to wartime London 1 — Don’t look back None of my films have been similar to any other film,

Get to know the actual people and events that inspired Steve McQueen's new film "Blitz," now streaming on Apple TV+.

Director Steve McQueen’s war drama about a defiant boy’s journey home was released in theaters on Nov. 1. Now, you can watch “Blitz” from home for free with a trial on Apple TV.

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