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

There's no doubt that McQueen's World War II epic is among the most well-crafted films of the year, boasting some genuinely ...

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Unlike that film, which took a familiar potboiler premise and gave it a distinctly political, feminist perspective, Blitz tells a story that — on paper, at least — feels positively Spielbergian. It ...