In Blitz, Saoirse Ronan and Elliott Heffernan play a mother and son separated by war in 1940 London. (Apple TV+) ...

When Steve McQueen was casting “Blitz,” his World War II drama about the bombings over London, actress Saoirse Ronan expressed interest. But there was a hitch. The role of a mother in search of her ...

EXCLUSIVE: Saoirse Ronan, a four-time Oscar nominee, has been earning an entirely new set of props for her performance in Blitz, the latest feature from British filmmaker Steve McQueen. In the WWII ...

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 ...

Juanita,where were you sent when you were evacuated during the Blitz?When I was staying with my auntie, it was in Liverpool.And one night I was lying in bed and the bomb fell on the house next ...

From long-awaited sequels like “Gladiator II” to gritty historical dramas like “Blitz,” Variety’s FYC Fest: The Shortlist provides a lens into the artistic subtleties of filmmaking through dynamic ...