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.

Also starring, Harris Dickinson, Benjamin Clementine, Kathy Burke, Paul Weller, and Stephen Graham, Blitz is a fictional movie that is built atop of a lot of real-life historical context. Read on to learn more about the Blitz true story, and the history of the real London Blitz.

The director illuminates his new World War II epic, focused on a boy’s fight to get back home amid the rubble of war-torn London.

Blitz’ is a historical war drama film by Steve McQueen that presents a unique take on a horrific part of the United Kingdom’s history. While the titular bombing campaign, which reigned terror on Britain for nine grueling months across 1940 and 1941,

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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