“I didn't know if he existed and then I discovered Elliott.” Courtesy APPLE TV+ McQueen knew that Heffernan, a fellow ...

Elliott Heffernan makes a stunning debut as the son of a factory worker played by Saoirse Ronan in director Steve McQueen’s ...

Oscar-winning British screenwriter, producer and director Steve McQueen for “12 Years a Slave” (2013) has come up with a startling depiction of war-ravaged London during the blitzkrieg of 1940-41 as a ...

Saoirse Ronan and newcomer Elliott Heffernan dominate the film as a mother and son separated by war who must find their way back to each other as London is bomb ...

A title card for Steve McQueen’s harrowing and viscerally impactful historical war drama “Blitz” tells us that during the ...

For his film debut in "Blitz," Elliott Heffernan had a tall order. He had to perform in perilous scenes that found his ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Steve McQueen, right, writer/director of “Blitz,” poses with cast ...

In the film, Ronan plays Rita, mother to George, played by 11-year-old Elliott Heffernan. Rita and George live with her ...

The narrative centers on working-class single mother Rita (Saoirse Ronan) and her 9-year-old son George (Elliott Heffernan), who get separated in their besieged city. The story is told from their ...

Ultimately, that there is a war on in “Blitz” may not be its defining feature. The London under siege in McQueen’s film is as ...

We meet 9-year-old George, played by Elliott Heffernan, in a cocoon of relative safety. He and his mother Rita, a munitions ...

But the film beautifully uses song — it’s practically a musical — to show character, and to convey how music can take us to a ...