The new film Blitz, and how our remembrance of war is shaped by cinema
Film critics Rad Simonpillai, Jackson Weaver and Hanna Flint discuss the movie set during the Second World War
Director Steve McQueen, the Oscar-winning director behind 12 Years a Slave, has returned with a new movie set during the Second World War.
Titled Blitz, the Apple TV+ film follows a 9-year-old boy who is sent to safety in the English countryside during the Blitz — except, the boy never makes it there. Instead, his determination to return home leads him on a dangerous adventure, while his mother, played by Saoirse Ronan, searches for him.
Today on Commotion, film critics Rad Simonpillai, Jackson Weaver and Hanna Flint join host Elamin Abdelmahmoud to talk about Blitz, and how our remembrance of war is shaped by cinema.
You can listen to the full discussion from today's show on CBC Listen or on our podcast, Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud, available wherever you get your podcasts.
Panel produced by Jane van Koeverden.