You're listening to the Next Best Picture podcast and this is our review of Blitz.

What is your name?

George.

So how the hell did you end up here?

My mom sent me away.

She did it to keep you safe. Your son did not arrive at his destination.

You're responsible for his safety.

Why can't you tell me? Where's my boy?

This is for all the parents whose children have been evacuated.

And for my boy, George.

All right, everybody, you would just listen to the trailer for Blitz.

The story is as follows.

In World War II, London, nine-year-old George is evacuated to the countryside by his mother, Rita,

to escape the bombings.

Defiant and determined to return to his family,

George embarks on a journey back home as Rita searches for him. The film is starring Sersher Ronan, Harris Dickinson,

Elliot Heffernan, Benjamin Clementine, Kathy Burke, Paul Weller, Stephen Graham, Aaron Kellerman,

and Lee Gill. It is written directed by Steve McQueen,

and here to join me today for this podcast review. I have Will Mavity.

Hello, hello. Josh Parham. Hello, hello. And Dan Bear. Keep calm and carry on.

So Blitz had its world premiere at the London Film Festival, then played as the closing

night film at the New York Film Festival shortly thereafter.

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