By Olivia B. Waxman November 1, 2024 8:00 AM EDT M ore than eight decades after the Blitz , when Nazi Germany bombed Britain for nine months straight between 1940 and 1941, Oscar winner Steve McQueen ’s film Blitz, in theaters Nov. 1 and on Apple TV+ on Nov. 22, aims to show viewers what it was like to live in the country during that tumultuous period. The film starts with a London factory worker and single mom Rita ( Saoirse Ronan ) making the difficult decision to send her son George (Elliott