THE TRANSFIGURATION (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Eric Ruffin (Nature Calls), Chloe Levine (King Jack), Danny Flaherty (Hits), Anna Friedman (The Legend of Lucy Keyes), Larry Fessenden (You’re Next), Lloyd Kaufman (Rocky), James Lorinz (Last Exit to Brooklyn), Aaron Moten (Ricki and the Flash), Carter Redwood (Not Cool)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Michael O’Shea (film debut), director, writer; Susan Leber (Toe to Toe), producer; Margaret Chardiet (film debut), composer; Sung Rae Cho (Knockaround Kids), cinematographer; Kathryn J. Schubert (Experimenter), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Milo (Ruffin) is a troubled teen with a serious fascination with vampire lore, and whose fantasies begin to blend into reality once he forms a bond with the equally alienated Sophie (Levine)…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

The Transfiguration is a captivating coming-of-age drama but with a blood-sucking twist to it, highlighting debut writer-director Michael O’Shea as a possible name to look out for in the future.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 21ST APRIL 2017

Search from over ten years of movies here:

Other recent reviews:

The Substance (2024, dir. Coralie Fargeat)

An aging celebrity is introduced to a mysterious youth-revitalising procedure…

The Life of Chuck (2024, dir. Mike Flanagan) – Toronto International Film Festival

A trio of chapters in the life of ordinary accountant Charles Krantz…

The Wild Robot (2024, dir. Chris Sanders) – Toronto International Film Festival

A robot learns to live in nature after it crash-lands on a remote island…

The Order (2024, dir. Justin Kurzel) – Toronto International Film Festival

In the early 1980s, an FBI agent pursues a dissident group of white supremacists…

The Assessment (2024, dir. Fleur Fortuné) – Toronto International Film Festival

In a future where reproduction is strictly limited, a mysterious assessor tests a couple on their potential parenting skills…

Saturday Night (2024, dir. Jason Reitman) – Toronto International Film Festival

The behind-the-scenes chaos before the first-ever Saturday Night Live…

Piece by Piece (2024, dir. Morgan Neville) – Toronto International Film Festival

The story of musician Pharrell Williams – as told through LEGO pieces…

Subservience (2024, dir. S.K. Dale)

A lifelike AI android becomes too attached to its human owners…

Babygirl (2024, dir. Halina Reijn) – Toronto International Film Festival

A CEO has a sexual reawakening with her younger intern…

The Piano Lesson (2024, dir. Malcolm Washington) – Toronto International Film Festival

A family faces its legacy when deciding what to do with a historic heirloom…

Optimized by Optimole