Female Film Critics 24/375
Feminine energy and motherhood seep out of Cuckoo. It’s the driving themes of the story and anyone familiar with how select types of female cuckoo birds lay their eggs in the nest of other unsuspecting birds, will put the pieces of Singer’s jumbled puzzle together quickly. No matter if you see the climax coming from a mile away, the film remains one to watch thanks to Hunter Schafer.
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Luz is a sleepy, creepy slow burn that—like oh-so-many films about demonic possession—lives in the twilight zone of adolescent sexuality, a sleepy wasteland that breeds monsters of every shape and form. And like so many films whose origin lie in relationships between adolescent girls, Luz is rooted in the primordial horror of female sexuality that stops short of blaming female problems for all the troubles of the world.
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