German filmmaker Tom Tykwer has a gift for fusing psychological complexity and crackling plot without forsaking the excitements of either. The success of Run Lola Run didn’t exactly turn Tykwer into a ...

Anti-war films may not be exactly in vogue these days, but “The Cuckoo” harks back to an earlier time: the Cold War era, when movie attacks on war in general were more common. Set in Lapland during ...

Raju Murugan’s Cuckoo is essentially a compilation of clichés. The initial repulsion that slips, gradually, into affection and attraction. The one-sided love. The love triangle. The insensitive ...