‘The Thing With Feathers' Review: A Go-for-Broke Benedict Cumberbatch Unravels in a Movie Stuck Awkwardly Between Horror and Psychodrama
Dylan Southern adapts the Max Porter novella, ‘Grief Is the Thing With Feathers,' about a widowed father and the menacing giant crow that attaches itself to his sorrow.
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From Sundance: ‘The Thing With Feathers’ Falls Prey to Its Overarching Metaphor
Story should always take precedence over metaphor, which is why films like “The Thing With Feathers” are almost always doomed ...
Benedict Cumberbatch on Wrestling with a Crow, Kids, and Grief While Being British in ‘The Thing with Feathers’
The Thing with Feathers' director Dylan Southern and star Benedict Cumberbatch talk about their Sundance premiere about a ...
'Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl' Directors Reveal the Secret History of Feathers McGraw
Feathers McGraw is, arguably, one of the most iconic screen villains of all time - and without speaking a single word. The ...
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‘The Thing With Feathers’ Review: Benedict Cumberbatch Fights His Dark Side In A Powerful Portrayal Of Grief – Sundance Film Festival
For all the artistry behind it, however, The Thing with Feathers will likely prove divisive; for survivors of trauma, it will likely be cathartic, but for others more fortunate, its pitch-perfect ...
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The Thing with Feathers Review
This review is based on a screening at the 2025 Sundnace Film Festival. A horror movie taking place in the shadow of its central metaphor, The Thing with Feathers adapts a poetic novella steeped ...
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‘The Thing With Feathers’ Sundance review: Benedict Cumberbatch talks to a giant crow in bizarre misfire
Running time: 104 minutes. Not yet rated. PARK CITY, Utah — Another title for “The Thing With Feathers,” which premiered Saturday night at the Sundance Film Festival, could be “The Giant ...
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How the Who inspired a key scene in Benedict Cumberbatch's new movie,
The Thing With Feathers may be based on a book, but it also takes inspiration from an unlikely source — the album cover of the Who's 1979 album, The Kids Are Alright. The film premiered at the ...
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Sundance 2025 Q&A: ‘The Thing with Feathers’ adapts Max Porter’s novella on grief to the big screen
“The Thing with Feathers” is exploring grief in its most shadowy stages. Screened at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, the thriller stars Academy Award nominee Benedict Cumberbatch as a father ...