The Thing With Feathers Sundance Review — Benedict Cumberbatch Shines in Overt but Effective Horror Allegory
Horror films aren’t exactly known for their subtlety, but The Thing With Feathers has no subtlety in sight. On paper, The Thing With Feathers does seem like
‘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.
‘The Thing With Feathers’ Review: Benedict Cumberbatch Fights His Dark Side In A Powerful Portrayal Of Grief – Sundance Film Festival
Played by Benedict Cumberbatch, he is an artist of sorts; some people call his work “comic books,” others call them “graphic novels,” a term he thinks is “wanky.” His output is alluded to in the film’s atmospheric credit sequence,
The Thing With Feathers Almost Wastes a Great Benedict Cumberbatch Performance
The actor is at his best, most alive and inventive here. But The Thing With Feathers doesn’t know what kind of movie to be.
‘The Thing With Feathers’ Review: A Gigantic Black Crow Helps Benedict Cumberbatch Endure His Grief [Sundance]
Benedict Cumberbatch is committed, but Dylan Southern's 'The Thing With Feathers' is simply burdened by wallowing in its characters' despair
How the Who inspired a key scene in Benedict Cumberbatch's new movie, “The Thing With Feathers”
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 2025 Sundance Film Festival on Saturday night,
‘The Thing with Feathers' Review: Benedict Cumberbatch Plays a Widowed Father in a Movie That's Overly Literal About Turning Grief into - Yes - an Oversize Crow
Crow never becomes a gripping character; he's too sternly abstract, too hectoring, too much of a visual effect in search of a personality.
How the Who inspired a key scene in Benedict Cumberbatch's new movie,
In Benedict Cumberbatch's new film, 'The Thing With Feathers,' a key tableau draws direct inspiration from the album cover ...
Benedict Cumberbatch says he was wrong about Doctor Strange not appearing in the next 'Avengers' movie: 'Don't ever believe anything I say'
Benedict Cumberbatch recently said he wouldn't be in the next "Avengers" movie as Doctor Strange. Now, he's backtracking...
Benedict Cumberbatch: Actors Are ‘Really F—ing Weird Creatures. We Want to Be in Extreme Situations Sometimes to Tell a Real Story’
Benedict Cumberbatch joined the Variety Studio presented by Audible at Sundance to discuss playing the extreme grief of his ...
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‘The Thing With Feathers’: Sundance Review
Hope is the thing with feathers’ is a poem by Emily Dickinson; ‘Grief Is The Thing With Feathers’ is a flighty, wonderful ...
Benedict Cumberbatch’s Newest Project Has Him at a Loss
Benedict Cumberbatch’s grief is the thing with feathers. The actor stars as a father who is mourning the death of his wife in Grief Is the Thing With Feathers, Dylan Southern’s upcoming film ...
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“Each Set of Rushes Presents a Unique Puzzle”: Editor George Cragg on The Thing with Feathers
In The Thing with Feathers, a widower and father of two suspects he is being stalked by a crow-like figure. The adaptation of ...
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Sundance 2025: If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, The Thing with Feathers, Rabbit Trap
The Premieres section is often where ticket buyers look for star power at the Sundance Film Festival, and the section ...