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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 ...
The Thing with Feathers Review
Benedict Cumberbatch feels out of place in a horror movie that asks “What if grief were an annoying bird creature?” ...
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SUNDANCE: ‘The Thing With Feathers’ Is A Vital All-Ages Grief Tale
Benedict Cumberbatch's The Thing With Feathers is an all-ages horror story about grief that is vital for young audiences. The ...
‘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.
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 ...
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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 ...
‘The Thing With Feathers’ Sundance review: Benedict Cumberbatch talks to a giant crow in bizarre misfire
Another title for “The Thing With Feathers,” which premiered Saturday night at the Sundance Film Festival, could be “The Giant Talking Crow.” ...
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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 ...
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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
Benedict Cumberbatch gives it his all in The Thing with Feathers, but the horror movie lives up to neither his performance, nor its own heavy-handed metaphor of a bullying crow-creature ...