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.

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 ...

Grief is a complex emotion, and the visceral nature of it all can make you feel monstrous. The Thing With Feathers is adapted ...

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Another title for “The Thing With Feathers,” which premiered Saturday night at the Sundance Film Festival, could be “The Giant Talking Crow.” ...

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 ...

Although this premise might sound familiar, it isn’t “The Babadook” but “The Thing With Feathers,” adapted from a novella by Max Porter and starring Benedict Cumberbatch. Cumberbatch ...

The Thing With Feathers may be based on a book ... His grief manifests as a gigantic crow that stalks through his home, serving as both a frightening specter and protector. As Crow takes on ...

“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 ...

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 ...

A happy family home should not be lit like a Vermeer ... this brutal sparring between Dad and Crow is pretty much the core of The Thing with Feathers, a yin-and-yang thing that Southern ...