Benedict Cumberbatch was the toast of the town at Sundance during the Variety Cover Party presented by United Airlines. The actor, who graced the cover of Variety‘s 2025 Sundance issue, was honored at the event for his dramatic turn as a grieving father in “The Thing With the Feathers.

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

In Benedict Cumberbatch's new film, 'The Thing With Feathers,' a key tableau draws direct inspiration from the album cover for the Who's 'The Kids Are Alright.'

In "The Thing With Feathers," based on the 2015 novel "Grief is the Thing With Feathers" by Max Porter, grief is manifested by a giant, anthropomorphized crow, who alternately haunts and helps a family recover from the sudden loss of its wife and mother.

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,

Dylan O’Brien, Ayo Edebiri, Jennifer Lopez, Lily Gladstone, Benedict Cumberbatch & more stopped by the Sundance Deadline Film Festival Studio

Benedict Cumberbatch is happy to be a part of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, considering it’s his first time doing so.The star made his Sundance Film Festival debut in style, attending

Photos from the Sundance Film Festival 2025, the premieres of 'Atropia' & 'The Ballad of Wallis Island' on Day 3.

Cumberbatch talks about the Sundance film. While having a long two-hour discussion with Variety, Benedict Cumberbatch opened up about his new film The Thing with Feathers. He expl

As he premieres his new drama "The Thing with Features" at the Sundance Film Festival, Marvel star Benedict Cumberbatch explains why he loves making films of all sizes and budgets.

Grief is a winged beast that squawks and mocks the living in The Thing with Feathers, the story of a widower struggling to cope with the recent death of his beloved wife while being pestered by a giant talking crow.