People cope with grief in all kinds of ways. If you’re Cumberbatch’s character in his new Sundance movie, that includes manifesting a massive crow. (Yes, a crow.)

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.'

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,