Movies about the relationship between a person and one of God’s creatures is becoming a virtual genre of its own. My Penguin Friend, Penguin Lessons, The Starling and Penguin Bloom are recent examples, the latter starring Naomi Watts who was also on hand in Telluride last year with another similar story, this time with a great dane in the sublime The Friend. This year, we have Claire Foy and the goshawk in H Is For Hawk , which world-premiered today at the Telluride Film Festival and has much to offer, not just for bird lovers but for those suffering sudden loss and learning how to deal with grief.

This one is a true story based on a 2014 memoir by Helen Macdonald (played in the film by Claire Foy), detailing her bonding with a goshawk after the sudden death of her bel

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