The lone investigator, hunting for evidence. Images of falling files. Opening credits with mournful country music playing ...

None of us talk about the inherent predatory nature of true crime documentaries. They pick over the bones of cold cases and unspeakable crimes, retraumatize survivors, dramatize crimes to the ...

Director Charlie Shackleton thought he could have his cake and eat it too. For years Shackleton had been considering the idea of making a documentary centered on the Zodiac Killer. The mysterious ...

Shackleton narrates how he would have recreated the first time Lyndon Lafferty, author of “The Zodiac Killer Cover-Up: The Silenced Badge,” met George Russel Tucker. In Shackleton’s envisioned version ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. "Zodiac Killer Project," a new movie from director Charlie Shackleton that debuted at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, is one of the most ...

Director Charlie Shackleton had intended to follow the same non-fiction route pioneered by his many filmmaking ancestors, but when his movie fell apart, his sole chance to salvage his endeavor was ...

British director Charlie Shackleton originally aimed to collect an easy paycheck with yet another Zodiac Killer docudrama, ...

The true crime documentary has become so ubiquitous in the age of streaming, it's likely to pop up on your algorithm even if you've never watched a single one. Turning the gruesome details of ...

"Zodiac Killer Project," the fascinating feature documentary from director Charlie Shackleton, is nothing like what it sounds. For one thing, it's not really about the infamous Zodiac Killer ...

Filmmaker Charlie Shackleton faced that grief when his thoroughly researched project, a documentary on the Zodiac killer case, got the plug pulled after years in development. But the director’s ...