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 ...

Zodiac Killer Project” — a new film that premiered at Sundance about the terrifying Bay Area murder spree of the late ’60s ...

Lafferty was a regular highway patrol agent until one day, a strange encounter in a parking lot led him to fanatically investigate a man named George Russell Tucker — a man he believed was the ...

Director Charlie Shackleton's meta project about the notorious serial killer challenges, with wry humor, our entire approach to true crime.

In his clever nonfiction exposé, Zodiac Killer Project, British critic-turned-filmmaker Charlie Shackleton gets at the heart of what makes these docs so successful on both a psychological and ...

The documentary "Zodiac Killer Project" is a must-watch for true crime fans as it serves as a wake-up call for the entire genre.

When the tropes become so well-worn that they begin to fold in on themselves? Zodiac Killer Project, the latest film from British director Charlie Shackleton, is less a documentary about a serial ...

The new documentary Zodiac Killer Project, which explores the infamous case of the Zodiac Killer, premiered on January 27, 2025, in Park City as part of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. It will ...

In fact, Shackleton's not-really documentary about the Zodiac Killer, Zodiac Killer Project, feels like it highlights the exact type of cold-bloodedness that is polluting the genre. Unable to make ...

Charlie Shackleton’s documentary Zodiac Killer Project has similar thoughts in its mind. However, as often as it pierces the veil of true crime culture, it regresses—perhaps intentionally ...

It’s also possible to read “Zodiac Killer Project” as a botched attempt at selling out, a career move that might have been easier said than done for the sort of filmmaker whose previous ...