A True-Crime Flop Becomes a Documentary Masterpiece

‘Zodiac Killer Project’: A True-Crime Flop Becomes a Documentary Masterpiece
Watch enough true-crime documentaries and patterns begin to emerge—a situation that speaks to the genre’s embrace of a cookie-cutter formula defined by a host of recurring narrative and formal tropes.
True Crime Is Killing Documentary Filmmaking. Now There’s a True-Crime Documentary About That.
All Charlie Shackleton had to do was give the Sundance Film Festival a 90-second video introducing himself and his documentary Zodiac Killer Project, which premiered at the festival on Monday. Instead,
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Zodiac Killer Project' Review: A Self-Absorbed True Crime Therapy Session | Sundance 2025| Sundance 2025
Charlie Shackleton's pseudo-documentary about not being able to make a film on the Zodiac Killer is true crime exploitation at its most jarring.
A New Zodiac Killer Documentary Challenges Everything We Think We Know About True Crime
Director Charlie Shackleton's meta project about the notorious serial killer challenges, with wry humor, our entire approach to true crime.
The Zodiac Killer Project Reveals the Tricks and Tropes of True Crime
The Zodiac Killer Project by Charlie Shackleton masterfully exposes the tricks and tropes of true crime. It just debuted at Sundance.
‘Zodiac Killer Project’ sets up a true-crime documentary
Charlie Shackleton's "Zodiac Killer Project," one of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival's Next selections, examines the true-crime genre from a filmmaker's perspective.
5 Indian Crime Documentaries on Netflix That Will Keep You Up All Night
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BBC to investigate the crimes of one of Britain’s most prolific female cyberstalkers in new true crime series
BBC Three and BBC Scotland have commissioned a major three-part true crime series that will explore the shocking case of a ...
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Major Netflix True Crime Show Returns With New Season: ‘I Am A Killer’ Hits Top 10 Ranking
America’s obsession with true crime is continuing with Netflix’s I Am A Killer, which has cracked the Top 10. The series, ...
BBC announces true crime series based on 'stranger-than-fiction' catfishing case
The BBC is gearing up to release a brand new crime series which focuses on the harsh reality of catfishing and cyberstalking ...
Big boost to Freeview successor as it adds 8 new channels – check your TV now for more documentaries and true crime
A FREEVIEW successor is set to impress as it adds eight new channels – check your TV now for more documentaries and true ...
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A Love Triangle Turned Crime Scene: ‘Dial M for Murder’
Podcasts and true crime documentaries are so in. But what about the theatre? No one puts on a better mystery murder than a ...
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