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 point 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 — though ...

In the 2007 film “Zodiac,” Jake Gyllenhaal, as political cartoonist-turned crusading sleuth Robert Graysmith, lays out the chain of facts and coincidences that lead him to believe he’s discovered the ...

"It feels like a puzzle right on the verge of being solved..." Music Box Films has revealed an official trailer for a documentary film titled Zodiac Killer Project, which premiered at the 2025 ...

I’ve never been a huge fan of true crime. Before I understood what media literacy meant—before I understood that media broadly yields meaning, not all of it reasonable—my reluctance to dive into the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A still from Charlie Shackleton's "Zodiac Killer Project," which opnes at the Roxie Theater in San Francisco on Friday, Nov. 28.

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 and ...

If you’ve ever sat through midnight-marathon streaming sessions of true-crime documentaries, you know the thrill — and the chill — that comes with unresolved cold cases. The new film “Zodiac Killer ...

That need to look, and to fail at looking, cuts to the uncertainty of life as adults with bills and health issues and fears ...