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

British critic and filmmaker Charlie Shackleton ('Beyond Clueless') reopens the infamous case of the murderer who terrorized ...

Zodiac Killer Project' dissects true crime’s tropes, ethics, and obsession with closure, exposing the genre’s contradictions with sharp insight.

The Zodiac Killer Project by Charlie Shackleton masterfully exposes the tricks and tropes of true crime. It just debuted at ...

Shackleton narrates, with a charming British accent and a wry sense ... But he says he struggles to think of a recent true crime documentary he thinks gets a clean bill of ethical health.

It’s worth mourning the films we’ll never get to see: the unfunded epics, the unmarketable art films, perhaps even the ...

BBC Three and BBC Scotland have commissioned a major three-part true crime series that will explore the shocking case of a ...

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.

Starring Siobhan Finneran, Protection puts the spotlight on witness protection officers - and the lengths they’ll go to.

Looking ahead, A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story seems poised to be another notable exception, with its central murder being ...

True crime shows based on real events provide insights into notorious cases, with some of the best including series like Narcos and When They See Us.