British filmmaker, artist, and critic Charlie Shackleton gets the chance to work out feelings about the Zodiac killer documentary he never got to make — as well as his own about the genre itself — ...

British director Charlie Shackleton was in Vallejo, California, where at least two of the murders committed by the Zodiac killer took place, when he discovered that a documentary that he planned to ...

Charlie Shackleton started working in documentaries in 2015, the same year the breakout success of "The Jinx" and "Making a Murderer" would change the nonfiction filmmaking landscape. "I came in at ...

Pretend you’re sitting down for a lovely evening at home, and you fire up the streamer of your choice. You’ve already seen The Jinx, and The Most Dangerous Animal of All, and Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey ...

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 ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. No mystery is solved in Charlie Shackleton’s essayistic doodad “Zodiac Killer Project,” but the true-crime genre ...

Exclusive: Shackleton recreates for audiences a documentary about the 1970s Bay Area serial killer he was ultimately not commissioned to make. British filmmaker, artist, and critic Charlie Shackleton ...

How a director’s dream true crime project accidentally became the most entertaining and insightful media criticism of 2025. Charlie Shackleton started working in documentaries in 2015, the same year ...