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 ...

It’s worth mourning the films we’ll never get to see: the unfunded epics, the unmarketable art films, perhaps even the unengaging streaming product. Filmmaker Charlie Shackleton faced that grief when ...

It’s a rhetorical question, but also one that Panahi already seems to be in the process of answering by the time that he asks it. Or maybe it would be more accurate to say that it’s a question he ...

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 ...