‘Zodiac Killer Project’ Review: A Frustrated Filmmaker Takes Aim at the Industry’s True-Crime Addiction Reviewed online, Jan. 26, 2025. In Sundance Film Festival (NEXT).

The idea behind Zodiac Killer Project is this: a director tries to make a documentary about the infamous serial killer based on the book The Zodiac Killer Cover-Up: The Silenced Badge written by ...

“Zodiac Killer Project” sees Shackleton recounting the narrative beats he’d planned for the film, speaking in a wandering, reflective cadence over long shots of Bay Area exteriors.

‘Zodiac Killer Project’ Review: Netflix True Crime Found Dead in a Ditch. Report From Sundance Sundance 2025: Charlie Shackleton’s clever documentary is a wake-up call for the true crime genre.

‘Zodiac Killer Project’ Review: A Clever Deconstruction of True Crime Docs That Both Satirizes and Deepens the Genre. British critic and filmmaker Charlie Shackleton ('Beyond Clueless ...

Zodiac Killer Project opens on an empty parking lot, with Shackleton explaining in voiceover that his movie would have begun here, with a dramatic recreation of Shackleton’s first encounter with ...

Shackleton’s project was going to be about the Zodiac Killer.Or rather, about one traffic cop’s dogged pursuit of a man he believed was the Zodiac Killer. That cop, Lyndon E. Lafferty, wrote The ...

“Zodiac Killer Project” is undoubtedly original in its presentation and concept, with a few standout scenes that benefit from the substance of Lafferty’s novel.

Zodiac Killer Project, which will also be available on Sundance’s virtual platform beginning Thursday, playfully and provocatively reinvents the true-crime genre.Although it’s inspired by ...

Music Box said: “We were stunned by the wit and creativity of ‘Zodiac Killer Project’ when we caught it at its Sundance premiere. It’s a film for everyone – people who want true crime ...

Filmmaker Charlie Shackleton faced that grief when his thoroughly researched project, a documentary on the Zodiac killer case, got the plug pulled after years in development. But the director’s ...