Premiering at Sundance, director Charlie Shackleton salvages an unproduced project with a humbled, humorous video essay that's only limited by the tropes it's lampooning. It’s worth mourning the ...

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

Thursday through next Sunday, the 2025 edition of the True/False Film Fest will mount a benevolent takeover of downtown ...

Sundance: Some artists are too interesting to sell out, as British filmmaker Charlie Shackleton discovered for himself when his formulaic Zodiac killer doc went off the rails. It’s a rhetorical ...

The documentary "Zodiac Killer Project" is a must-watch for true crime fans as it serves as a wake-up call for the entire genre.

“Zodiac Killer Project” was intended to be a true crime documentary by Charlie Shackleton that adapted Lafferty’s novel. Shackleton was deep in pre-production when, suddenly and without ...

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 ...

Filmmaker Charlie Shackleton is not alone in his fascination for the unidentified serial killer known as the Zodiac, who operated in San Francisco in 1968 and 1969. There have been far too many ...