ZODIAC: CHRONICLE - CANCER PT.1 (13/24)

July 16, 2021 Blake Howard

Welcome to Zodiac Chronicle. A 24 part investigation into David Fincher's 2007 genre-altering masterpiece Zodiac. It is adapted from Robert Graysmith's novel by screenwriter James Vanderbilt. The film, of course, stars an incredible ensemble cast led by Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr and Mark Ruffalo. I am your host, Blake Howard. Today's introduction was a film critic and host of the terrific Watch With Jen podcast, my friend Jen Johans.

Joining me to tirelessly work through fake confessions and misdirection to find a guy whose favourite book is THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME - Editor at large at Roger Ebert Dot Com, T.V. Critic at Vulture - Matt Zoller Seitz. Contributor for Film School Rejects and Stacker, Movies Intern at Paste - Brianna Zigler. Former film critic at the L.A. Weekly and Village Voice turned filmmaker - screenwriter of Black Christmas And the former host of the Switchblade Sisters podcast - April Wolfe. Film Critic on sabbatical with bylines at Roger Ebert Dot Com and the Metaplex, Brendan Hodges. Award-winning screenwriter and auteurist podcasting mastermind Lee Zachariah. Writer and film and book critic - Bill Ryan. Online movie writing veteran Moriarty at Ain't it Cool, the founder of Hitfix, film critic, screenwriter, industry analyst, the legendary Drew McWeeny. Editor-in-Chief of FANGORIA; Executive Producer, HORROR NOIRE & Shudder's upcoming queer horror doc - Phil Nobile Jr. Film critic and editor at large of Empire Magazine U.K, co-host of the Empire podcast and author of the soon to be released Women Vs Hollywood: The Fall and Rise of Women in Film, Helen O'Hara. And - Award-winning actor on stage and screen, a man who delivers the most consistently involving and affecting characters to a myriad of films and T.V. including Fargo, The Trial of the Chicago 7, Gothika, The Drew Carey Show, Shutter Island, The Invitation, The Founder and this film Zodiac - the incredible John Carroll Lynch.