True Crime Tuesdays
True Crime Tuesdays: Mommy Dead and Dearest
August 11, 2020 | Helen ArcherThis thoughtful documentary about Gypsy Rose Blanchard raises lingering questions about manipulation, control and the legacy of abuse.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: Ted Bundy: Falling for a Killer
July 28, 2020 | Helen ArcherThis pertinent Ted Bundy series puts the lives of the women he stole front and centre.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: Unsolved Mysteries
July 14, 2020 | Helen ArcherNetflix’s reboot of the armchair detective series is a pivotal moment for true crime TV.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: The Innocence Files
June 30, 2020 | Helen ArcherThis behemoth of documentary-making is an urgent yet accessible look at the fundamental failures of the US justice system.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: Trial by Media
June 16, 2020 | Helen ArcherThis uneven Netflix docuseries is less an examination of injustices than a reminder that they continue to exist.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: Jonestown: Terror in the Jungle
June 2, 2020 | Helen ArcherThis documentary humanises the victims of a horrifying cult in a viscerally haunting way.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: There’s Something Wrong with Aunt Diane
May 19, 2020 | Helen ArcherLiz Garbus’ nuanced investigation of a supermom’s mysterious death is a harrowing study of the lies we tell ourselves and each other.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: Murder to Mercy: The Cyntoia Brown Story
May 5, 2020 | Helen ArcherA reasonable primer for newcomers to Cyntoia Brown’s story, this Netflix documentary fails to give its subject a voice.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: The Tall Man (2011)
April 21, 2020 | Helen ArcherThis unhurried 2011 documentary is an understated lament for all the lives torn asunder by injustice.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez
March 24, 2020 | Helen ArcherEvery Tuesday, our resident true crime obsessive gets their fix with a documentary film or series. We call it True Crime Tuesdays.
In these disquieting times, viewers are doubtless seeking some sort of escapism from a grim news cycle and … Read More