NRPL ‘True Crime’ Film Series: “Zodiac” (2007)

Zodiac (2007); directed by David Fincher – 157 mins. Starring Mark Ruffalo, Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey, Jr.

This epic thriller is based on the nonfiction bestseller by Robert Graysmith, a political cartoonist for the San Francisco Chronicle who became an amateur detective obsessed with tracking down the Zodiac Killer, an unidentified serial killer who terrorized Northern California with a string of seemingly random murders during the 1960s and ‘70s.

Registration is suggested. Register online or call (914) 813-3706.

In this series, New Rochelle librarian and film historian Chris Poggiali will introduce and discuss feature films that examine true crime and detail the actions of people associated with and affected by criminal events.