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, Anthony Edwards and Mark Ruffalo. I am your host, Blake Howard. This is the eighteenth episode of Zodiac: Chronicle – Virgo Pt. 2. Today's introduction was a film critic and host of the terrific Watch With Jen podcast, my friend Jen Johans.

Joining me for a rocky ride on houseboat Avery are Zodiac screenwriter James Vanderbilt. Former long-running editor of Time Out New York, editor, critic and writer for hire with bylines at the New York Times, Sight and Sound, Empire, a Zodiac true believer- Joshua Rothkopf. Writer and film and book critic - Bill Ryan. Host of the Prog Save America Podcast, the creator of #AYEARWITHWOMEN and #NOIRVEMBER - Marya E. Gates. Los Angeles based film critic and journalist for the Tribune News Service and Los Angeles Times, part-time lecturer at Chapman University and the co-host of the Miami Nice podcast, Katie Walsh. Author of Fierce Bitches, Peckerwood, crime fiction enthusiast and author of the noir literature and culture blog - Hardboiled Wonderland, Jedidiah Ayres. Film critic at The Ringer and CinemaScope, author of essential movie books The Coen Brothers This Book Really Ties the Films Together and the recently released Paul Thomas Anderson Masterworks - Adam Nayman. And newcomers to Zodiac: Chronicle - Film Critic for the Los Angeles Times and NPR's 'Fresh Air', former Chief Film Critic at Variety - Justin Chang. Best selling author, screenwriter, journalist: as well as the host and writer behind our definitive series on 2001 cult-classic Josie and the Pussycats | Josie and the Podcats - Maria Lewis. And the profoundly talented artist that has helped define the look of not only the seminal independent film publication BRIGHT WALL DARK ROOM but also for ONE HEAT MINUTE PRODUCTIONS - Brianna Ashby.