Episode 1.1
Chapter 1: A Body in the Bay
A dismembered body discovered in Texas in 2001 is possibly
... More connected to Durst. In 2012, Durst contacts director Andrew Jarecki about an interview.Less
Absolutely top shelf HBO investigative documentary on Robert Durst, scion of one of New York’s billionaire real estate families -...
Absolutely top shelf HBO investigative documentary on Robert Durst, scion of one of New York’s billionaire real estate families - accused of three murders but never convicted.
Brilliant, reclusive, and the subject of relentless media scrutiny, Durst had never spoken publicly until these interviews with filmmaker Andrew Jarecki, he reveals secrets of the case that baffled authorities for 30 years. In 2010, Jarecki made the narrative film All Good Things based on the infamous story of Robert Durst. After Durst saw the film, he contacted Jarecki wanting to tell his story. What began as a feature documentary ultimately became this six-part series as more and more of this stranger-than-fiction story was revealed.
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Where to watch The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst
The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst episodes
With Robert Durst finally convicted this week, time to watch for the first time or revisit the absolutely top shelf HBO investigative documentary that lead to his downfall.
96 %45 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
96 %54 reviewsAudience score rating
"The Jinx is bad cinema and bad journalism..."
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Sight & Sound
Sight & Sound"(It is) riveting television in the way that footage of a tsunami is riveting: horrific, inexorable, and barely watchable."
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The New Yorker
The New Yorker"I wish some of the flashier filmmaking aspects of The Jinx weren’t quite so overcooked."
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RogerEbert.com
RogerEbert.com"Fascinating and creepy..."
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The Washington Post
The Washington Post"The Jinx can be a tad too self-referential at times... But it’s absorbing, due to the exhaustive research underpinning it and the hook of Durst’s actual, shiftless presence."
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Salon
Salon"Jarecki's jaw-dropping murder documentary is creepier than fiction."
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Independent
Independent"Cunning, queasy, righteous, classic."
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Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly"The Jinx is like a documentary version of True Detective."
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Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone"The archival footage is dense, but the series never loses its quick pacing, nor does it become unwieldy under the deluge of information."
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Collider
Collider"There is layer upon layer of intricate meaning and the theatre of it is astonishing."
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The Globe and Mail
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