A serial killer who is as charming as he is narcissistic is followed through his everyday life and crimes by three filmmakers, who eventually become his accomplices in order to get the full, even nastier picture. This shocker, jointly conceived and realized in almost all relevant capacities by the Belgian trio Poelvoorde/Belvaux/Bonzel, was a focus of controversy from the very day of its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. Presented in the style of cinéma vérité and shot on black-and-white 16mm, this mockumentary is an acrid, cynical reckoning with the media’s economy of the spectacle and, as such, possibly even more relevant and provoking these days than it was back then. (mk)