Hollywood doesn’t exactly have a surplus of prominent female directors, so it's exciting to see actor Anna Kendrick making her directorial debut with “Woman of the Hour.” Landing on Netflix this week after its debut at the Toronto International Film Festival in September,

"Something about that just ruined me," Kendrick says of her research for the true-crime thriller. Woman of the Hour's dark subject matter took a toll on its star and first-time director. Anna Kendrick makes her directorial debut with the Netflix true-crime thriller,

The haunting true story of Seventies killer Rodney Alcala is given the Netflix treatment – but it’s a touch too glossy to feel genuine