Interspersed with several discomforting episodes from Alcala’s criminal life is the story of Bradshaw — a struggling actress in Los Angeles whose agent tosses her the paltry bone of an appearance on the show.

How women are forced to handle, and suffer, the bruised egos of men fuels Anna Kendrick's directorial debut, “Woman of the Hour."

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,