Pop Culture Happy Hour : NPR

Anna Kendrick as Sheryl in Lady of the Hour.

Leah Gallo/Netflix

cover caption

toggle caption

Leah Gallo/Netflix

Anna Kendrick as Sheryl in Lady of the Hour.

Leah Gallo/Netflix

Netflix’s Lady Of The Hour isn’t your typical serial killer film. It is primarily based on the true story of a serial killer who appeared on The Courting Sport within the Seventies. Nevertheless it’s additionally concerning the girls who turned — or nearly turned — his victims. Directed by and starring Anna Kendrick, it is a tense, considerate movie that has a lot to say concerning the programs that make life simpler for harmful and in any other case crummy males.

Observe Pop Tradition Completely satisfied Hour on Letterboxd at letterboxd.com/nprpopculture