The Importance of Margot Robbie’s Bookstore Scene in ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’

In 1979, 10 years after the murders of Sharon Tate and four others at Roman Polanski’s Beverly Hills home, the infamous director — already two years exiled in France after pleading guilty to the statutory rape of 13-year-old Samantha Geimer in 1977 — released the film “Tess.” The film, starring “Cat People” actress Nastassja Kinski, garnered six Oscar nominations, including for best picture, and won three. The film follows the harrowing and tragic life of the unmistakably beautiful Tess, born into poverty and raped after being sent to live and work with what are believed to be wealthy relatives. At...