Quentin Tarantino’s Obscenely Regressive Vision of the Sixties

“Once Upon a Time . . . in Hollywood,” reviewed. Also: Ritchie Torres, another young Bronx progressive, launches a run for Congress. View in browser | Update your preferences The Front Row “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”: An Obscenely Regressive Vision of the Sixties Quentin Tarantino’s love letter to a lost cinematic age celebrates white-male stardom (and behind-the-scenes command) at the expense of everyone else. By Richard Brody Comment Robert Mueller’s Testimony and the Garbled Language of Politics The words that the Democrats and the Republicans used may have been the same, but their meanings were not. By Amy Davidson Sorkin Daily Comment Ritchie Torres, Another Young Bronx Progressive, Launches a Run for Congress The first openly L.G.B.T. person to be elected to public office in the Bronx hopes to follow in the footsteps of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. By Jennifer Gonnerman PAID POST COLSON WHITEHEAD’S ACCLAIMED NEW NOVEL The Nickel Boys has been praised as “haunting and haunted” (Frank Rich, The New York Times Book Review) and “a great American novel” (Maureen Corrigan, NPR). This powerful new work from the award-winning author of The Underground Railroad is not to be missed. READ AN EXCERPT More in News and Culture Politics and More Podcast In Hong Kong, Tensions with Mainland China Explode into Violence Jiayang Fan joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss the recent protests on the streets of the territory. Brave New World Citizen, the Smartphone Police Blotter Some use the app to avoid trouble spots and get earthquake updates; rubberneckers use it as a go-to guide to crime scenes and rampaging squirrels. By Antonia Hitchens Pop Music Ed Sheeran and Friends Changes in the pop-music machinery encourage collaboration, yielding joyfully unexpected pairings or soggy songs that lack a core. By Carrie Battan The New Yorker Recommends Jacqueline Novak Chews Over the Blow Job The one-woman show “Get on Your Knees” goes deep on the semantics of the male member and the vulnerable male ego. By Alexandra Schwartz In Case You Missed It Personal History The Assassin Next Door My family’s immigrant journey and James Earl Ray’s path to targeting Martin Luther King, Jr., intersected at an unglamorous corner of East Hollywood. By Héctor Tobar Life and Letters Herman Melville at Home The novelist drew on far-flung voyages to create his masterpiece. But he could finish it only at his beloved Berkshire farm. By Jill Lepore Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts So, It Looks Like Sarah Has a Boyfriend Now: A Eulogy Do I miss her sometimes? Of course. Ever since she told me it looked like she and Josh were “probably together,” a week ago, I’ve been a wreck. By Julia Edelman Cartoons From The Issue Cartoons from the Issue Drawings and drollery from this week’s magazine. Sign up for more newsletters from The New Yorker. Visit The New Yorker shop. Question about your subscription? Contact Customer Care. New Yorker digital subscribers get unlimited access to everything on newyorker.com. Log in to your account here. We’d love your feedback on this newsletter. Please send your thoughts and suggestions to TNYinbox@newyorker.com. This e-mail was sent to you by The New Yorker. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, NewYorker@newsletters.newyorker.com, to your address book. View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2019. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.