There’s an old joke about the French: A guy gives a plan to a Frenchman. He looks at it, shakes his head and says, “Well, that probably works fine in practice, but how does it work in theory?” It’s a ...

Cannes: “Raw” break-out Ella Rumpf is solid in this savant-style drama about a math genius determined to prove an industry-shaking theorem, but tired tropes abound. The burnout associated with gifted ...

Cédric Villani’s arrival, one afternoon last May, at a small café off the Champs-Élysées drew glances from a good fraction of the late-lunch crowd. His shoulder-length hair was parted almost ...