We don’t all want the spotlight. Some days, I just want to feel steady in my skin—competent, comfortable, and quietly put ...

Tinubu is the architect, if you can use those terms; and Yayi is the engineer who makes the blueprint more perfect at the ...

Do Standing Ovations Signal the Decline of Cinema? Occasionally, as with Guillermo del Toro’s 2006 'Pan’s Labyrinth,' in-the-moment hosannas (a 22-minute eruption) correspond with lasting acclaim.

Paul Mescal, right, with his “History of Sound” director, Oliver Hermanus, at Cannes. After the premiere, the film received a nine-minute ovation. Or so it was reported. Monica Schipper/Getty ...