From The New York Times. Film and text by Maximilien Van Aertryck and Axel Danielson: The camera is a tool — but to do what? Images shape our daily life, yet we rarely question how they’re made or why. As filmmakers, we’re fascinated by how humans use cameras and by the immense influence images have.…

From The New York Times. A whimper? A bang? In this scene from “The Life of Chuck,” the world ends with a TV glow. At the center of the sequence is Marty (Chiwetel Ejiofor), who is walking through a dark neighborhood as all is falling apart. His phone has died and he is headed to…

From The New York Times. A meet-cute, an intriguing drink order and a stealth character in the background make for a clever scene in Celine Song’s latest film, “Materialists.” Narrating this sequence, the writer-director said she chose this particular scene to discuss for this series “because it’s the first scene that I wrote.” In it,…

From The New York Times. In one scene in “From the World of John Wick: Ballerina,” there may be too many assassins in the kitchen. The film’s title character, the trained killer Eve (Ana de Armas), has made her way to an alpine village in Austria as part of a mission to root out a…

From The New York Times. Video of a child escaping a burning building after an Israeli airstrike garnered widespread attention online. We found her in a hospital in Gaza and pieced together what had happened. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/U8Ys7n More from The New York Times Video: http://nytimes.com/video ———- Whether it’s reporting on conflicts abroad and political divisions…

From The New York Times. In early May, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were spotted alongside Tennessee State Highway Patrol troopers in areas of Nashville, partnering up for a weeklong operation that turned routine traffic stops into immigration arrests. Read the story here: https://nyti.ms/43tZkIT Subscribe: http://bit.ly/U8Ys7n More from The New York Times Video: http://nytimes.com/video ———-…

From The New York Times. The Trump administration has welcomed white South Africans as refugees, even after suspending the program for nearly all other groups. Our reporters look at how Trump came to embrace white South Africans. Video by John Eligon, Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Alexandra Ostasiewicz, Gabriel Blanco, James Surdam, Christina Thornell, Brent McDonald and Karen…

From The New York Times. Legal residents of the United States sent to foreign prisons without due process. Students detained after voicing their opinions. Federal judges threatened with impeachment for ruling against the administration’s priorities. In this Opinion video, Marci Shore, Timothy Snyder and Jason Stanley, all professors at Yale and experts in authoritarianism, explain…

From The New York Times. Film and text by Iris Zaki: I’m a woman who has never wanted children. For years, the person who had the hardest time accepting that was my mother. Since two of my closest friends also chose a child-free life, I came up with a small experiment: We swapped moms. Each…

From The New York Times. With Mother’s Day around the corner, this Opinion Video asks: Is it possible to be a great mom and have a great career? That question has plagued the filmmaker Shaina Feinberg. Before Ms. Feinberg was born, her mother dreamed of a successful career as a performer — then gave up…

From The New York Times. Videos and photos reveal remnants of at least three U.S.-made GBU-39 bombs at the site of an April 28 attack. The strike killed 68 African migrants, according to the Houthis, a militant group that controls northern Yemen. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/U8Ys7n More from The New York Times Video: http://nytimes.com/video ———- Whether it’s…

From The New York Times. Film and text by Pete Quandt: Prison waiting rooms are not warm places. For young children especially, visiting an incarcerated parent is often as traumatic as it is therapeutic. It’s an experience filled with long waits, intimidating security measures and tight restrictions on the visit’s duration. Having had a family…

From The New York Times. Israel’s military said it was reacting to an immediate threat when it killed 15 medics and first responders in Gaza in March. But eyewitness accounts and an analysis of videos, audio and autopsy reports show that multiple soldiers fired over the course of six minutes at unarmed emergency workers who…

From The New York Times. Viewers might not expect to see a DJ at a turntable in Ryan Coogler’s 1930s-set horror movie “Sinners,” but in this sequence, the history and future of music collide. This sequence takes place in a juke joint opened by the twins Smoke and Stack (both played by Michael B. Jordan).…

From The New York Times. Ben Affleck kicks up his sneakers on the dance floor in this spirited sequence from “The Accountant 2.” Affleck’s character, Christian Wolff, an autistic C.P.A., has gone with his brother, Braxton (Jon Bernthal), to a country western bar. Using calculations, Christian quickly figures out the pattern of a line dance…

From The New York Times. From the moment President Trump was re-elected, his conservative Christian supporters have rejoiced in a second chance at political power. Our national religion correspondent describes what that looks like in the White House now. Video by Elizabeth Dias, Claire Hogan, Zach Wood and Ruru Kuo #Trump #WhiteHouse #Christianity Read the…

From The New York Times. Pope Francis brought empathy and humanity that surprised people and changed the way people saw the Roman Catholic Church. Jason Horowitz, our Rome bureau chief, describes what he learned about Francis while covering him for more than a dozen years. Video by Jason Horowitz, Rebecca Suner and Laura Salaberry #popefrancis…

From The New York Times. Pope Francis died at 88, the Vatican announced Monday, ending a groundbreaking pontificate that sought to reshape the Roman Catholic Church into a more inclusive institution. #Pope #PopeFrancisRead Read about his life and legacy here: https://nyti.ms/442l14N Subscribe: http://bit.ly/U8Ys7n More from The New York Times Video: http://nytimes.com/video ———- Whether it’s reporting…

From The New York Times. Who are the 238 Venezuelans the Trump administration deported without due process to El Salvador’s maximum-security Terrorism Confinement Center? Julie Turkewitz, a bureau chief for The New York Times, explains what her team’s investigation reveals about the deportees, whether they have criminal records and how they were selected for deportation.…

From The New York Times. An increasing number of airstrikes carried out by the Sudanese military in Darfur has been sending refugees in search of safety and medical treatment to neighboring Chad. The New York Times spoke with survivors who described being hit by bombs intended for the military’s opposition. Read the story here: https://nyti.ms/3E6cHXf…

From The New York Times. Redstone and piglins and creepers, oh my! Fans of Minecraft will recognize a few of the game’s elements in this scene from “A Minecraft Movie.” But the sequence is also a good comic excuse to stuff Jack Black and Jason Momoa into a mine cart together. The scene takes place…

From The New York Times. Film by Megan Griffiths and Mindie Lind (https://www.viewfromthefloormovie.com/). Text by Mindie Lind: For as long as I can remember, I’ve been obsessed with performing onstage. Since I was born with no legs, it wasn’t long before news crews, national telethons and even the talk show host Maury Povich arrived to…

From The New York Times. When the filmmaker Jonatas Rubert was a child, his parents explained to him that his younger brother, Tiago, had Down syndrome. Rubert didn’t really know what that meant, nor did he care. He was just excited to have a brother. But as time passed, Rubert began to notice the way…

From The New York Times. Sudanese refugees at the Aboutengue Camp in Chad, most of whom are women and children, say they are desperate for help just weeks after the U.S. government announced drastic foreign aid cuts in January. Read the story here: https://nyti.ms/41t4KD6 Subscribe: http://bit.ly/U8Ys7n More from The New York Times Video: http://nytimes.com/video ———-…

From The New York Times. President Trump has sworn to root out corruption within the government, yet one of his first acts as president was to fire over a dozen independent watchdogs who did exactly that. We spoke to seven of them about the abuses they uncovered, what they really think about DOGE and what…

From The New York Times. On Tuesday, President Trump will address a deeply divided Congress, whose legislative authority is now being tested by his aggressive executive orders. We look back at his evolving relationship with Congress through the speeches he gave during his first term. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/U8Ys7n More from The New York Times Video: http://nytimes.com/video…

From The New York Times. Organ transplant waiting lists are designed to fairly distribute organs to the sickest patients in order of priority. Or so we thought. A New York Times investigation shows that the list leaves many patients waiting for organs despite being next in line. Brian Rosenthal, a New York Times reporter, explains…

From The New York Times. Roosevelt Banks’s home in Altadena, Calif., was destroyed by the California wildfires. Nearly two months later, he’s still awaiting answers from his insurer and living week to week in hotels. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/U8Ys7n More from The New York Times Video: http://nytimes.com/video ———- Whether it’s reporting on conflicts abroad and political divisions…

From The New York Times. Democrats are out of power across the federal government. They’re confronting an antagonistic Supreme Court, a Congress that is almost totally abdicating its power, the wealthiest man in the world wielding a chain saw, and a president with nothing to lose. As dark as this moment might seem, Democrats have…

From The New York Times. The rules set around the best international film category at the Oscars mean that some of the best movies are not even being nominated. Alissa Wilkinson, a movie critic at The New York Times, explains why, and what could be done to fix the problem. Video by Alissa Wilkinson, Gabriel…

From The New York Times. On the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Tyler Hicks, a war photographer for The New York Times, looks back at five photos he took during the conflict and reflects on how the rules of engagement have changed, affecting what he can document and what the world can witness.…

From The New York Times. President Trump’s team has embraced an expansive version of the so-called unitary executive theory, a legal ideology that says that the Constitution should be understood as prohibiting Congress from placing any limits on the president’s control of the executive branch. Our reporters explain Trump’s apparent strategy. Video by Astead W.…

From The New York Times. President Trump wants to take over Greenland, although Greenland and Denmark say it’s not for sale. Jeffrey Gettleman, an international correspondent for The New York Times, visited Greenland to talk with people about what they want for their gigantic island. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/U8Ys7n More from The New York Times Video: http://nytimes.com/video…

From The New York Times. Germany is a world champion at confronting its own history. Through memorial after memorial, the country has attempted to atone for its atrocities during the Holocaust and World War II. “Never again” has become a nationwide slogan. In this Opinion Video, the satirist Jan Böhmermann — think Germany’s John Oliver…

From The New York Times. A miracle drug starts to create some side effects in this scene from “The Substance.” Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore) has been taking a black-market drug that has created a younger version of herself, Sue (Margaret Qualley). Her time must be divided between the younger and older versions on a strict…

From The New York Times. One of President Trump’s first executive orders claims the power to fire, and hire, tens of thousands of career civil servants across the government. Astead W. Herndon, a national politics reporter and the host of the politics podcast “The Run-Up,” explains the order, which has drawn lawsuits from federal unions.…

From The New York Times. Since Oct. 7, 2023, Israeli military raids in areas dominated by Palestinian militants in the West Bank have increased, often leaving civilians with limited access to medical care and caught in the violence. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/U8Ys7n More from The New York Times Video: http://nytimes.com/video ———- Whether it’s reporting on conflicts abroad…

From The New York Times. A.I. may be able to replicate a character’s voice, but could it ever capture the soul? Hank Azaria, the man who breathed life into some of the most iconic characters on "The Simpsons," argues that there is a lot more to voicing a character than just opening your mouth. It’s…

From The New York Times. A relaxing time at home turns menacing in this scene from the Brazilian drama “I’m Still Here.” The sequence begins with Rubens Paiva (Selton Mello), a former congressman, playing a game with his wife, Eunice (Fernanda Torres). But they are interrupted by the military police, who have arrived to take…

From The New York Times. Using radio traffic, flight data and leaked footage of an air traffic control radar screen, we examine what was happening in the moments before the midair collision near Reagan National Airport that left 67 dead. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/U8Ys7n More from The New York Times Video: http://nytimes.com/video ———- Whether it’s reporting on…