Watch Gal Gadot Fight Crime at the Mall in ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ | Anatomy of a Scene

Yes, there are fanny packs and mustaches galore in “Wonder Woman 1984,” but also some breathtaking action. This early scene takes place at a very ’80s mall (complete with Waldenbooks), and gives the hero a chance to shine in a more playful way before the movie heads down a more serious path. Before the scene’s end, Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) has lassoed...

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Angela: A Modern-Day Warrior for the Kiowa Tribe | Cause of Life - NYT Opinion

Angela Chaddlesone McCarthy was a teenage mother raised on a Native American reservation who overcame great odds to become a Kiowa tribe legislator in Oklahoma. 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 at home,...

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Jerry: An Executioner Who Fought to Abolish the Death Penalty | Cause of Life - NYT Opinion

A devout Christian, Jerry Givens was Virginia’s chief executioner, before he became an advocate of abolishing the death penalty. 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 at home, or covering the latest style trends...

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Calvin: A Veteran Who Inspired His Granddaughter's Olympic Career | Cause of Life - NYT Opinion

When his son-in-law was killed in a tragic car crash, World War II veteran Calvin Haworth became a surrogate parent and an activist against drunk driving in Minnesota. 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 at...

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How the Police Killed Breonna Taylor | Visual Investigations

None of the police officers who raided Breonna Taylor’s home wore body cameras, impeding the public from a full understanding of what happened. The Times’s visual investigation team built a 3-D model of the scene and pieced together critical sequences of events to show how poor planning and shoddy police work led to a fatal outcome. ---------- Whether...

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Watch Chadwick Boseman in a Scene From ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom | Anatomy of a Scene

A disagreement between musicians reaches a boiling point in this scene from “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” the Netflix film adaptation of August Wilson’s play. Set in 1927, the film primarily follows the blues singer Ma Rainey (Viola Davis) and her band during a challenging recording session in a Chicago studio. One of those challenges involves the...

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Rosary: A Dance-Crazy Nurse Who Left Retirement to Fight the Pandemic | Cause of Life - NYT Opinion

Rosary Castro-Olega was a retired nurse who returned to the frontlines to fight the virus, ultimately becoming one of the Filipino-American nurses who were disproportionately killed by the virus. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/U8Ys7n More from The New York Times Video: http://nytimes.com/video ---------- Whether it's reporting on conflicts abroad...

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Inside a N.Y.C. School That Reopened During the Pandemic | Coronavirus News

This fall New York City’s public schools faced perhaps their biggest challenge in memory: Could they resume in person safely? And for how long? We filmed in one school for 33 days to chronicle every step of the reopening. Read the story here: http://nyti.ms/3myDWe0 Subscribe: http://bit.ly/U8Ys7n More from The New York Times Video: http://nytimes.com/video ...

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Watch the Stars of ‘Tenet’ Leap Tall Buildings | Anatomy of a Scene

In addition to its time-bending spectacle, “Tenet” manages to find room to spring its lead characters up the side of a tower. One early scene in the globe-trotting movie (now available on digital and Blu-ray) finds its protagonist (John David Washington) in Mumbai on a mission with his partner (Robert Pattinson). The two are breaking into a high-rise...

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What My Grandfather Taught Me About Courage | Op-Docs

"A Concerto Is a Conversation" by Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers - Kris Bowers is one of Hollywood’s rising young composers. At 29, he scored the Oscar-winning film “Green Book” (2018), and this year he premiered a new violin concerto, “For a Younger Self,” at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. For all that success, though, he says that as...

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