The New York Times Movies

Ingénues, icons, action heroes, divas and the world's next great comedy star: 13 actresses who gave the dreamiest performances of 2012.

Three men enter the new wild west of baby making, online forums where sperm donors connect with hopeful parents, but find themselves exchanging more...

Some of the generation’s most iconic creators reflect on how the cohort once synonymous with slacking came to leave such an indelible...

Her rise was a global phenomenon. Her downfall was a cruel national sport. People close to Britney Spears and lawyers tied to her conservatorship now...

The childhood, adolescence, and incredible adult years of Al Hirschfeld, celebrated creator of thousands of line drawings of famous people - many in...

Fox Rich, indomitable matriarch and modern-day abolitionist, strives to keep her family together while fighting for the release of her incarcerated...

Behind the gates of a palm-tree-lined fantasyland, three residents and one interloper at America's largest retirement community strive to find...

The year's best performers star in 11 original (very) short films directed by Oscar-winning cinematographer Janusz Kaminski.

In 1862, Abraham Lincoln's youngest son is laid to rest. That night, Lincoln visits his son's crypt, a chorus of ghosts narrating their brief...

As part of a six-month investigation, The Times synchronized and mapped thousands of videos and police audio of the U.S. Capitol riot to provide the...

Told by her daughter Wendy, MINK! chronicles the remarkable Patsy Takemoto Mink, a Japanese American from Hawai'i who became the first woman of color...

An inside look at Louis C.K.’s public downfall and surprising return to the stage. Featuring interviews with three women -- Jen Kirkman, Abby...

In his short lifetime, J Dilla was a musician, producer and visionary who profoundly influenced rap and hip-hop. Given how prolific he was in his 32...

A virtuoso jazz pianist and film composer tracks his family's lineage through his 91-year-old grandfather from Jim Crow Florida to the Walt Disney...

This investigation into the layers of mass incarceration and its shaping of the modern black American family is seen through the eyes of a single...

Part of the Almost Famous series. She was arguably the greatest women's basketball player. She won three national trophies; she played in the...

Filmed during the hottest days of Phoenix, Arizona’s summer heatwave, A New Inferno follows paramedics as they race to save the lives of...

Britney Spears has said that her conservatorship had become “an oppressive and controlling tool against her”. This New York Times...

Doubling as a cartography of the ever-changing city, Bill Cunningham New York portrays the secluded pioneer of street fashion with grace and heart.

On a cold winter morning, a lone piano stands curbside in New York City. All day long, passersby stop to play. They collect and disperse, measure and...