Time capsule newMac book pro,how do I retreive selected files from time capsule?

My old MacBook crashed recentlyandIjust purchased a new MacBook pro. I want to transfer selected files from my TimeCapsule but don't know how to do it. I used Migration Assistant but it would only allow me to transfer all of the files or apps and not individual ones. If I transfered the whole info over I would have minimal memory on my new computer (got a solid state 128 GB). Is there a way to see the contents of the Time machine and pullover the files I want andnot theones I dont? Thanks in advance

It says to plug in the drive in the other computer, but my old computer is dead, it wont even start up the hard drive was physicaly damaged. I tried control clicking on time machine and there are no discs to choose from.
Also when I try to enterthe time machine I get an error code -6584

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