'A story about grief beautifully shot in cloudy soft tones with lots of light and space, the Quebecois film Monsieur Lazhar manages deep mournfulness and acceptance, somehow hopeful in its expression of the quiet reality of what is, despite how much we wish it were ...'

'The documentary “Slavery By Another Name” chronicled the social brutalities yet fiendishly rational economic sensibilities of slavery, and why it continued until the 1960s. Based on Douglass Blackmon’s book, the crucial issue that permitted the continuation ...'

'Within four minutes of the beginning of this film I was in tears. “How To Survive a Plague” chronicles the fight for HIV/AIDS medical advancement, and the social, political and bio-medical outreach methods used to ensure that HIV/AIDS was no longer a death ...'

'This is the film that I cannot stop talking about. I am not alone, as The Surrogate took home the Audience Award at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. The Surrogate tells the tale of a man who had polio and is left living life with an iron lung. Mark, this man is ...'