Aria 1987  R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Musical
Director: Robert Altman
Cast: Theresa Russell, John Hurt, Nicola Swain, Jack Kayle, Buck Henry, Anita Morris, Beverly D'Angelo, Julie Hagerty, Genevieve Page, Bridget Fonda, Albie Selznick, Elizabeth Hurley, Peter Birch, Tilda Swinton, Sophie Ward
Bruce Beresford ("Driving Miss Daisy"), Robert Altman ("M*A*S*H"), Ken Russell ("Altered States") and seven other well-known directors each interpreted a different aria in this film about opera. Each of the 10 segments is unique.
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 Belle de jour 1967  R, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Luis Bunuel
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, Michel Piccoli, Genevieve Page, Pierre Clementi, Francisco Rabal, Francoise Fabian, Maria Latour, Georges Marchal, Macha Meril, Muni, Michel Charrel, Iska Khan, Bernard Musson, Francois Maistre
Young Severine (Catherine Deneuve) is a Parisian housewife who is bored with her husband Pierre (Jean Sorel). After a gang rapes her, Severine takes a job as a prostitute in a house of ill repute working only in the afternoons and returning home to the unsuspecting Pierre at night. But, is Severine's double life a reality, or is it only a sexual daydream?
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Beyond Therapy 1987  R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Altman
Cast: Julie Hagerty, Jeff Goldblum, Glenda Jackson, Tom Conti, Christopher Guest, Genevieve Page, Cris Campion, Sandrine Dumas, Bertrand Bonvoisin, Nicole Evans, Louis-Marie Taillefer, Matthew leonard-Lesniak, Laure Killing, Sylvie Lenor, Joan Tyrrell
Lives of New York City singles, who are dating each other, are examined as Prudence (Julie Hagerty) and Bruce (Jeff Goldblum) visit their respective psychiatrists in this film, which never seems to come together.
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Deadly Circuit 1983  N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller
Director: Claude Miller
Cast: Michel Serrault, Isabelle Adjani, Guy Marchand, Stephane Audran, Macha Meril, Genevieve Page, Sami Frey, Dominique Frot, Patrick Bouchitey, Jean-Claude Brialy, Isabelle Ho, Francois Bernheim
Private detective Beauvoir, The "Eye," (Michel Serrault) is on the trail of a seductress (Isabelle Adjani), a serial killer leaving victims in her wake as she travels through Europe.
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 El Cid 1961  N/R, 185 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Romance
Director: Anthony Mann
Cast: Charlton Heston, Sophia Loren, Raf Vallone, John Fraser, Genevieve Page, Gary Raymond, Herbert Lom, Massimo Serato, Douglas Wilmer, Frank Thring, Hurd Hatfield, Michael Hordern, Andrew Cruickshank, Ralph Truman, Tullio Carminati
This is the story of the 11th-century Spanish hero, El Cid (Charlton Heston), and his fight to force the Moors out of his homeland. El Cid is estranged from his wife Chimene (Sophia Loren) after he kills her father Count Gormaz (Andrew Cruickshank) in a duel, and she enters a convent. King Ferdinand (Ralph Truman) dies, and Spain is divided between the Moors and the Christians. King Alphonso (John Fraser) exiles El Cid, and, now, Chimene reconciles with him. El Cid becomes an honored warrior fighting to drive the Moors from Spain–which, ultimately, will be a fight to the death.
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 Grand Prix 1966 N/R, 179 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Frankenheimer
Cast: James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, Yves Montand, Toshiro Mifune, Brian Bedford, Jessica Walter, Antonio Sabato, Francoise Hardy, Adolfo Celi, Claude Dauphin, Enzo Fiermonte, Genevieve Page, Jack Watson, Donald O'Brien
This film includes important European competitions and follows the exploits of various drivers both on and off the track, which include affairs between Jean-Pierre Sarte (Yves Montand) and Louise Frederickson (Eva Marie Saint) and Nino Barlini (Antonio Sabato) and Lisa (Francoise Hardy). At the same time, while Grand Prix driver Pete Aron (James Garner) recovers from a crash at Monaco in which his teammate Scott Stoddard (Brian Bedford) was critically injured, Pete becomes involved with Scott's estranged wife, Pat (Jessica Walter). Adding more changes to his life, Pete begins to drive for the Japanese Yamura team. Racing footage is good with many shots taken inches from the track.
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The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes 1970 PG, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Billy Wilder
Cast: Robert Stephens, Colin Blakely, Genevieve Page, Christopher Lee, Tamara Toumanova, Clive Revill, Irene Handl, Stanley Holloway, Mollie Maureen, Catherine Lacey
This Billy Wilder film is effective as it studies the famed sleuth, though it is often slow-paced. In it, he solves several cases to the amazement of Dr. Watson, but not to the amazement of the audience.
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Song Without End 1960 N/R, 141 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Cukor, Charles Vidor
Cast: Dirk Bogarde, Capucine, Genevieve Page, Patricia Morison, Ivan Desny, Martita Hunt, Lou Jacobi, Albert Rueprecht, Marcel Dalio, Lyndon Brook
This biography of Franz Liszt takes many liberties with the facts but is still a good film with an Academy Award-winning musical score. Womanizer Liszt (Dirk Bogarde) falls for a married Russian princess (Capucine) who encourages him to shift from performing to composing.
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| 1. Aria (1987)
2. Belle de jour (1967)
3. Beyond Therapy (1987)
4. Deadly Circuit (1983)
5. El Cid (1961)
6. Foreign Intrigue (1956)
7. Grand Prix (1966)
8. The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
9. Song Without End (1960)
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