Genevieve Rioux Movies

In this story-free experimental cinematic meditation, Roger Leger plays a biker who, in the course of discussing his childhood, finds time to seduce his shrink. Later, he makes love to a Mexican woman who leaves him to return to her home, and he manages to play pool with egg-shaped balls. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi

Crusing Bar was written by Michel Cote, who plays a major character. Actually he plays four major characters, in this drama about the Canadian dating scene. The disguises are crucial to the plot, which in itself is loose enough to accommodate several anecdotal scenes. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

A rousing "he said/she said" endeavor, The Decline of the American Empire begins by separating the boys from the girls. Preparing a gourmet dinner, four male intellectuals begin trading stories of their sexual experiences. At the same time, four well-read women, all working out in a gym, exchange their own tales from the love front. The film is set in the lofty circles of academia, a world well known to Canadian director Denys Arcand. The anecdotes related herein are based on actual events in the lives of Arcand's professorial friends. There's nothing bookish, however, about the subject matter of the stories themselves, which ranges from mild philandering to S & M. The Decline of the American Empire was the winner of eight Canadian Genie awards (that's the above-the-border equivalent of the Oscar), including Best Picture. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi