Geneviève Page, the alluring French actress who starred in such films as Belle de Jour, El Cid and The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, died Friday. She was 97. Page died at her home in Paris ...

At their most interesting, movies about sex work double as a look at the realities of life within capitalism, where desire and base human instincts are commodified and sold like any other product.

Geneviève Page, the alluring French actress who starred in such films as Belle de Jour, El Cid and The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, died Friday. She was 97.

20 Great Films About Sex Work: ‘Belle de Jour,’ ‘Tangerine,’ and More Stigmatized and stereotyped, the world's oldest profession is a rich subject for nuanced, intelligent storytelling.