Library Archives - The Rialto Report

18th July 2021

We look back at Adam Film World magazine in 1987, and the life and legacy of Carl Esser, the magazine’s editor that year.

23rd May 2021

Gloria Leonard’s launch of ‘Celebrity Skin’ magazine was met by lawsuits from the likes of Barbra Streisand.

31st January 2021

Photographer Joel Holzman shares his memories of Erotic-X Film Guide, and we offer digitized versions of all the 1984 issues.

29th November 2020

We review the birth of Adam Film World Guide magazine, and the life of Kent Smith, the engine behind the specialty guides.

1st November 2020

We look at the evolution of Adam Film Quarterly by comparing the late 1960s to the late 1980s.

11th October 2020

We look back at ‘Adult Cinema Review’ magazine in 1983, including newly digitized copies of each magazine.

13th September 2020

Stag magazine became a journal of sorts for the XXX film business.

19th July 2020

AVN was important in the history of the golden age of adult films. It started as an 8-page newsletter, it became a glossy magazine.

24th May 2020

‘Erotic Film Guide’ (1982 – 2006) was one of the longest-running and most colorful magazines to cover XXX.

26th April 2020

We look back at ‘Porn Stars’ magazine in 1983, with an issue-by-issue guide, including newly digitized copies of each magazine.

29th March 2020

We look at the life of Bill Rotsler and Adam Film World, with digitized copies of all 1975 magazines.

6th October 2019

We look back at the west coast publication Adam Film World by reviewing all the issues published in 1981.