The Rialto Report: Documentary Archives for Adult Films

7th June 2015

Continuing our year-by-year overview of the adult film industry through lor_’s adult film reviews, this week we focus on 1973.

30th May 2015

Sharon Kelly’s career straddled two eras – from mid 70s sexploitation to 1980s hardcore as Colleen Brennan.

24th May 2015

Starting this week, we’re adding film reviews originally written on IMDb by the writer ‘lor_’. We start with a group of 25 films released in 1979.

17th May 2015

What happens when an Oscar-nominated director makes a documentary film, ‘A Film About Sharon’, about Sharon Thorpe?

10th May 2015

Michelle Maren’s life has been eventful, surprising and difficult. Her story is the subject of a new film.

3rd May 2015

We visit the restaurant and bar, One if by Land, Two if by Sea, used in countless New York adult films, such as ‘Take Off’ and ‘Misbehavin’.

19th April 2015

Jim South was one of the first agents in the adult film industry, and his World Modeling agency represented Christy Canyon and many others.

12th April 2015

Lasse Braun discusses ‘Sensations’, ‘American Desire’, Brigitte Maier, and Reuben Sturman in the second part of his Rialto Report interview.

5th April 2015

Jamie Gillis’ private photographs from his life in New York in the 1970s, including pictures of Serena, Carter Stevens, and Vanessa Del Rio.

22nd March 2015

The story behind ‘Alice in Wonderland’, directed by Bud Townsend, produced by Bill Osco, Jason Williams, is finally revealed.

15th March 2015

Howard Ziehm talks about the early days taking photos, making loops and his groundbreaking ‘Mona’.

1st March 2015

In his last interview, Lasse Braun talks about his early career in adult film in Europe, including making ‘French Blue’ (aka ‘Penetration’).