18th August 2019
Times Square’s Most Outrageous Sex Show, The Queen of Shock Rock, and The Svengali – Part 1
Monica Kennedy and Wendy O. Williams’ story.
11th August 2019
RIP Henri Belolo – The Story of Wade Nichols and Dennis Parker
Henri Belolo, the music producer who created a disco hit for adult actor, Wade Nichols, passed away at his home in Paris this week.
21st July 2019
Michael Findlay’s Last Year – 3-D, Funk, and the Tragedy on the PanAm Building: An Oral History
We piece together his last year before his tragic accident in 1977.
14th July 2019
High Society in 1977: Gloria Leonard Takes Over – An Issue by Issue Guide
We speak with Gloria Leonard about High Society and how she became the magazine’s ‘publisher’.
7th July 2019
The Flat on Polk Street: Serena, Jamie, and Lysa in Shangri-La
San Francisco, 1979: Four people’s lives converged for an intense few months in an apartment on Polk Street. This is what happened.
30th June 2019
Adult Film Locations – Part 14: The Exploitation Film Castle
For the 50th anniversary of the filming of Radley Metzger’s The Lickerish Quartet, we visited the castle where the movie takes place.
23rd June 2019
‘The Sins of Ilsa’ (1985): The Untold Story of Radley Metzger’s Unreleased Last Film
Radley Metzger’s last film was shelved, never released, and doesn’t appear on his filmography.
16th June 2019
Cinema Blue in 1984: The First Year – An Issue by Issue Guide
We look back at the first year of Cinema Blue magazine – and speak to its editor, Joyce James.
9th June 2019
The Sexploitation Film Made on a Desert Island in New York City
The untold story of an Oscar-winning director, a sex film actress, a mobster who revolutionized the distribution of pornography, and a photographer.
12th May 2019
Serena in 1976: Super Woman
The Rialto Report was due to start a spring vacation today – but we came across unpublished photographs of 1970s adult film actress, Serena, from 1976.
5th May 2019
The Daily Beast: ‘Deep Sleep’ (1972) – How an Amateur Porno Set Off A Massive Federal Witch Hunt
The Daily Beast publishes our article about the making of ‘Deep Sleep’.
28th April 2019
Christy Canyon: A Twelve O’Clock Girl in a Nine O’Clock Town – Podcast 90
Christy Canyon talks about her life as a pioneering performer at start of the video age of adult films.
