The Rialto Report: Documentary Archives for Adult Films

12th February 2023

Lowell Pickett and Arlene Elster, two pioneers of the San Francisco XXX industry, passed away recently. This is their story.

5th February 2023

Who directed the controversial 1976 film ‘Hot Summer in the City’?

29th January 2023

The posters proclaimed that Gail Palmer was “The First Female Director of Triple X Films” – but was the truth behind her involvement in adult films?

22nd January 2023

It’s our 10th birthday this week – so we’re looking back at some of the behind-the-scenes moments over the years.

1st January 2023

Part 2 of our Rialto Report interview with Sue Nero, a golden age adult performer in film, on stage, and in men’s magazines.

25th December 2022

Sue Nero was a larger than life, super-hero of a porn star – she talks about her eventful life in this Rialto Report interview.

18th December 2022

Previously unseen film of Sue Nero dancing at the Harmony Theatre in the early 1980s – before our exclusive podcast interview.

11th December 2022

There are several reasons to check out the Barbra Streisand film, ‘The Owl and The Pussycat’ (1970).

4th December 2022

55 years after Radley Metzger filmed ‘Therese and Isabelle’, we looked for the original shooting locations in Paris. This is what we found.

27th November 2022

We look back at Cheri magazine in 1979, with an issue-by-issue guide, including newly digitized copies of each magazine.

20th November 2022

Jamie Gillis went on a life-changing visit to Europe in 1977, and kept audio diaries of his experiences.

13th November 2022

Bernard’s bar was the social epicenter of New York adult film.