Cult filmmaker Tom DeSimone revisits the production of a lost gay film and resurrects youthful adventures on the California coast.

A love story about fetish porn… RAW! UNCUT! VIDEO! chronicles the rise and fall of homegrown gay porn studio Palm Drive Video, and explores how a devoted couple helped battle a devastating health crisis by promoting kinky sex. Legendary leatherman Jack Fritscher met Mark Hemry in 1979 at Harvey Milk’s birthday party – and the […]

A portrait of iconic feminist pornographer Candida Royalle. Candice Vadala aka Candida Royalle is known by many as the “godmother of feminist porn.” She began her career as an adult performer at the height of the sexual revolution, and in her thirties turned to directing and producing her own films, which flipped the male gaze […]

GMHC Safer Sex Short featuring Tracy Africa, Jose Extravaganza and Aldawna Field. Music by Junior Vasquez. Video directed by David Bronstein, realized by Junior Vasquez. Thank you to GMHC, and to the New York Public Library and K.A. Johnson for digital mastering and reproduction.

This historically significant Arch Brown classic focuses on sex at LGBTQ landmark the NYC piers, which served as a popular gay cruising locale and queer congregating space until its demolition. This film predicts the fate of the piers in its premise: a presumably straight engineer (Johnny Kovacs) is sent to inspect them for a demolition […]

Also known as New York City Inferno, this incredible Jacques Scandelari classic is a fascinating fusion of documentary, narrative, and sex film! Structured around the journey of Jérôme (Christopher Dock) in search of his lover (Bob Bleecker) who traveled to New York City and never returned, this French production also serves as a study of […]

A documentary (narrated by porn star Mark Woodward) by and about Hand in Hand Films, the influential early gay porn studio and distribution company that produced films from 1972 to 1983. This is a history of the New York-based studio and how its three founders (Jack Deveau, Robert Alvarez, and Jaap Penraat) dedicated themselves to […]

One of the most controversial, original and loved figures of Italian cinema. The most censored director of all time. An anarchist of the film, a gifted experimenter, an inventor of dreams. A truly great artist. Previously unreleased in the US, Cult Epics presents the uncut version in a 4K transfer. In this documentary, Tinto Brass […]

When erotic magazine Wicked Women hit the stands, it turned lesbian Australia upside down and liberated lesbian sex for generations to come.  

The history of the HOIST, London’s first and only gay sex fetish bar, follows the cultural evolution of gay life and sex in modern London through AIDS, gentrification, and the ongoing political struggle to decriminalize homosexual activity in the UK. “Shoes and a smile, that’s all you need…Charles Lum & Todd Verow’s brilliant portrait of […]

In the age of Grindr, Scruff, and other apps, who cruises anymore? THE END OF CRUISING is a stimulating anthology documentary that celebrates the pleasures gay men had finding places for anonymous sexual activity. 22 short films by Todd Verow and collaborators, Dave Hickey, Antony Hickling, Charles Lum, Billy Miller, Xavier Stentz and others (some […]

Whatever happened to Wohler Beach? Oral histories and spectral pornography resurrect memories of a once legendary gay beach.  

At a lesbian bar in San Francisco, Burlezk artists danced for over 10,000 women. Fatale Media archives some of the most exciting moments.

Subtitled “How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Electric Banana,” this early Tom DeSimone film gives a gay porn twist to the rock-and-roll culture of the 1970s! Larry Danser’s travails as a male groupie are the focus, which begin after he runs away to Hollywood from his small town and meets party girl […]

BurLezk was the first and longest running women-only striptease show in history! Fatale Media has archived the memorable lesbian event.

A detailed exploration of trans women’s relationship and hookup dynamics, this film series weaves together explicit scenes and interview footage from a diverse range of trans women and their partners to paint a holistic portrait about trans women’s sexuality.

Feminist porn icon Annie Sprinkle’s Sluts and Goddesses: How To Be A Sex Goddess in 101 Easy Steps is an early-90’s sex-positive classic — a humorous, absurd, heartfelt and worshipful look at SEX, featuring many erotic ways to stimulate sexual and sensual pleasure. And you will witness Annie’s epic five-minute-long orgasm! Directed by Annie Sprinkle […]

“You’ll see the best (and worst) clips from dozens of the 150+ films that I have made from 1973 until the present. Marvel at rare hippie porn, early fetish films, feminist porn, art porn, couples erotica, trans docu-porn, classic XXX, and more.” ~ Annie Sprinkle This 1995 special feature includes Annie’s commentary, which is provocative, […]