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It might have escaped your attention, because of the complete lack of publicity they give the vast majority of their new releases, but Netflix released a documentary about Pornhub this week. And it’s been a hit. Entitled Money Shot: The Pornhub Story, the documentary explores the rise and current fall […]

Raven Riley was one of the biggest stars of the 2000s in internet porn. She was only in the industry for a matter of a couple of years and was almost immediately earmarked to become one of the biggest stars the industry had ever witnessed. She built up a massive […]

Stop it, he’s already dead! Theroux, of course, has form for documentaries about the porn industry and it’s sad to see his views on the subject haven’t matured when his style of broadcasting generally has. But XBiz have really taken him to the cleaners here and, in a way, I’m […]

Rachel Mason, the director of the acclaimed Netflix documentary Circus of Books, has now turned her attention to the case of the 1990 murder of gay porn star Billy London. London, who was 25, was dismembered and his murderer was never found. Mason is seeking the help of the adult […]

Filmmaker and documentarian Rachel Mason has received an Emmy nomination for her writing of the documentary Circus of Books. The Netflix Original title, about iconic gay porn and book store in Los Angeles, has earned her a nomination for Outstanding Writing for a Non-Fiction Program. If you haven’t watched it […]

It’s kind of difficult for me to stay level-headed when addressing the subject of men’s rights activism. Even so, the BBC have commissioned a documentary where the former gay porn actor Logan McCree details his journey from adult performing to becoming a key figure in the MRA ‘movement’. I’m not […]

The long awaited documentary about the 1998 porn industry shutdown called Porndemic is now available on VOD. Released on January 31st, Brendan Daly’s film traces the wide repercussions of the HIV-enforced shutdown and features exclusive interviews with many figures active in the industry at the time. Made in 2018, it’s […]

After 5 years in various states of production, a documentary about the legendary porn performer Candida Royalle has finally been released. The movie, entitled Candice, is available to purchase and view on Vimeo on demand. Directed by Sheona McDonald, it promises to be a fascinating look at a pioneering performer, […]

The new UK documentary about internet porn, Generation Porn, has bagged generally unenthusiastic reviews after its airing on the network TV station Channel 4. With reviews complaining about the preference for naked bodies over actual substance, there has been no response from the industry as yet. By and large, mainstream […]

NBC have released a documentary in which it interviews several current and former adult stars regarding Derek Hay. Hay is the owner of prominent adult modeling agency LA Direct Models. The documentary alleges a number of different misconduct claims against Hay. The likes of Hadley Viscara and Adria Rae are […]

The British network TV station Channel 4 has announced that a three part documentary series on porn entitled Generation Porn, according to this article. Channel 4 was renowned for being the most open-minded TV station in the UK throughout the 80s and 90s but has since then become just as […]

Oh dear. And there I was, a couple of weeks ago, suggesting it looked as though some lessons had been learned from the criticisms that the orginal documenatary film had received from the porn industry. Not so! If anything, the follow-up series has drawn far more criticism than the source film and […]

Photo courtesy of Rashida Jones’ official Twitter I was one of the loudest critics of the Rashida Jones produced documentary Hot Girls Wanted, the film which focused on the recruitment of women to the porn industry in Florida. A clear polemic though it was, it was a shame that it chose to […]

As reported in a very long article by AVN (don’t read this article if you really want to see this documentary, it spoils half of it!), the premiere of X-Rated 2: The Greatest Adult Stars Of All Time has been viewed by many industry bigwigs and stars. The original is one of […]

Photo courtesy of DDF Network The British porn star Carly Rae Summers is the subject of a new BBC documentary as covered in an article by The Mirror here. I think by far the most interesting part of this article is where she claims that she has been paid as little […]

Screenshot courtesy of MTV MTV’s True Life series of documentaries has received a fair amount of critical acclaim for the diversity of the subjects it covers, even though it’s a channel on which they should be playing MUSIC! Their latest offering covers the ‘gay for pay’ porn performers out there, focusing […]

A documentary about revenge porn, entitled Revenge Porn, which aired on Monday night on network TV in the UK has earned a mixture of praise and criticism for its presenter Anna Richardson. The show saw her upload pictures of herself to a well-known revenge porn site only to see her […]

The San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival opens tomorrow (June 18th) and runs through until June 28th, with a typically diverse and interesting range of movies being shown. Among them is a new documentary about Chuck Holmes, the founder of the groundbreaking and game-changing gay porn movie label Falcon Studios, […]

The fact that Fox News are so enthusiastic about an upcoming documentary made by Hollywood actress Rashida Jones about the porn industry probably would suggest to me that it’s not going to be the most balanced of documentaries about porn. The difficulty is when you are pro-porn, as we all obviously are […]