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Here's the continuation of Joseph W Bean's interview with legendary S/M filmmaker Roger Earl, this installment pulled from the Dec '97-Jan '98 issue of International Leatherman magazine. Earl and his collaborative partner Terry LeGrand were behind many of the most influential classic gay S/M films and videos, including Born to Raise Hell (discussed

By Josh Eliot   The GM at Catalina Video kind of just rolled his eyes when I told him the title of the latest movie I intended on making. It was going to be a movie solely focusing on a day and a night in the life of the boys in blue. “I hate that title,” he chirped and I came back with, “I love the title! Can’t you just picture it? Some hot stud i

By Josh Eliot   I spent a couple of years working in the San Francisco Catalina studio, which was like living in a dream! With taking over as studio manager after Dan Allman (Cameron Leight) left and getting to direct my first two movies, all looked bright for the future. I can’t remember what scene we shot back then, in December of 1989, but Scott

By Josh Eliot   Last Halloween, I wrote a couple of blogs regarding some of America’s most haunted spots. These places just so happen to be located in Rhode Island; one of them (Mercy Brown’s Grave) is just ten minutes from my parents' house inside the Chestnut Hill Cemetery at 10 Round Top Road in Exeter, RI. Another (Vampire’s Grave, where Nellie

By Josh Eliot   Model Mike Radcliffe was on his knees getting hungry for anyone wanting to stick their dick into his mouth. This college professor and somewhat of a “Midnight Cowboy” would be the first to tell anyone that he was cock hungry. He wore it as a badge of honor, and when he starred in the movie The Slutty Professor it couldn’t be any clo

By Josh Eliot   As the winter holidays approach, I can’t help but get nostalgic as I find myself re-watching movies from the past that I desperately want to see again. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen All About Eve (1950), What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962), Francis (1982), for Jessica Lange’s performance alone, and even Carrie (1976)

By Josh Eliot   The year was early 1993, and I was running all over Hollywood looking for a waterproof casing for our Canon L1 camera, which recorded on Hi-8 video tape. The L1 was a smaller camera that we would use when we needed to shoot some footage in any area where we didn’t have electricity. You would think that we could have used our big thr

By Josh Eliot 69: Discover The Secret original DVD packaging   Hands down, for me, the least interesting sexual position, whether you are in a bed or behind a camera lens, is 69. It blows, literally. It’s a bitch to light if you are filming it, a pain in the ass to execute it if you are an actor performing the position and not the most pleasant of

This week, we're reprinting an interview by Mitch Lawrence with Randy Cochran - an important early Black gay porn star - from the May 2003 issue of Black Inches Magazine. In it, Cochran candidly discusses his career during the '80s/'90s and shares about a production he had just directed/produced at the time of the interview. Randy Cochran: Black Po

By Josh Eliot Blade Thompson sweeping the magazine covers in 1991 & 1992   It was intended to be a “star vehicle” movie for one of the most in-demand actors of the day, Blade Thompson. Blade burst onto the scene in Matt Sterling’s Score 10 in 1991 playing “Football Player #24” and was matched perfectly with Chad Knight. Score 10 was a pretty aw

By Josh Eliot   When I realized that the movie Wanted (1980) was celebrating its 45th anniversary this year, I decided it was the perfect choice for my “I just watched” series. I knew I wanted to choose an Al Parker movie this time around, but the fact that my co-blogger Will Seagers (L.A. Tool & Die) also starred in the movie sealed the deal.

By Josh Eliot [Originally published 12/20/24]  Secret Boys Club cover & cast   I’ve made a few “humdingers” - especially in my early years as a director for Catalina Video. In 1990, I was finally adjusting to life in Los Angeles and easing into the idea of shooting most of our movies in people’s homes or, once in a rare while, on a rented movie

By Josh Eliot [Originally published 01/03/25] My first blog of 2025 is celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the second biggest movie I ever directed. The movie was called Jawbreaker (1995) and the title was directly related to the giant cock of the lead actor, Chris Champion. The Grabby Awards of 1996 gave Jawbreaker the Best Supporting Actor award

By Josh Eliot [Originally published 01/17/25] Santa Clarita StudiosBy far the most expensive studio location in Catalina history was when we booked the Santa Clarita Studios, but the management there made it all possible by throwing in Sunday for free if we paid for Friday and Saturday. This helped make the cost “doable.” The Santa Clarita Studios

By Josh Eliot [Originally published 01/31/25] It might seem odd for me to pick Cruisin’ the Castro as my second choice in the “I Just Watched” series of blogs, but you’ll discover, as I did, that there is much more to this movie than meets the eye. Certainly Cruisin’ did not have the polish, notoriety or deeply layered storyline of Steve Scott’s Sc

By Josh Eliot Back in 1989, the San Fernando Valley was the hot spot for all things porn, gay or straight. Specifically Chatsworth, CA, where adult film production houses migrated because of low rent and access to the mainstream movie business. Located thirty miles north of Los Angeles, it allowed access to Hollywood directors, as well as talent an

By M. Webster Looking through our archive the other day, I came across some treasures - photocopies of collaged pages full of newspaper clippings, photos, flyers, event invitations, interviews, articles write-ups, and more presumably from the personal files of visual artist, gay porn director, and NY Jacks member/resident artist, Michael Goodwin. M

By Josh Eliot In 2008, magazine empire owner Bentley Morris put his 50+ year old company on the market. There were no takers, and what was once called “One of the industry’s leading trade publications” by the Associated Press closed its doors forever. When I was working in the gay adult industry from 1987 to 2006, anyone and everyone in the gay ind

By Josh Eliot Eric stone on the Ranger in the Wild original box cover alongside newer versions   If there was ever a “wing man” for me, it was definitely director Brad Austin. As I’ve likely mentioned in the past, Brad was my lead cameraman as well as production supervisor for Catalina once I gave up that position to become producer. In addition to

By Josh Eliot It’s Halloween month again so, as usual, I’m writing something appropriate for the upcoming All Hallows Eve. Excuse the gratuitous title, which features four of my full features for Catalina Video that were a product of my love for horror movies. The first was Single White Male (1992), then Sexual Suspect (1996), Thrill Me! (1999) and