Night at the Adonis, A, 86 min

From the liner notes: "Everybody in New York in the early 80s wound up at the Adonis Theatre. From young to old, from leather to prep. They all enjoyed the hedonistic and carefree sexual goings-on. The sex in this film is timeless and still dick-hardening today." This late 70s feature film from legendary Jack Deveau holds up surprisingly well today, even if the casual viewer might be put off by the emphasis on plot over sex. Yes, Virginia, in the 70s they actually made porn movies which guys paid to see in theatres and they actually had stories. A Night at the Adonis is one of the most famous of these flicks, which for one short golden age were a staple of X-rated cinemas in larger cities all over the country. Superstar Jack Wrangler turns in a charismatic starring role in this one, which tracks his night of sexploits at the titular Adonis Theatre, a notorious Times Square movie house. The movie strikes a successful balance between romantic comedy (true, I swear) and nasty man on man action, an art long since relegated to the dustbin in gay porn.