Jon Bernthal stars in and produces the present-day reimagining of the 1980 Jerry Bruckheimer feature. By Lesley Goldberg Television Editor, West Coast Bernthal stars as Julian Kaye, who is introduced ...

Showtime's new series, American Gigolo, sees Jon Bernthal take on the role of a male escort Julian Kaye, who is falsely accused of murder. After getting his name cleared following a 15-year prison ...

With its pulsing burble of Blondie music and its chilly aesthetic, the 1980 Paul Schrader film “American Gigolo” is a showpiece of what would soon be the Reagan decade. Some 42 years later, a TV ...

For no evident reason, Showtime offers a series continuation of Paul Schrader's 1980 film, with Bernthal slipping into Richard Gere's perfectly tailored suits. By Daniel Fienberg Chief Television ...

Paul Schrader’s original 1980 film American Gigolo was very much of its time, a noir film taking place in a world where Studio 54 was still operational, and a story about a male prostitute embroiled ...

Let’s cut to the chase: This is not your parents’ “American Gigolo.” Showtime’s dark series shares a name, the Blondie theme song and some characters with the 1980 film that launched Richard Gere’s ...

American Gigolo is Showtime's new thriller which follows a male sex worker who was framed for murder and is determined to learn who set him up. It is a remake of Paul Schrader's classic 1980s film, ...

God bless Paul Schrader. For over fifty years now — first as a film critic, then as a screenwriter, then as a writer director, now as both AND a social media personality as well! — Schrader has been ...