Set in Syracuse, New York, in the mid ‘90s, Carmen Emmi’s debut feature revolves around a young cop assigned to a sting ...

Carmen Emmi’s thriller, Plainclothes, follows Tom Blyth's cop who falls in love with the subject of his sting, played by ...

You can’t say a word to your targets, relying on eye contact to convince them that your intentions are sexual. You can’t ...

Plainclothes (2025) is an emotionally dense watch as Lucas comes into his truth, but his guilt weighs heavy. The post ...

Plainclothes actor Russell Tovey tells TheWrap he wished his 1990s-set movie was "stuck in that time in history," but its ...

A movie all too palpably real for those of us who can remember years of shame, fear and secrecy, Plainclothes follows a young cop assigned to a sting operation, arresting gay men cruising for sex ...

Set and shot in his hometown of Syracuse, New York, with family members even making cameos, “Plainclothes” is clearly very personal to writer/director Carmen Emmi. It’s much more than its ...

Written and Directed by Carmen Emmi. Starring Tom Blyth, Russell Tovey, Amy Forsyth, Maria Dizzia, Christian Cooke, Gabe Fazio, John Bedford Lloyd, Alessandra Ford Balazs, and Sam Asa Brownstein.

Carmen Emmi evokes the conflicted conscience of a police officer (Tom Blyth) who develops a dangerous crush on a sexy offender (Russell Tovey).

And you’re certainly not supposed to take their phone number and proceed to fall in love with them after failing to make an arrest. Yet that’s exactly what Lucas (Tom Blyth) ends up doing in ...