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

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 ...

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

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

With gay rights coming back into the crosshairs in almost every country across the globe, Carmen Emmi’s slow-burn drama is sobering reminder of just how far these things have progressed in the past 30 ...

Tom Blyth talks about playing a closeted gay cop in 'Plainclothes' and his sex scenes with co-star Russell Tovey.

Enter the to-me deeply uncanny experience of watching writer-director Carmen Emmi’s powerfully affecting first feature Plainclothes at this year’s Sundance (where it won the US Dramatic Special Jury ...

The U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award Winner for Ensemble Cast “Plainclothes” follows Lucas, undercover cop in the ‘90s who ...

The SIU announced Thursday that the officer faces an aggravated assault charge after leaving a man with serious injuries who intervened in an arrest.

But back in the ’90s, when “Plainclothes” takes place, such trysts not only had to be coordinated in person, but could be punished by arrest. Audiences of a certain age and demographic ...