EJ Moreno with a video review of Plainclothes…In this 1990s-set thriller, viewers are taken back to a forgotten time in gay history. Plainclothes is a look at cruising and the erotic dangers that come with it. In my detailed review, the film opens up the door for a conversation on the most infamous cases of […]
Tom Blyth and Russell Tovey star in trailer for award-winning thriller Plainclothes
Magnolia Pictures has shared a poster and trailer for writer-director Carmen Emmi’s Sundance award-winning 1990s-set thriller Plainclothes.Tom Blyth stars as Lucas, a young police officer assigned with the undercover task of luring and arresting gay men in public bathrooms, who finds himself torn between duty and desire when he falls in love with his target […]
2025 Sundance International Film Festival Review – Plainclothes
Plainclothes, 2025.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.SYNOPSIS:A promising undercover agent assigned to lure and arrest gay men defies professional orders when he falls in love with a target.Writer/director Carmen Emmi’s closeted-sexuality thriller […]
