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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Movie Review – The Good Nurse (2022)
The Good Nurse, 2022. Directed by Tobias Lindholm Starring Jessica Chastain, Eddie Redmayne, Kim Dickens, Noah Emmerich, Nnamdi Asomugha, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Malik Yoba, Alix West Lefler and Gabe Fazio SYNOPSIS: Amy (Jessica Chastain), a compassionate nurse and single mother struggling with a life-threatening heart condition, finds solace in the friendship of a new member of […]
Movie Review – Giants Being Lonely (2021)
Giants Being Lonely, 2021. Directed by Grear Patterson. Starring Jack Irving, Ben Irving, Lily Gavin, Amalia Culp, Gabe Fazio, Alejandro Castro, Larry Miller, and Stella Schnabel. SYNOPSIS: A pair of players on a successful high school baseball team, the Giants, come of age in the American South. In concept, everything about Giants Being Lonely draws […]
Movie Review – Exit 0 (2019)
Exit 0, 2019. Directed by Eric B. Hughes. Starring Gabe Fazio, Augie Duke, Federico Castelluccio, and Peter Greene. SYNOPSIS: A young couple sets out on a weekend getaway in hopes of mending their failing relationship. The weekend turns dark when the man discovers a videotape chronicling the events of a murder in his very own […]
