A debut film for writer-director Carmen Emmi, Plainclothes (2025) stars Tom Blyth, Russell Tovey, Maria Dizzia and Gabe Fazio. Plainclothes is a stripped-down film when it comes to dialogue.

Case in point: “Plainclothes.” In writer-director Carmen Emmi’s feature debut, Blyth stars as Lucas, an undercover cop in 1990s Syracuse, N.Y., who falls in love with Andrew (Russell Tovey ...

EXCLUSIVE: Magnolia Pictures has acquired worldwide rights to the Tom Blyth and Russell Tovey thriller Plainclothes from filmmaker Carmen Emmi. Emmi’s directorial debut is set in 1990s Syracuse ...

Once the main players are established, though, and experimental flashes of harsh analog video become a more recognizable manifestation of its ugly-beautiful aesthetic, Plainclothes builds to a ...

As the LGBTQ community continues to face threats to their safety and rights as equal American citizens, the cast and creatives of “Plainclothes” were quick to admit that things feel ...

The undercover work depicted in Plainclothes seems not so different from the homophobic witch-hunts of more than half a century ago. One of the most famous cases was the arrest in 1953 of ...