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 “terrifying” right ...

Writer-director Carmen Emmi's feature debut, Plainclothes, tells the story of an undercover cop who's assigned to lure and arrest gay men. Upon meeting a particularly irresistible target, however, the ...

Russell Tovey has always possessed a low-key magnetism in his work — one that goes beyond his appearance — whether starring in the queer HBO series “Looking” or the dystopian drama “Years and Years.” ...

In his feature directorial debut, Carmen Emmi directs Billy the Kid and The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes star Tom Blyth. He stars in Plainclothes as Lucas alongside Russell Tovey.

In 2016, aspiring writer-director Carmen Emmi came across a Los Angeles Times article about undercover cops who would arrest gay men on charges of lewd conduct in public bathrooms — a controversial ...

These days, gay men can arrange sex by a smartphone app as easily as ordering a pizza. But back in the ’90s, when “Plainclothes” takes place, such trysts not only had to be coordinated in person, but ...

In 2016, filmmaker Carmen Emmi read an article in the L.A. Times. It depicted police officers who would go undercover and lure men into exposing themselves in public bathrooms in order to make an ...

After having screened successfully at Frameline49, the new indie tense psychological thriller, “Plainclothes” played at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and won the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award ...

Carmen Emmi convincingly evokes a lost era of cruising, focusing on the conflicted conscience of a police officer (Tom Blyth) who develops a crush on a sexy offender (Russell Tovey) he’s surveilling.