Director Alexandre Rockwell’s achingly lovely “Sweet Thing” takes place on the cusp between adolescence and adulthood, with its child stars attempting to navigate a grown-up world and dangers they don ...

Time tugs strangely on the sleeve of “Sweet Thing,” a heartfelt, hopeful yet slightly hollow black-and-white coming-of-ager from American indie stalwart Alexandre Rockwell (“In the Soup,” “Pete Smalls ...

Obsession overrides every choice, every good intention, every thought for Washington, D.C., homicide detective Alexander “Alex” Blum in “Sweet Thing,” David Swinson’s outstandingly gritty sixth novel.

The filmmaker Alexandre Rockwell cast his wife as a negligent mother and his children as runaways in this shimmering black-and-white drama. By Teo Bugbee When you purchase a ticket for an ...

Mick Jagger has firmly stated over the years that he did not think singing would be his lifelong career – and he didn't want it to be. Of course, things turned out far differently. He was still ...

Film Movement has acquired North American rights to Alexandre Rockwell’s “Sweet Thing,” which won the Berlin Film Festival’s Crystal Bear in 2020. The movie is slated for a theatrical release this ...

Mary J. Blige and Chaka Khan during VH1 Divas Duets: A Concert to Benefit the VH1 Save the Music Foundation – Show at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. (Photo by M. Caulfield ...

Alexandre Rockwell gets vibrant performances from his own kids in this lo-fi, monochrome drama about coming of age in poverty and hope. Time tugs strangely on the sleeve of “Sweet Thing,” a heartfelt, ...