Alan Rickman’s film resume includes many memorable characters, but his role as the intimidatingly moody Professor Severus Snape in the Harry Potter franchise remains one of his most iconic roles. Audiences may have enjoyed him as one of the most layered and pivotal characters in the movie franchise based on the JK…

In his very first film, Alan Rickman’s intelligence and droll humor created the prototype for a decade’s worth of blockbuster action film villains with his turn as Hans Gruber in 1988’s Die Hard. He brought that confidence and style to a startling range of characters, from the caddish philanderer who broke Emma…

EXCLUSIVE: Eye in the Sky — the drama about drone strikes — is so timely that distributor Bleecker Street is using President Barack Obama’s speech about the new technology as the voice-over for the film’s TV spot, which is debuting tonight during the Republican debate (watch it above). How? Insiders said the President…

Clive Owen and Alba Rohrwacher will join Meryl Streep as part of the seven person International Jury at the Berlin Film Festival, which opens February 11 with the Coen brothers’ Hail, Caesar!. Also on the panel will be German actor Lars Eidinger; French photographer Brigitte Lacombe; Polish film director Malgorzata…

Tributes are pouring in for Alan Rickman, the magnetic actor who played Severus Snape in the Harry Potter films, created one of Hollywood’s greatest villains in Die Hard and energized stages from the West End to Broadway during a nearly four-decade career. He died this morning at 69. Here is a collection of…

British actor and filmmaker Alan Rickman, known to millions around the world as the delectably nasty Severus Snape in the Harry Potter films, has died at the age of 69. The much-loved figure’s death was confirmed Thursday by his family. He had been suffering from cancer. Already an esteemed figure on the London stage…

It’s hardly the dog days of summer, but the specialty movies are staying. Some numbers have trickled in this morning, and it appears some are hiding in the shade. The one fairly bright spot is a film that has received critical approval but does not boast star-wattage. Monterey Media’s Runoff kicked off in a single NYC…

The last time Alan Rickman took on director duties was in 1997 for The Winter Guest starring Phyllida Law, Emma Thompson, which Fine Line released on Christmas day of that year, eventually grossing over $870K. The Golden Globe winner waited almost a decade-and-a-half to do it a second time with A Little Chaos, which…

August actor-director Alan Rickman effortlessly charmed audiences on a balmy London evening as he took a stroll down memory lane for the latest in BAFTA’s Life in Pictures series. Recalling a career that has seen him work with some of the film industry’s most talented and eclectic directors, including Neil Jordan…

Alan Rickman (Harry Potter), Olivia Cooke (Me And Earl And The Dying Girl) and Douglas Booth (The Riot Club) have boarded Jane Goldman’s adaptation of Peter Ackroyd’s best-selling novel Dan Leno And The Limehouse Golem, with Lionsgate acquired UK and Ireland rights. The film, which will be directed by Juan Carlos…

Alan Rickman directs and stars in A Little Chaos with Kate Winslet, Matthias Schoenaerts, Stanley Tucci and Jennifer Ehle. Rickman also co-wrote the story with Alison Deegan and Jeremy Brock. Winslet plays Madame Sabine De Barra, an unlikely candidate for landscape architect of the still‐to-be-completed Palace of…

Focus Features has taken North American rights to TIFF closing night romantic drama A Little Chaos, starring Kate Winslet and Matthias Schoenaerts. Alan Rickman directed the story of a strong-willed landscape designer chosen to build one of the main gardens at King Louis XIV’s palace at Versailles. Rickman also…