Film Archive: S

Jim de Sève

• Tying the Knot
• Tying the Knot

Ira Sachs

• Married Life
• News: Fast chat with 'Married Life' star Patricia Clarkson
• News: Dark comic turn in 'Married Life' marks a departure for Chris Cooper

Daniel Sackheim

• The Glass House

Michael O. Sajbel

• The Ultimate Gift

Hironobu Sakaguchi

• Final Fantasy: the Spirits Within

Carlos Saldanha

• Robots

Chris Wedge, Carlo Saldanha

• Ice Age: Super Cool Edition

Hiner Saleem

• Vodka Lemon

Walter Salles

• Dark Water: Unrated Widescreen Edition
• Dark Water
• The Motorcycle Diaries

Victor Salva

• Jeepers Creepers 2
• Jeepers Creepers 2
• Jeepers Creepers

Pierre Salvadori

• Après Vous

Gabriele Salvatores

• Io Non Ho Paura (i'm Not Scared)
• Io Non Ho Paura (i'm Not Scared)

Andy Samberg [Hot Rod]

• News: 'Saturday Night Live' phenom hopes to rev up a movie career

Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone [Hot Rod]

• News: 3 high school pals and their inspired road to 'Hot Rod'

Yann Samuell

• Love Me If You Dare (jeux D'enfants)
• Love Me If You Dare (jeux D'enfants)

Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez

• The Blair Witch Project

Dean Deblois, Chris Sanders

• Lilo & Stitch

Jessica Sanders

• After Innocence

Terry Sanders

• Fighting For Life

Richard Sandler

• The Gods of Times Square

Pal Sandor

• Daniel Takes a Train (szerencsés Dániel)

Ahn Sang-hoon

• Arang

Gus Van Sant

• Elephant
• Finding Forrester
• Gerry
• Last Days
• My Own Private Idaho: Criterion Collection

Damon Santostefano

• Three to Tango

Allie Light, Irving Saraf

• In the Shadow of the Stars

Vic Saren

• Left Behind

Bob Sarles

• Soulsville

Marjane Satrapi [Persepolis]

• News: Daughter of the revolution tells her animated tale in 'Persepolis'

Hupert Sauper

• Darwin's Nightmare

Carlos Saura

• Goya in Bordeaux
• Cria Cuervos: Criterion Collection

  Featured Article

  

  Three generations, each imitating the sins of the others, await freedom in the declining years of Franco’s Spain.

   

Claude Sautet

• A Heart in Winter

  Featured Article

  

  Neglected for too long by North American audiences, Un Coeur en Hiver is a subtle, intelligent, and provocative piece of cinema that should not be overlooked.

   

Fred Savage

• Feature: Monkey Business (Part 4: August)
• News: After swearing off comedies, Cuba Gooding is back

Steven Sawalich

• News: Best known as movie Tony Blair, actor plays another real-life role
• Music Within

Geoffrey Sax

• White Noise

John Sayles

• Casa De Los Babys
• Limbo
• Sunshine State
• Sunshine State
• Silver City
• Silver City
• Honeydripper
• News: ‘Honeydripper' a blues project for John Sayles
• News: Indie icon John Sayles doesn't hesitate to go mainstream if it helps his pet causes
• The Pride of the Yankees: Collector's Edition

Rolf Schübel

• Gloomy Sunday

Steven Schachter

• The Wool Cap

J.P. Schaefer

• Chapter 27

Jeff Schaffer

• Eurotrip

Franklin J. Schaffner

• Feature: Part 2: The Changing Face of Filmmaking
• Feature: Future Shock: The Death of Serious Science Fiction
• Planet of the Apes

Jerry Schatzberg

• The Panic in Needle Park

Danny Schechter

• In Debt We Trust

Fred Schepisi

• Last Orders
• Last Orders

Lone Scherfig

• Italian for Beginners
• Wilbur

Ryan Schifrin

• Abominable

Volker Schlöndorff

• Le Coup de grâce

Frieder Schlaich

• Otomo

John Schlesinger

• The Next Best Thing

Volker Schlondorff

• The Legends of Rita

André Heller, Othmar Schmiderer

• Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary (2002)
• Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary

Rob Schmidt

• Wrong Turn
• Wrong Turn

David Schmoeller

• The Seduction

Julian Schnabel

• Before Night Falls
• Feature: Performance Art: The Best Acting of 2007 - Male
• The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

  PopMatters Pick

  

  Diving Bell feels like another world and visually, it looks like no other film.

   
• The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
• Feature: A Gallery of Good Works: The Best Films of 2007
• News: Filmmaker as artist: With so much talent, what's a little ego?
• Feature: The Best Big Screen Eye Candy of 2007
• News: Julian Schnabel says he's made a film everyone can relate to

Marco Schnabel

• Feature: The Return of the Popcorn Circus: June 2008

A.J. Schnack

• Kurt Cobain

AJ Schnack

• Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)
• Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)

Aaron Schneider

• Two Soldiers

  Featured Article

  

  Two Soldiers does more for filmmaking and your library of DVDs in under 50 minutes than a shelf full of the three-hour feats of endurance that are now commonplace.

   

Rob Schrab

• Twigger's Holiday

Paul Schrader

• Auto Focus
• Auto Focus
• Affliction
• The Walker

Barbet Schroeder

• Murder By Numbers
• Our Lady of the Assassins
• Tricheurs
• Terror's Advocate

John Schultz

• The Honeymooners
• Like Mike

Joel Schumacher

• The Number 23
• Bad Company
• Flawless
• The Lost Boys: Special Edition
• The Phantom of the Opera
• Phone Booth
• Phone Booth
• Tigerland
• Veronica Guerin

Bill Schwartz

• Howard Hughes: the Real Aviator

Louis Schwartzberg

• America's Heart & Soul

Robert Schwentke

• Flightplan
• Flightplan

David Schwimmer

• News: With 'Fatboy' and 'Star Trek,' Simon Pegg is playing it straight for a change
• Run, Fatboy, Run

Martin Scorsese

• The Departed
• Feature: Shallow Graves
• The Aviator
• Gangs of New York
• The Last Waltz
• No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
• Taxi Driver: Collector's Edition
• New York, New York: 30th Anniversary Edition
• Shine a Light
• News: Rolling Stones film 'Shine a Light' combines Martin Scorsese's two greatest loves

Campbell Scott

• Off the Map

Ridley Scott

• A Good Year
• Black Hawk Down: Superbit
• Black Hawk Down
• Black Hawk Down
• Gladiator
• Gladiator
• Hannibal
• Kingdom of Heaven
• Matchstick Men
• American Gangster

Tony Scott

• Déjà Vu
• Domino: New Line Platinum Series
• Domino
• Man on Fire
• Man on Fire
• Spy Game
• Spy Game
• Top Gun: Special Collector's Edition

Deborah Scranton

• The War Tapes

  PopMatters Pick

  

  'I'm not the media, damn it,' sighs Specialist Mike Moriarty, while also wondering whether 'there's any way to truthfully tell a story without putting a slant on it.'

   
• The War Tapes

  Featured Article

  

  With the soldiers' harrowing imagery and intelligent observations, The War Tapes makes a case that administrators and officers need to treat the war with what Mike Moriarty calls "intensity."

   

Fred F. Sears

• Earth Vs. the Flying Saucers

George Seaton

• Teacher's Pet

Peter Segal

• Anger Management
• 50 First Dates: Special Edition
• 50 First Dates
• The Longest Yard: Widescreen Collector's Edition
• The Longest Yard
• Nutty Professor Ii: the Klumps
• Tommy Boy: Holy Schnike Edition
• Feature: The Return of the Popcorn Circus: June 2008

Peter Sehr

• Kaspar Hauser

Arthur Allan Seidelman

• The Sisters

Jerry Seinfeld

• News: While promoting 'Bee Movie,' Jerry Seinfeld keeps processing

Richard Ray Perez, Joan Sekler

• Unprecedented: the 2000 Presidential Election

Henry Selick

• Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: In Disney Digital 3D
• Monkeybone
• The Nightmare Before Christmas

Ali Selim

• Sweet Land
• News: Focusing a movie spotlight on the Minnesota prairie and its people

Aaron Seltzer

• Date Movie (unrated)

David Seltzer

• Punchline

Ousmane Sembene

• Moolaadé

Dominic Sena

• Gone in 60 Seconds: Director's Cut
• Gone in 60 Seconds
• Swordfish
• Swordfish

Malcolm Clarke and Stuart Sender

• Prisoner of Paradise

Narciso Ibanez Serrador

• Who Can Kill a Child? (¿Quien Puede Matar a un Nino?)

Ward Serrill

• The Heart of the Game

  PopMatters Pick

  

  Darnellia smiles, lace curtains on the window behind her, wearing a big old gray athletic hoodie. "I wanted to be a cheerleader 'cause I can dance," she says.

   
• The Heart of the Game

  Featured Article

  

  Ward Serrill's smart, challenging documentary traces not only Darnellia and Resler's complicated relationship, but also a series of stories concerning high school athletics, race and class, and most importantly, girls.

   

Ramin Serry

• Maryam

Tom Shadyac

• Evan Almighty
• Feature: Monkey Business (Part 2: June)
• Bruce Almighty
• Dragonfly

Steven Shainberg

• Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
• Secretary
• News: 'Fur' is a personal portrait of photographer Diane Arbus

Adam Shankman

• Hairspray (2007)
• Feature: Monkey Business (Part 3: July)
• News: Ice cream server one day, 'Hairspray' star the next
• Hairspray (2007)

  Featured Article

  

  When Hairspray is good, it’s fantastic. It radiates an energy and a joy that’s beyond infectious.

   
• Bringing Down the House
• The Pacifier
• The Pacifier
• A Walk to Remember
• The Wedding Planner

Andy Shankman

• Cheaper By the Dozen 2

Arnold Shapiro

• Scared Straight!

Henry Alex Rubin, Dana Adam Shapiro

• Murderball

Laurie Gwen Shapiro and David Shapiro

• Keep the River on Your Right: a Modern Cannibal Tale

Paul Shapiro

• Spring Break Shark Attack

Ian Sharp

• Tess of the D'urbervilles

Ben Sharpsteen

• Dumbo (60th Anniversary DVD)

Melville Shavelson

• A New Kind of Love

Bob Shaye

• The Last Mimzy
• The Last Mimzy

Barry Shear

• Across 110th Street

Jon Shear

• Urbania

Michael Sheen

• News: Best known as movie Tony Blair, actor plays another real-life role

Chuck Sheetz

• Recess: School's Out

Adrienne Shelly

• Waitress
• News: Improv skills earn Cheryl Hines some really big winners
• Waitress

Ron Shelton

• Dark Blue
• Hollywood Homicide
• Hollywood Homicide
• Play It to the Bone
• The Pride of the Yankees: Collector's Edition

Megan Mylan, Jon Shenk

• Lost Boys of Sudan

Richard Shepard

• The Matador
• The Hunting Party

Adrian Shergold

• Dirty Filthy Love

Jim Sheridan

• Get Rich or Die Tryin'
• Get Rich or Die Tryin'
• In America
• In America

Kirsten Sheridan

• August Rush
• Feature: Super Duper Bad: The Worst Films of 2007

Takashi Shimizu

• The Grudge 2
• The Grudge 2
• The Grudge
• The Grudge: Special Edition

Pauly Shore

• Pauly Shore Is Dead

Simon Shore

• Get Real

Elisabeth Shue [Gracie]

• News: Based on a real story, 'Gracie' is a Shue thing

M. Night Shyamalan

• Lady in the Water
• Signs
• Unbreakable
• The Village
• The Village
• Feature: The Return of the Popcorn Circus: June 2008

Charles Shyer

• Alfie
• Alfie
• The Affair of the Necklace
• Father of the Bride: 15th Anniversary Edition

Brad Siberling

• Lemony Snicket's a Series of Unfortunate Events: Special Collector's Edition
• Lemony Snicket's a Series of Unfortunate Events

Vittorio de Sica

• Shoeshine (sciusciÀ)

Marcos Siega

• Underclassman

Sam Green, Bill Siegel

• The Weather Underground

Scott McGehee and David Siegel

• Bee Season
• Bee Season

Taggart Siegel

• The Real Dirt on Farmer John

Brad Silberling

• 10 Items or Less
• Moonlight Mile

David Silverman

• Feature: Monkey Business (Part 3: July)
• News: The voice of Bart Simpson says don't have a cow about the movie
• News: It's 'The Simpsons,' bigger than ever
• News: Creator as surprised as anyone by success of 'The Simpsons'
• News: Woohoo! Satire seeing a revival
• News: 20 essential things I've learned from Homer Simpson
• The Simpsons Movie
• News: The evolution of 'The Simpsons'
• The Simpsons Movie

  Featured Article

  

  After 18 years on the air and nearly 400 amazing episodes, The Simpsons Movie delivers the entertainment equivalent of a 90 minute greatest hits package.

   
• The Simpsons Movie

Joel Silverman

• Surf School

Harry Sinclair

• The Price of Milk

Bryan Singer

• Superman Returns
• X2: X-Men United
• X2: X-Men United
• X-Men

Tarem Singh

• The Cell
• The Cell

John Singleton

• Baby Boy
• Four Brothers
• Four Brothers
• Shaft
• 2 Fast 2 Furious
• 2 Fast 2 Furious
• News: Five questions for 'Illegal Tender' producer John Singleton

David Sington

• News: Feats of Apollo astronauts come alive in documentary
• In the Shadow of the Moon: A Challenging Journey to Tranquility, 1965-1969 by Francis French
• In the Shadow of the Moon
• In the Shadow of the Moon

Bruce Sinofsky

• Good Rockin' Tonight: the Legacy of Sun Records

Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky

• Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
• Metallica: Some Kind of Monster

Robert Siodmak

• The Killers

Florent Siri

• Hostage
• Hostage

Douglas Sirk

• Feature: Part 1: Pure Classicism

Abderrahmane Sissako

• Bamako

  PopMatters Pick

  

  At a time when Sicko is challenging the corruptions of the US health insurance system, Abderrahmane Sissako's beautiful, evocative film reminds you that similar abuses are worldwide.

   

Rob Sitch

• The Dish
• The Dish

Peter and Bobby Farrelly, Piet Kroon, Tom Sito

• Osmosis Jones

Wai Keung Lau, Alan Mak Siu-Fai

• Infernal Affairs (wu Jian Dao)

Chris Sivertson

• Feature: Super Duper Bad: The Worst Films of 2007
• I Know Who Killed Me

Alf Sjöberg

• Miss Julie

  Featured Article

  

  Much of the power of Strindberg’s staging comes from the juxtaposition between a celebration of life, sexuality, and freedom without, and the claustrophobic horrorshow within.

   

Michael Skolnik

• Without the King

David Slade

• Hard Candy
• 30 Days of Night

Neal Slavin

• Focus

George Sluizer

• The Vanishing (spoorloos)

Bob Smeaton

• Festival Express

Carter Smith

• Feature: Jena Malone
• News: Scott Smith's novel 'The Ruins' comes to the big screen
• The Ruins

Chris Smith

• American Movie

Christopher Smith

• Creep
• Severance

Kevin Smith

• Clerks II
• Feature: The Pay Off: The Best Film of 2006
• Dogma
• Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
• Jersey Girl
• Jersey Girl
• Feature: Part 5: The Return of the Auteur

Scott Smith

• News: Scott Smith's novel 'The Ruins' comes to the big screen

Will Smith

• News: Will Smith and his son believed in the pursuit of 'Happyness'
• News: Will Smith is at peace with roles as superstar, husband and father
• News: He may no longer be fresh, but Will Smith remains a prince

Will Smith and Chris Gardner

• News: Real-life character in 'Happyness' was an act of Will

Michael Snow

• *corpus Callosum

Zack Snyder

• Feature: The PopMatters 'Short Ends & Leader' Spring Film Preview
• News: Iranian exiles see film '300' as an attempt to vilify Persians
• 300
• Feature: Spartan Spectators
• 300
• Dawn of the Dead

Michele Soavi

• Cemetery Man

Michelangelo Antonioni, Wong Kar-Wai, Steven Soderbergh

• Eros

Steven Soderbergh

• The Good German
• The Good German
• Ocean's Thirteen
• Feature: Monkey Business (Part 2: June)
• News: Jerry Weintraub is the 'heart and soul' of the 'Ocean's' trilogy
• Bubble
• Erin Brockovich
• Full Frontal
• Ocean's Eleven
• Solaris
• Solaris
• Traffic

  PopMatters Pick

  

  As if a force unto themselves, beyond all legal, social, moral, or even political powers, drugs cross borders, produce wealth, cost lives. Drugs are a system, and they never stop moving.

   

Sofia Coppola

• Marie Antoinette

  Featured Article

  

  A girl made queen by the peculiar forces of 18th-century statecraft, Marie is by turns amused, alarmed, and pissed off, mercurial and imperious as only a teenager can be.

   
• Marie Antoinette

Iain Softley

• K-pax
• The Skeleton Key

Joel Soisson

• The Prophecy: Uprising
• The Prophecy: Forsaken

Aleksandr Sokurov

• Russian Ark (russkij Kovcheg)

Alexander Sokurov

• Confession (povinnost)
• Spiritual Voices
• Feature: The Cult of Personality

Peter Sollett

• Raising Victor Vargas
• Raising Victor Vargas
• Raising Victor Vargas

Courtney Solomon

• Dungeons & Dragons
• Dungeons & Dragons

Ed Solomon

• Levity
• Levity

Todd Solondz

• Storytelling

Stephen Sommers

• The Mummy Returns
• Van Helsing

Barry Sonnenfeld

• Get Shorty (special Edition)
• Men in Black Ii

Jim Sonzero

• Pulse

Kevin Spacey

• Beyond the Sea

Will Speck, Josh Gordon (II)

• News: Skating comedy gives Ferrell a chance to sparkle
• News: Jon Heder takes to the ice in his next biggest thing since 'Dynamite'
• Blades of Glory
• Feature: The PopMatters 'Short Ends & Leader' Spring Film Preview
• News: Where there's a Will, there's a payday

Will Speck & Josh Gordon

• Blades of Glory

Edward Speleers [Eragon]

• News: 'Eragon' star Edward Speleers is on quite the ride

Steven Spielberg

• A.I.: Artificial Intelligence