Screen Drafts
297 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 days ago - ★★★★★ - 432 ratingsExperts and enthusiasts competitively collaborate in the creation of screen-centric "best of" lists. Hosted by draft commissioners Clay Keller and Ryan Marker. "Most impeccable taste in guests." - Entertainment Weekly
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Episodes
ACTION SEQUELS (with Nick de Semlyen & Chris Hewitt)
April 16, 2024 00:00 - 2 hours - 100 MBEmpire Magazine colleagues Chris Hewitt (The Empire Film Podcast) and Nick de Semlyen (The Last Action Heroes) join the draft table for the first time, collaboratively ranking the 7 best ACTION SEQUELS ever made!
AARON SORKIN SUPER DRAFT (with Brian Duffield, Liz Hannah, & Mike Makowsky)
April 11, 2024 01:44 - 4 hours - 137 MBScreenwriters Brian Duffield (Spontaneous, No One Will Save You), Mike Makowsky (Take Me, Bad Education), and Liz Hannah (The Post, Long Shot) rank all ten feature films with scripts written by the singular AARON SORKIN!
LYNN SHELTON SUPER DRAFT (with Lucé Tomlin-Brenner & Ryan Marker)
April 03, 2024 23:08 - 3 hours - 141 MBCo-commissioner Ryan Marker and newly-minted Screen Drafts All-Star Lucé Tomlin-Brenner (It's Always Halloween) rank all eight feature films directed by the late great Lynn Shelton! Joining Clay at the commissioner's table is Screen Drafts "Drea" Drea Clark (Maximum Film).
JODIE FOSTER (with Jacqueline Coley & Erik Anderson)
March 27, 2024 03:20 - 2 hours - 94.8 MBFresh off awards season, Jacqueline Coley (rottentomatoes.com) and Erik Anderson (awardswatch.com), rank the seven best films from the career of legendary two-time Oscar winner JODIE FOSTER!
2009 HORROR (with Brian Collins & Penny Cox)
March 19, 2024 00:00 - 2 hours - 108 MBBrian Collins (Horror Movie A Day) and Penny Cox (Reacher, FUBAR) rank the 7 best HORROR films released in the year 2009!
HORROR MUSICALS (with Rebekah McKendry, Graham Skipper, B.J. Colangelo, & Jason Ruvaldt)
March 13, 2024 01:47 - 2 hours - 104 MBHall of Famer Rebekah McKendry (Glorious) takes on Legend Graham Skipper (The Lonely Man with the Ghost Machine) yet again, this time ranking the 7 best HORROR MUSICALS ever made! Joining the draft table are Patreon Official Sponsor Jason Ruvaldt, and guest co-commish B.J. Colangelo (This Ends at Prom).
2023 MEGA DRAFT (with Katie Walsh, Drea Clark, Billy Ray Brewton, & Clay Keller)
March 05, 2024 01:50 - 5 hours - 217 MBScreen Drafts rookie Katie Walsh (The Los Angeles Times, Miami Nice) joins Screen Drafts Hall of Famer Drea Clark (Bentonville Film Festival, Maximum Film) and Screen Drafts Legend Billy Ray Brewton (Make Believe Film Festival) to rank the 20 best films of the year 2023 with Screen Drafts commissioner Clay Keller (Screen Drafts)! Get tickets to the Seattle live show: https://makebelieveseattle.eventive.org/schedule/65a0610da8bb4800551634ce
INDIANA JONES Franchise mini-Super Draft
February 27, 2024 01:40 - 2 hours - 83.7 MBJoin Clay, Ryan, and Darren Franich as they attempt to rank the 5 films of the INDIANA JONES Franchise! For tickets to Screen Drafts Live at Make Believe Film Festival '24, visit: https://makebelieveseattle.eventive.org/schedule/65a0610da8bb4800551634ce To join the Booster Club, visit: patreon.com/screendrafts
STEPHEN KING mini-MEGA (with Scott Wampler, Eric Vespe, Wynter Mitchell, & Louis Peitzman)
February 20, 2024 02:25 - 4 hours - 165 MBGet ready for a Kingcast x Screen Drafts epic crossover event, as Kingcast hosts Scott Wampler and Eric Vespe, and fan-favorite guests Wynter Mitchell and Louis Peitzman, sit down at the virtual draft table to rank the top 13 best features adapted from the work of The King of Horror!
OZPLOITATION (with Elric Kane, Blake Howard, Alexei Toliopoulos, & Chris Owens)
February 13, 2024 02:32 - 3 hours - 127 MBIt's Aussie vs. Kiwi as Blake Howard (One Heat Minute Productions) and Elric Kane (Pure Cinema Podcast, Colors of the Dark) competitively / collaboratively rank the Top 7 OZPLOITATION films! Joining us Down Under are "Official Sponsor" Patron Chris Owens, and guest co-commish Alexei Toliopoulos! Special thanks to Chris for supporting the show and picking this rough and rowdy topic!
QUEER COMEDY (with Kyle Turner & Juan Barquin)
February 06, 2024 01:35 - 2 hours - 93.9 MBLIVE (virtually) from Seattle Queer Film Festival '23 it's critic / author Kyle Turner (The Queer Film Guide) & filmmaker Juan Barquin ranking the Top 7 best QUEER COMEDIES ever made! Prefer to WATCH this live show as it was originally presented? You can! Just go to patreon.com/screendrafts to see every reaction, every live comment, and every shocking graphic the Billy Ray Brewton throws up on the screen!
MARTIN SCORSESE SUPER DRAFT: PART THREE (with Roxana Hadadi, Oriana Nudo, & Bryan Cogman)
January 30, 2024 04:13 - 5 hours - 195 MBScorsese Month comes to an epic conclusion as Roxana Hadadi (Vulture), Bryan Cogman (Game of Thrones), and Oriana Nudo (Hollywood-ography) complete the month-long ranking of all 30 Martin Scorsese feature films by placing the Top 10 in order from #10 to #1!
SCORSESE PRODUCED mini-MEGA (with Drea Clark, Inkoo Kang, & Ify Nwadiwe)
January 23, 2024 01:02 - 4 hours - 154 MBIt's week 4 of SCORSESE MONTH, and Team Maximum Film, hosts Drea Clark and Ify Nwadiwe, and frequent guest Inkoo Kang (The New Yorker), join us at the draft table to rank the 11 best films produced, but not directed, by Martin Scorsese!
MARTIN SCORSESE SUPER DRAFT: PART TWO (with Katey Rich, Joe Reid, & Chris Feil)
January 16, 2024 01:00 - 3 hours - 139 MBThe SCORSESE SUPER DRAFT continues, with guest GMs Katey Rich (Vanity Fair), and This Had Oscar Buzz's Joe Reid & Chris Feil reuniting at the draft table to make picks #20 through #11. Joining Clay at the commissioner's table is PART ONE GM Phil Iscove (Podcast Like It's 1992), to provide context, color commentary, and contrition for what occurred in PART ONE.
CRITERION WORLD CINEMA PROJECT (with Marya E. Gates, Ryan Marker, & Drew McWeeny)
January 09, 2024 03:10 - 2 hours - 96.4 MBIt's week 2 of SCORSESE MONTH, and we are turning our attention to a group of films that are near and dear to Marty's heart: the films that have been restored by the World Cinema Project, and released on DVD and Blu-Ray by The Criterion Collection. Marya E. Gates (RogerEbert.com) returns to the draft table to rank the top 7 "best" of these films with co-commissioner Ryan Marker, while Drew McWeeny (the upcoming The Hip Pocket podcast) joins Clay as guest co-commissioner.
MARTIN SCORSESE SUPER DRAFT: PART ONE (with Emily St. James, Phil Iscove, & Kenny Neibart)
January 02, 2024 00:19 - 3 hours - 145 MBScorsese Month on Screen Drafts begins with the past and current hosts of the Podcast Like It's... podcast franchise, Phil Iscove, Kenny Neibart, and Emily St. James, making picks #30 to #21 on the all-encompassing MARTIN SCORSESE SUPER DRAFT! In two weeks the Super Draft continues, with Joe Reid, Chris Feil, and Katey Rich making picks #20 to #11.
JULIETTE BINOCHE mini-MEGA (with Thomas Grabinski, Ryan Marker, & Clay Keller)
December 25, 2023 03:34 - 4 hours - 165 MBIt's Kristmas Eve, and we're celebrating in true Screen Drafts fashion, by inviting Thomas Grabinski (The Olivier Assayas Super Draft, Irma? Yep!) over to help us rank the 13 best films starring one of our favorite actors: the legendary Juliette Binoche!
AARP ACTION (with Jordan Morris & Gina Ippolito)
December 19, 2023 02:45 - 2 hours - 82.8 MBScreen Drafts rookies Jordan Morris (Youth Group, Jordan, Jesse, Go!) and Gina Ippolito (New Rockstars, Knowing is Half the Podcast) to rank the 7 best ACTION MOVIES starring actors who have qualified for membership in the AARP! Pre-order Jordan's upcoming action/horror/comedy comic book, Youth Group: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250789235/youthgroup
'80s SPORTS mini-MEGA (with Linda Holmes, Alan Sepinwall, & Daniel Fienberg)
December 12, 2023 01:39 - 4 hours - 147 MBChief TV Critics Alan Sepinwall (Rolling Stone) and Daniel Fienberg (The Hollywood Reporter) are back ranking a decade of SPORTS films, this time focusing on the 1980s, and this time with Linda Holmes (Pop Culture Happy Hour, Flying Solo) joining the squad!
JUDY GARLAND (with Maureen Lee Lenker & Oriana Nudo)
December 05, 2023 22:31 - 2 hours - 95.7 MBA Screen Drafts tradition continues! As their season on entertainment legend Judy Garland comes to a close, Hollywood-ography hosts Oriana Nudo and Maureen Lee Lenker join us at the draft table to rank her 7 best films!
DISNEY ANIMATION STUDIOS MEGA: PART TWO (with Rebekah McKendry, B.J. Colangelo, Dane McDonald, & Louis Peitzman)
November 28, 2023 02:43 - 4 hours - 158 MBIt's the grand finale of Animation Month! We are joined again by GMs Rebekah McKendry (Colors of the Dark) B.J. Colangelo (This Ends at Prom), Dane McDonald (Chasing Chalamet), and Louis Peitzman (Vulture, The New York Time) to finish what they started: the DISNEY ANIMATION STUDIOS MEGA DRAFT! In PART TWO, they competitively / collaboratively rank picks 13-1, and crown the #1 best feature film made during the first 100 years of Walt Disney Animation Studios.
RALPH BAKSHI SUPER DRAFT (with William Bibbiani & Harmony Colangelo)
November 21, 2023 00:29 - 2 hours - 111 MBAnimation Month takes a hard left turn as Harmony Colangelo (This Ends at Prom) and William Bibbiani (Critically Acclaimed Network) rank the entire feature filmography of the brazenly original alternative animation legend, Ralph Bakshi! Joining as co-commissioner is Screen Drafts Legend Billy Ray Brewton.
DISNEY ANIMATION STUDIOS MEGA: PART ONE (with Rebekah McKendry, B.J. Colangelo, Dane McDonald, & Louis Peitzman)
November 14, 2023 00:50 - 3 hours - 143 MB100 years. 61 animated feature films. 1 groundbreaking animation studio. Four returning Screen Drafts vets, Rebekah McKendry (Colors of the Dark), B.J. Colangelo (This Ends at Prom), Dane McDonald (Chasing Chalamet), and Louis Peitzman (The New York Times, Vulture) celebrate the centennial anniversary of Walt Disney Animation Studios by collaboratively ranking the 26 best feature films produced by the company in its 100 year history! In Part One, our guest GMs rank picks 26-14. In two week...
DON BLUTH SUPER DRAFT (with Adam B. Vary & Joe Reid)
November 07, 2023 00:52 - 3 hours - 140 MBAnimation month 2023 kicks off with Adam B. Vary (Variety) and Joe Reid (This Had Oscar Buzz) ranking all 10 feature films directed by animation legend Don Bluth!
HALLOWEEN SUPER DRAFT (with Rebekah McKendry, Elric Kane, Billy Ray Brewton, Graham Skipper, & Matt Mercer)
October 31, 2023 05:11 - 4 hours - 157 MBThe infamous "Freddy vs. Jason" GM panel is reunited (er, resurrected) to rank the 13 HALLOWEEN films in the horrifying conclusion to SCREAM Drafts VI!
SAW SUPER DRAFT (with Ben Mekler, Megan Amram, & Walter Hollmann)
October 24, 2023 00:47 - 2 hours - 93.4 MBSCREAM Drafts VI continues as rookie Megan Amram (Parks & Rec, The Good Place) joins veterans Ben Mekler (Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Night) and Walter Hollmann (The Silver Screening Room) to rank all 10 of the films in the nearly twenty year old SAW franchise!
TWO THUMBS DOWN (with Matt Singer & Jordan Hoffman)
October 16, 2023 23:50 - 3 hours - 109 MBWe take a brief break from #SCREAMDraftVI to bring you writer / critics Matt Singer (Opposable Thumbs) and Jordan Hoffman (themessenger.com) ranking the 7 best films that received the dreaded "two thumbs down" from Gene Siskel & Roger Ebert!
HOME INVASION (with Wynter Mitchell & Morgan Peter Brown)
October 10, 2023 01:50 - 3 hours - 138 MBSCREAM Drafts VI continues into its second spooky week with veteran GMs Morgan Peter Brown (The Dungeon Run) and Wynter Mitchell (Waiting to X-Hale) ranking the 7 best HOME INVASION films ever made!
BLUMHOUSE (with Kyle Anderson & Billy Ray Brewton)
October 03, 2023 01:51 - 2 hours - 100 MBSCREAM Drafts VI kicks off with best friends in the world Kyle Anderson (Entertainment Now on Sirius XM) and Billy Ray Brewton (Make Believe Film Festival) ranking the 7 best films produced by the Hollywood Horror Heavy Hitters over at BLUMHOUSE!
1998 mini-MEGA with (Karen Tongson, Helen Shang, Thomas Grabinski, Bryan Cogman, & Clay)
September 26, 2023 03:06 - 4 hours - 169 MBIt's Screen Drafts' 2nd annual 25th anniversary celebration! Guest commissioner Bryan Cogman takes over the show as Clay joins an illustrious GM panel, including author Karen Tongson, screenwriter Helen Shang, and development exec Thomas Grabinski, to rank the 13 best films released in the year 1998!
GRETA GERWIG (with Piya Sinha-Roy & Devan Coggan)
September 19, 2023 19:50 - 2 hours - 104 MBNewly minted Screen Drafts All-Stars Piya Sinha-Roy and Devan Coggan rank the 7 best films from the filmography (both acting and directing) of billion dollar filmmaker GRETA GERWIG!
VIETNAM WAR mini-MEGA (with Drew McWeeny, Drea Clark, Billy Ray Brewton, & Frank Berman)
September 12, 2023 04:45 - 4 hours - 172 MBScreen Drafts veterans Drew McWeeny, Drea Clark, and Billy Ray Brewton have been brought to the draft table by "Official Sponsor" Patron Frank Berman to rank the 11 best films ever made about the Vietnam War!
THE MARATHON: KRISTEN STEWART (Patreon Sneak Peek)
September 05, 2023 00:41 - 1 hour - 74.9 MBArthouse cinema operators Clay and Ryan program competing KRISTEN STEWART movie marathons using titles from the original K-Stew draft list in the second episode of Screen Drafts Presents: The Marathon. Find episodes three and four of The Marathon, as well as over 100 other bonus episodes from other series, on the Screen Drafts Patreon page! Patreon.com/screendrafts
QUEER CRIME (with Kyle Turner & Juan Barquin)
August 29, 2023 00:00 - 2 hours - 84.7 MBScreen Drafts rookies Kyle Turner (The Queer Film Guide: 100 Great Movies that Tell LGBTQIA+ Stories) and Juan Barquin (writer & film programmer) join the draft table to rank the 7 best QUEER CRIME films ever made!
COUNTRY MUSIC (with Emily St. James & Libby Hill)
August 21, 2023 23:53 - 2 hours - 105 MBWriters Emily St. James and Libby Hill return to the virtual draft table to rank the 7 best movies ever made about COUNTRY MUSIC!
SCREENWRITERS' DIRECTORIAL DEBUTS (with Eva Anderson & Clarke Wolfe and Mark Rozeman)
August 15, 2023 00:45 - 2 hours - 88 MBScreen Drafts veterans Eva Anderson and Clarke Wolfe meet for the first time to rank the 7 best directorial debuts from established screenwriters, in a draft concieved by Patreon Official Sponsor Mark Rozeman, who also joins us for the trivia!
GEORGE CLOONEY (with Ian Karmel & Sean Jordan)
August 08, 2023 00:00 - 2 hours - 93.4 MBSeasoned drafters (but first time Screen Drafts guest GMs) Ian Karmel and Sean Jordan (All Fantasy Everything) competitively / collaboratively rank the 7 best films starring Casamigos founder George Clooney!
'90s SUPERHERO (with Dave Schilling & Darren Franich)
August 01, 2023 00:57 - 3 hours - 136 MBDave's back! Nearly two years after the controversial JAMES BOND draft, Dave Schilling has returned to Screen Drafts, this time ranking the best super hero films from the 1990s with / against Screen Drafts legend Darren Franich.
FIVEQUELS (with Andy Levy & Mike Ryan)
July 25, 2023 02:15 - 1 hour - 76.5 MBScreen Drafts rookies Andy Levy (The New Abnormal) and Mike Ryan (Uproxx) meet for the first time, literally, to rank the 7 best ever 5th films in a series!
UNION MOVIES (with Liz Hannah & Kenny Neibart)
July 18, 2023 02:47 - 2 hours - 90 MBScreenwriters and WGA members Liz Hannah and Kenny Neibart rank the 7 best movies ever made about labor unions / labor strikes, amidst the WGA & SAG strikes in the summer of 2023!
SCREWBALL COMEDY mini-MEGA (with Maureen Lee Lenker, Oriana Nudo, & Bryan Cogman)
July 11, 2023 23:55 - 4 hours - 168 MBIt Happened One Fight author Maureen Lee Lenker is joined by her podcast co-host Oriana Nudo (Hollywood-ography) and Screen Draft Legend Bryan Cogman to rank the 11 best Screwball comedies of the classic ('30s-'50s) era!
ROCKY / CREED SUPER DRAFT (with Marc Bernardin, Ryan Marker, & Billy Ray Brewton)
July 03, 2023 18:50 - 2 hours - 109 MBNewly minted Screen Drafts All-Star Marc Bernardin joins Philadelphia's favorite son Ryan Marker to rank all 9 of the films in the Rocky / Creed franchise! With guest co-commissioner Billy Ray Brewton!
HARRISON FORD mini-MEGA (with Mallory Rubin, Joanna Robinson, & Bryan Cogman)
June 27, 2023 02:31 - 5 hours - 198 MBFirst time guest GM Mallory Rubin (The Ringer), joins the draft table to competitively / collaboratively rank the 13th best HARRISON FORD films with Screen Drafts veterans Joanna Robinson (The Ringer), her House of R co-host, and near-legend Bryan Cogman (Game of Thrones)! To WATCH this epic draft, visit patreon.com/screendrafts
"MODERN MUMMY" Franchise mini-SUPER DRAFT (with Clay, Ryan, and Darren)
June 21, 2023 23:13 - 2 hours - 82.7 MBThis week's draft has been delayed to later in the summer, so we are unleashing onto the main feed one of the most controversial Franchise mini-SUPER Drafts in the history of the Screen Drafts Patreon, the "Modern Mummy" Draft!
QUEER STUDIO MOVIES (with Adam B. Vary, Jordan Crucchiola, & Joe Reid)
June 13, 2023 03:44 - 3 hours - 111 MBScreen Drafts veterans Adam B. Vary (Variety) and Jordan Crucchiola (Feeling Seen) go head-to-head for the first time, ranking the 7 best Queer films ever released by major Hollywood studios. With guest co-commissioner Joe Reid (This Had Oscar Buzz)!
MERCHANT / IVORY (with Guy Branum & Drea Clark)
June 06, 2023 00:00 - 2 hours - 86.9 MBGuy Branum (Platonic on Apple+) earns the title of "Screen Drafts All-Star" as he returns to the draft table to competitive/collaboratively rank the films of James Ivory and Ismail Merchant with/against his longtime friend, and Screen Drafts Hall of Famer, Drea Clark (Maximum Film)!
THE MARATHON: TIME TRAVEL (with Darren Franich)
May 29, 2023 19:37 - 2 hours - 77.5 MBScreen Drafts Presents The Marathon, the podcast where rival arthouse cinema operators Clay and Ryan program competing movie marathons on a common theme, drawing titles from a classic Screen Drafts list. In the pilot episode, Darren Franich joins us as we figure out the rules of the game, name our nascent cinemas, and create our very first competing movie marathons, using the infamous Screen Drafts TIME TRAVEL list! After the episode, Screen Drafts Patrons can go to patreon.com/screendraft...
JUKEBOX MUSICALS (with Louis Peitzman & Oriana Nudo)
May 23, 2023 00:41 - 2 hours - 98.9 MBScreen Drafts veterans Louis Peitzman and Oriana Nudo meet for the first time, ranking the 7 best JUKEBOX MOVIE MUSICALS ever produced!
ROCK VS. DIESEL mini-MEGA (with Jen Yamato, Piya Sinha-Roy, & Darren Franich)
May 16, 2023 02:12 - 5 hours - 182 MBRookie guest GM Jen Yamato (The Los Angeles Times) joins veterans Piya Sinha-Roy and Darren Franich to competitively / collaboratively rank the top 13 best films from the combined filmographies of noted competitive collaborators Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Vin Diesel.
BONG JOON HO SUPER DRAFT (with Ryan Estrada & Eric Plese)
May 09, 2023 03:53 - 2 hours - 72.5 MBAuthor / cartoonist Ryan Estrada and radio host / producer Eric Plese join the virtual draft table all the way from South Korea to rank the 7 feature films directed by Oscar winner Bong Joon Ho! With guest co-commissioner Drea Clark (Sundance Film Festival, Maximum Film podcast).