Screen Drafts

Clay Keller and Ryan Marker

Experts 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

Subscribe Listen in podnod RSS feed Show website

415 episodes
Updated Monday
Explicit

Episodes415

Newest first

Mar 14, 2023 · 2 hr 43 min
CULTS (with Clarke Wolfe & Anthony DiBlasi)
Grab your hooded cloak and gather around the sacrifical altar, because director Anthony DiBlasi and actor Clarke Wolfe from the upcoming film Malum are here to rank the 7 best films about CULTS!
Mar 7, 2023 · 4 hr 41 min
2022 MEGA DRAFT (with Emily St. James, Jacqueline Coley, Drea Clark, & Ryan Marker)
What were the 20 best films of 2022? Emily St. James (writer, podcaster), Jacqueline Coley (Rotten Tomatoes), and Drea Clark (Maximum Film, Independent Spirit Awards), have joined us to determine just that!
Feb 28, 2023 · 2 hr 6 min
INDEPENDENT SPIRIT BEST FIRST FEATURE AWARD WINNERS (with Mitchell Beaupre & Slim)
Mitchell Beaupre and Slim from Letterboxd sit down at the virtual draft table for the first time, collaboratively ranking the 7 best films that have won Best First Feature from the Film Independent Spirit Awards!
Feb 21, 2023 · 2 hr 19 min
CHUCKY SUPER DRAFT (with Louis Peitzman & B.J. Colangelo)
Chucky experts Louis Peitzman (Vulture, N.Y. Times) and B.J. Colangelo (Slashfilm, This Ends at Prom) go head-to-head for the first time, ranking all 8 Chucky / Child's Play feature films!
Feb 14, 2023 · 2 hr 42 min
OBSESSION THRILLERS (with Jordan Crucchiola & Sam Wineman)
Sam Wineman and Jordan Crucchiola (hosts of the Aughtsterion Podcast) join us at the draft table to rank the best OBESSION THRILLERS ever made! Will this list be as copacetic as their last, or are the gloves about to come off?!
Feb 7, 2023 · 1 hr 42 min
BLACK QUEER FILMS (with Tre'vell Anderson & Mikelle Street)
Tre'vell Anderson and Mikelle Street rank the 7 best Black Queer films ever made! Find Mikelle's writing in The New York Times, GQ, and more, and pre-order Tre'vell's book We See Each Other: A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film now! Recorded live (virtually) for Seattle Queer Film Festival 2022!
Jan 31, 2023 · 5 hr 39 min
STEVEN SPIELBERG SUPER DRAFT: PART THREE (with Wynter Mitchell, Adam B. Vary, & Lucé Tomlin-Brenner)
Screen Drafts' STEVEN SPIELBERG MONTH comes to a thrilling and emotional close as Wynter Mitchell (Waiting to X-Hale), Adam B. Vary (Variety) and Lucé Tomlin-Brenner (It's Always Halloween) rank the Top 11 Steven Spielberg films in Part Three of our STEVEN SPIELBERG SUPER DRAFT.
Jan 24, 2023 · 3 hr 42 min
SPIELBERG PRODUCED MEGA DRAFT: PART TWO (with Jordan Crucchiola, Amanda Smith, Phil Iscove, Kenny Neibart, Clay, Ryan, & Bryan Cogman)
Guest commissioner Bryan Cogman takes the reins for the epic conclusion of the STEVEN SPIELBERG PRODUCED MEGA DRAFT, with Team Disaster Girls, Team Podcast Like It's 1999, and Team Screen Drafts!
Jan 17, 2023 · 4 hr 26 min
STEVEN SPIELBERG SUPER DRAFT: PART TWO (with Roxana Hadadi, Angelique Jackson, & Billy Ray Brewton)
We're halfway through #SpielbergMonth, and the tension continues to mount as Roxana Hadadi (Vulture), Angelique Jackson (Variety), Billy Ray Brewton (Make Believe Film Festival), and the Screen Drafts Patrons rank the next 12 Steven Spielberg films from the remaining list of 23 eligible titles!
Jan 10, 2023 · 3 hr 39 min
SPIELBERG PRODUCED MEGA DRAFT: PART ONE (with Jordan Crucchiola, Amanda Smith, Kenny Neibart, Phil Iscove, Clay, and Ryan)
Steven Spielberg Month continues with Part One of the STEVEN SPIELBERG PRODUCED MEGA DRAFT! Three podcast duos, Jordan Crucchiola & Amanda Smith (Disaster Girls), Phil Iscove & Kenny Neibart (Podcast Like It's 1999), and Clay Keller & Ryan Marker (Screen Drafts) play in teams to rank the 20 best films produced, but not directed, by Steven Spielberg! In Part One, they rank films #20 to #11, with Quizard Darren Franich (EW.com) popping in to proctor the trivia!
Jan 3, 2023 · 4 hr 39 min
STEVEN SPIELBERG SUPER DRAFT: PART ONE (with Drew McWeeny, Drea Clark, & Darren Franich)
He is one of the most successful and influential filmmakers in history, and his filmography is by far the most requested Screen Drafts topic. And now, at long last, we are tackling the films of STEVEN SPIELBERG, and doing so in spectacular fashion: with a three-part SUPER DRAFT, featuring 9 of our very best guest GMs. First up is PART ONE, with Drew McWeeny (The Last '80s Newsletter You'll Ever Need), Drea Clark (Maximum Film), and Darren Franich (Entertainment Weekly) making picks 34-24.
Dec 24, 2022 · 3 hr 34 min
COLIN FARRELL mini-MEGA (with Clay & Ryan)
Merry Kristmas from Screen Drafts! To celebrate this blessed holiday, Clay and Ryan rank the 9 best films from the filmography of everyone's favorite Irishman, Mr. Colin Farrell! With a special appearance by Screen Drafts' Quizard Darren Franich.
Dec 20, 2022 · 2 hr 25 min
CHRISTMAS HORROR (with Graham Skipper & Eric Pennycoff)
The holidays on Screen Drafts are ho-ho-horrifying as The Leech director Eric Pennycoff, and star Graham Skipper, rank the 7 best CHRISTMAS HORROR films ever made, and one lucky listener wins a blu-ray prize back from Arrow Video!
Dec 13, 2022 · 3 hr 2 min
ARTHURIAN LEGEND (with Helen Shang, Bryan Cogman, & Joanna Robinson)
Screenwriters Helen Shang (Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power) and Bryan Cogman (Game of Thrones), rank the 7 best feature film adaptations of the Arthurian Legends! With guest co-commissioner Joanna Robinson (The Ringer).
Dec 6, 2022 · 4 hr 16 min
BEST PICTURE FOLLOW-UPS mini-MEGA (with Joe Reid, Katey Rich, & Chris Feil)
Oscar experts Joe Reid & Chris Feil (This Had Oscar Buzz), and Katey Rich (Little Gold Men) create a list of the 13 best films from directors whose previous effort was awarded the Best Picture Academy Award.
Nov 29, 2022 · 5 hr 41 min
MCU PHASE 4 SUPER DRAFT (with Chancellor Agard, Devan Coggan, Louis Peitzman, & Adam B. Vary)
"Phase 4" of the Marvel Cinematic Universe has come to a close, and so we've assembled an expert group of guest GMs to rank not only the theatrical features included in this MCU cycle, but, for the first time (and only time) ever... the TV shows too! We are joined by Chancellor Agard, Devan Coggan, Louis Peitzman, and Adam B. Vary for this bold, and perhaps foolhardy, experiment...
Nov 22, 2022 · 4 hr 17 min
PAUL NEWMAN mini-MEGA (with Oriana Nudo, Maureen Lee Lenker, & Walter Hollmann)
The hosts of Hollywood-ography, Oriana Nudo and Maureen Lee Lenker, invite silverscreeningroom.com's Walter Hollmann to join them in ranking the 11 best films from the career of their season 2 subject, Paul Newman.
Nov 15, 2022 · 2 hr 29 min
TEACHER MOVIES (with Billy Ray Brewton, Ryan Marker, & Frank Berman)
Ryan and Billy Ray get the chance to re-do their lost TEACHER MOVIES draft, thanks to Patreon Official Sponsor Frank Berman! Will the list look the same as it did three years ago?!
Nov 8, 2022 · 3 hr 41 min
AKIRA KUROSAWA (with Darren Franich & Darrin Navarro)
They (almost) share a name, but do they share the same opinions about the work of one of the greatest filmmakers of all time? Darren Franich (Entertainment Weekly) and Darrin Navarro (editor, Killer Joe, The End of the Tour) finally square off, ranking the top 7 films directed by the legendary AKIRA KUROSAWA. This episode is sponsored by Magic Mind! Go to magicmind.co/draft and use code DRAFT20 for 40% off of your order for the next 10 days!
Nov 1, 2022 · 4 hr 2 min
HIGH SCHOOL HORROR mini-MEGA (with Wynter Mitchell, Renée Bever, & Patrick Hamilton)
SCREAM Drafts 2022 comes to a terrifying conclusion as Wynter Mitchell (Waiting to X-Hale), Renée Bever (Queer for Fear), Patrick Hamilton (Kill By Kill) and the spirit of April Wolfe (Black Christmas) rank the 13 best horror movies ever made about high schoolers! This episode is sponsored by Magic Mind! Go to magicmind.co/draft and use code DRAFT20 for 40% off of your order for the next 10 days!