Screen Drafts

It's Kristmas Eve 2025 and the commissioners are celebrating the filmography of undersung early Hollywood great MIRIAM HOPKINS! MIR-ry Christmas and Happy Holidays, everyone! Want more Screen Drafts? Become a Booster! For just $5 a month get ad-free Main Feed episodes, plus monthly installments of The Franchise mini-Super Draft, The Marathon, Speed Drafts, and the Cool Kids Criterion Club Corner. Visit www.patreon.com/screendrafts to join the Club!

One of our favorite traditions continues! Screen Drafts MVPs / hosts of the Hollywood-ography podcast Oriana Nudo and Maureen Lee Lenker have spent the last year and a half watching every single feature film made by legendary Oscar winner SIDNEY POITIER, and now, at the conclusion of their Poitier season, they are joined at the Draft Table by American Cinematheque programmer Imani Davis to competitively / collaboratively rank the 11 BEST! Want more Screen Drafts? Become a Booster! For just $5 a month get ad-free Main Feed episodes, plus monthly installments of The Franchise mini-Super Draft, The Marathon, Speed Drafts, and the Cool Kids Criterion Club Corner. Visit www.patreon.com/screendrafts to join the Club!

AKA "Snowy Horror," AKA "Blood in the Snow." Minnesotan Josh Miller (Violent Night, Violent Night 2) and Alaskan Henry McComas (The Camp Host, Wolfman's Got Nards) join us at the Draft Table to rank the 7 best freezing-cold, terrifyingly snowbound horror movies! Listen to Main Feed Drafts ad-free and get four bonus episodes monthly in the Screen Drafts Booster Club! Sign up at www.patreon.com/screendrafts.

Writer / director Riley Stearns (The Art of Self-Defense) makes his long-awaited return to the Draft Table, joining All-Star Thomas Grabinski (Atropia) in a competitive / collaborative ranking of all 9 feature films directed by Bugonia filmmaker YORGOS LANTHIMOS! 'Tis the season to become a Booster! Get four bonus episodes a month and ad-free Main Feed drafts by joining our Patreon! www.patreon.com/screendrafts

The co-commish, Mr. Ryan Marker, has been asking for a Draft of the films of great American auteur Robert Altman since the very beginning of Screen Drafts. Today, he's finally getting his wish. In PART ONE of the four part, 35-title ROBERT ALTMAN SUPER DRAFT, Ryan and Clay are joined by guest GM Mitchell Beaupre (Letterboxd) and guest commish Alonso Duralde (Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas) to place picks 35-29 on what will be the longest list in the history of the show! The ROBERT ALTMAN SUPER DRAFT will continue with PART TWO in February 2026! Join the Booster Club to access ad-free Main Feed Drafts and four bonus episodes a month! Sign up at www.patreon.com/screendrafts

The guest GMs from the beloved Shakespeare Trilogy, Joanna Robinson (The Ringer), Bryan Cogman (Game of Thrones), Maureen Lee Lenker (A Star is Scorned) and Graham Skipper (The Lonely Man with the Ghost Machine), have reunited at the Draft Table, this time to competitively / collaboratively rank the 13 best movies every made about THE THEATRE! Get four bonus episodes a month and ad-free Main Feed drafts by becoming a Screen Drafts Booster! Sign up at patreon.com/screendrafts

Screen Drafts veterans Darren Franich (The Draftland Scene), Louis Peitzman (Vulture, Chasing Amy Adams) and Jordan Crucchiola (Feeling Seen), lay siege to the Draft Table for an epic collaborative / competitive ranking of all 17 feature films directed by the Dutch legend PAUL VERHOEVEN! WARNING: Our geography is a little iffy at times on this one, but our Verhoeven opinions are definitively correct and above reproach! Get ad-free Drafts and tons of monthly bonus episodes by becoming a Screen Drafts Booster! Visit www.patreon.com/screendrafts to join the club!

Join GMs William Bibbiani (Critically Acclaimed Network) and Darren Mooney (Second Wind) as they rank the 7 best FILMS ever made about the game of CHESS! NOTE: This Draft was produced as part of a larger project that never ended up coming to fruition. Producer Ryan Verrill took the time to pain-stakingly remove all references to that project so that this Draft could finally be released to the public. As such, there are moments when it is apparent that something has been cut out. But do not fret! All picks, gameplay, and movie discussion remain fully intact. We are pleased to finally be able to present this Draft, and we hope you enjoy it! Want to see the VIDEO version of this Draft? Become a Booster! Visit www.patreon.com/screendrafts to find out how!

A Star is Scorned author and Screen Drafts MVP Maureen Lee Lenker is joined by Screen Drafts Legend Bryan Cogman to definitively rank the 8 films starring the classic Hollywood pairing of ERROL FLYNN and OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND! Filling in for Ryan as co-commish is Screen Drafts MVP and Hollywood-ography co-host Oriana Nudo! Join the Screen Drafts Booster Club for exclusive bonus episodes and ad-free Main Feed Drafts! www.patreon.com/screendrafts

The frightening final episode of SCREAM Drafts VIII finds Hall of Famer Dave Schilling (Horror's New Wave: 15 Years of Blumhouse) and rookie Danielle Radford (Tights and Fights) ranking the 7 best films directed by "The Italian Hitchcock," DARIO ARGENTO! Become a BOOSter! Go to www.patreon.com/screendrafts to find out how!