
Screen Drafts
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
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Dec 3, 2024 • 2h 29min
HOLIDAY HORROR (NON-CHRISTMAS & HALLOWEEN) with Clarke Wolfe & Samm Levine
Screen Drafts Hall-of-Famer Clarke Wolfe and rookie Samm Levine join us at the draft table to talk about their Thanksgiving set horror film Fiendsgiving and rank the 7 best HORROR films set on a (non-Christmas and non-Halloween) HOLIDAY! Check out the Fiendsgiving indiegogo page via the link below! https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/fiendsgiving-an-original-holiday-slasher-movie#/ Want more Screen Drafts action? Get Boosted by joining the Screen Drafts Booster Club! Go to www.patreon.com/screendrafts for info.

Nov 26, 2024 • 4h 15min
ALFRED HITCHCOCK MEGA DRAFT: PART THREE (with Ben Mankiewicz, Oriana Nudo, Maureen Lee Lenker, & Drea Clark)
All train tracks have led to this: the THRILLING conclusion of the ALFRED HITCHCOCK MEGA DRAFT! Clay and guest commish Drea Clark (Maximum Film) are joined by GMs Ben Mankiewicz (TCM's The Plot Thickens and Talking Pictures), Maureen Lee Lenker (His Girl Hollywood) and Oriana Nudo (Hollywood-ography) for picks #10 to #1 on the definitive "Master of Suspense" Top 30 list. This concludes HITCHCOCK / TRUFFAUT Month, thanks for listening! Coming in January... COPPOLA Month! Want more Screen Drafts action? Get Boosted by joining the Screen Drafts Booster Club! Go to www.patreon.com/screendrafts for info.

Nov 19, 2024 • 3h 15min
FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT SUPER DRAFT: PART TWO (with Marya E. Gates, Clay Keller, Ryan Marker, & Billy Ray Brewton)
Marya E. Gates returns alongside Clay Keller, Ryan Marker, and guest commissioner Billy Ray Brewton for the epic conclusion to the FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT SUPER DRAFT, ranking films #11 to #1 on the single, definitive, best-of list! Next week brings the grand finale of HITCHCOCK / TRUFFAUT Month, with Oriana Nudo, Maureen Lee Lenker, and Ben Mankiewicz ranking the Top 10 films directed by Alfred Hitchcock! Join the Booster Club: www.patreon.com/screendrafts

Nov 12, 2024 • 5h 42min
ALFRED HITCHCOCK MEGA DRAFT: PART TWO (with Mark Harris, Darren Franich, & Adam B. Vary)
The epic ALFRED HITCHCOCK MEGA DRAFT continues in PART TWO, as Mark Harris (Pictures at a Revolution, Five Came Back, Mike Nichols: A Life), Adam B. Vary (Variety) and Screen Drafts Legend Darren Franich (The Draftland Scene) take over the middle of the list, ranking films #20 to #11! Want more Screen Drafts action? Get Boosted by joining the Screen Drafts Booster Club! Go to www.patreon.com/screendrafts for info.

Nov 5, 2024 • 3h 8min
FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT SUPER DRAFT: PART ONE (with Marya E. Gates, Clay Keller, Ryan Marker, & Billy Ray Brewton)
Hitchcock / Truffaut Month continues with PART ONE of the FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT SUPER DRAFT! Veteran GM Marya E. Gates joins Clay and Ryan to make picks 21-12 on the definitive ranking of the work from one of the architects of the French New Wave. Leading the festivities as guest commish is Screen Drafts Legend Billy Ray Brewton!

Nov 2, 2024 • 4h 9min
ALFRED HITCHCOCK MEGA DRAFT: PART ONE (with Drea Clark, William Bibbiani, & Walter Chaw)
HITCHCOCK / TRUFFAUT Month commences with PART ONE (picks 30-21) of the long, long, long-awaited ALFRED HITCHCOCK MEGA DRAFT. Joining us to build the foundation of the list are newly-minted Screen Drafts All-Star William Bibbiani (Critically Acclaimed Network), author Walter Chaw (A Walter Hill Film), and newly-minted Screen Drafts LEGEND Drea Clark (Maximum Film)! In two weeks: PART TWO with Mark Harris, Darren Franich, and Adam B. Vary

Oct 28, 2024 • 5h 4min
CLASSIC HAMMER HORROR (with Bryan Cogman, B.J. Colangelo, & Chris Hewitt)
SCREAM Drafts 2024 comes to a shocking conclusion as Screen Drafts Legend Bryan Cogman (Game of Thrones) is joined by B.J. Colangelo (This Ends at Prom) and Chris Hewitt (Empire Magazine) to rank the 13 (oooo scary) best HORROR films made by HAMMER studios in the CLASSIC era!

Oct 22, 2024 • 2h 20min
RURAL HORROR (with Josh Larsen & Joe George)
It's week three of SCEAM Drafts VII and out-of-towners Josh Larsen (Filmspotting) and Joe George (Den of Geek) broke down in Draftland, so we tied them to the draft table and made them rank the 7 best RURAL HORROR films ever made!

Oct 15, 2024 • 1h 31min
EROTIC HORROR (with Justin LaLiberty & Samm Deighan)
In week 2 of SCREAM Drafts 2024, Justin LaLiberty and Samm Deighan of Vinegar Syndrome return to rank the 7 best EROTIC HORROR films!

Oct 9, 2024 • 2h 26min
1977 HORROR (with Kyle Anderson & Billy Ray Brewton)
SCREAM Drafts VII kicks off with "best friends" Billy Ray Brewton and Kyle Anderson ranking the 7 best horror films from the year 1977!
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