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
Latest episodes
May 25, 2021 • 2h 11min
2010s DIRECTORIAL DEBUTS (with Robert Butler III & Andres Cabrera)
Robert Butler III and Andres Cabrera ("The Meaning Of" podcast, "First Cut" on Youtube) rank the 7 best directorial debuts that hit screens between 2010-2019!
May 18, 2021 • 5h 7min
SHAKESPEARE: PART III mini-MEGA (with Joanna Robinson, Graham Skipper, Maureen Lee Lenker, and Bryan Cogman)
The Shakespeare draft trilogy comes to an epic conclusion! Joanna Robinson (Vanity Fair) and Maureen Lee Lenker (Entertainment Weekly) both return for this final installment, drafting the best "Shakespeare adjacent" films ever made with Bryan Cogman (Game of Thrones) and Graham Skipper (Dementia: Part II). (Shakespeare Adjacent = Loose adaptations, movies about Shakespearean performers, movies about W.S. himself)
May 11, 2021 • 3h 44min
MOVIES ABOUT TV (with Mark Harris & Adam B. Vary)
Author Mark Harris (Mike Nichols: A Life, Five Came Back) and veteran guest GM Adam B. Vary (Variety) draft the 7 best movies ever made about its rival medium: television!
May 4, 2021 • 2h 60min
21st CENTURY BEST ACTRESS WINNING FILMS (with Joe Reid & Chris Feil)
The hosts of This Had Oscar Buzz (Chris Feil & Joe Reid) are back to draft movies that actually WON Oscars! The Oscar for Best Actress, specifically, and only in the 21st Century. In a narrow field that is positively smattered with classics, which 7 will rise to the top?!
Apr 27, 2021 • 2h 36min
'00s SLASHERS (with Jordan Crucchiola & Sam Wineman)
Pull on your whitest tank top and hit "play" on this rip-roarin' draft of the 7 best slasher films released between 2000-2009 with Aughtsterion hosts Jordan Crucchiola and Sam Wineman!
Apr 21, 2021 • 5h 14min
2020 MEGA DRAFT (with Angelique Jackson, Drea Clark, Billy Ray Brewton, & Ryan Marker)
The 20 best of 2020, drafted by some of our most battle-hardened guest GMs: Angelique Jackson (Variety), Drea Clark (The Untitled Ify, Drea, and Alonso Project), Billy Ray Brewton (Movies With Gravy) and commissioner Ryan Marker!
Apr 13, 2021 • 2h 35min
BFFFs (with Rachel Walker & Anam Syed)
Alamo Drafthouse LA's Anam Syed and Rachel Walker rank the 7 greatest films ever made about "Best Female Friends Forever!"
Apr 6, 2021 • 2h 55min
KELLY REICHARDT SUPER DRAFT (with Lucé Tomlin-Brenner and Ryan Marker)
The First Cow director may have been overlooked by the Oscars, but she's getting the full Screen Drafts Super Draft treatment that she deserves! Which is better, if you think about it! Returning GM Lucé Tomlin-Brenner (Need to Watch, It's Always Halloween) joins commissioner Ryan to rank all 7 of the auteur director's feature films.
Mar 30, 2021 • 3h 30min
PRIVATE EYES (with Bryan Cogman & Milla Bell-Hart)
Screenwriters Bryan Cogman (Game of Thrones) and Milla Bell-Hart (Truth Be Told) reunite to rank the seven best films ever made about Private Detectives!
Mar 23, 2021 • 5h 17min
MINNESOTA mini-MEGA (with Drea Clark, Darren Franich, and Doug Jones)
Cali boy Darren Franich joins native Minnesotans Drea Clark and Clay Keller to draft the 11 best films from the Land of 10,000 Lakes! Taking over co-commissioner duties alongside Ryan is another favorite son of the Northland, film programmer and executive director of Images Cinema Doug Jones.
