Screen Drafts

Three of Screen Drafts' favorite Wild Cards, Clark Collis ( Screaming & Conjuring ) Piya Sinha-Roy, and Billy Ray Brewton ( Antenna Releasing ) gather at the Draft Table at the behest of Official Sponsor Benjamin Butcher to competitively / collaboratively rank the 11 best INDEPENDENT FILMS made in BRITAIN in the 21st CENTURY. Note: This Draft was originally announced as having slightly different p...

The epic 4-part ROBERT ALTMAN SUPER DRAFT continues, with author & critic Walter Chaw joining commissioner Ryan at the Draft Table to place picks #28 to #22 on the definitive list of 35 narrative feature films. Returning as guest co-commish is author & podcaster Alonso Duralde, providing trivia, insight, and tough love! This episode is brought to you by the Film & Media Archive at WashU Libraries,...

Legends only on this episode! Join us at the Draft Table as Screen Drafts Legends Bryan Cogman and Oriana Nudo rank the 7 BEST films from the career of Movie Legend DIANE KEATON! 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 Corn...

Screen Drafts Rookies Rosalie Kicks (editor-in-chief, Moviejawn) and Ryan Silberstein (staff writer, Moviejawn) join us at the Draft Table to rank the 7 BEST films ever made about NUNS! Check out the Moviejawn Zine, reviews, articles, interviews, and podcasts by visiting www.moviejawn.com Want more Screen Drafts? Become a Booster! For just $5 a month get ad-free Main Feed episodes, plus monthly in...

Author, screenwriter, and Night of the Living Dead historian Daniel Kraus ( Partially Devoured , Whalefall ) is joined by filmmaker, special effects makeup legend, and George A. Romero collaborator Greg Nicotero ( The Walking Dead , Shudder's Creepshow ) to rank the 7 BEST films from the defiant and industry-altering career of horror icon GEORGE A. ROMERO! Find Daniel's new book, Partially Devoure...

Commissioner Clay is in the hot seat, alongside Screen Drafts Hall of Famer Phil Iscove ( Podcast Like It's ), competitively / collaboratively ranking the nine BEST films from the filmography of one of his favorite actresses: the incredible , incomparable HOLLY HUNTER! They are joined by guest co-commish Adam B. Vary, and Official Sponsor Jim Laczkowski ( The Director's Club ), who brought the who...

The biggest Draft of the year is here! Rookie / screenwriter Daniel Waters ( Heathers, Batman Returns ) joins Legend Drea Clark ( Maximum Film ), All-Star / film critic Katie Walsh, and the Co-Commish Mr. Ryan Marker to definitively rank the 20 BEST FILMS from the year 2025! This episode is brought to you by the Film and Media Archive at WashU Libraries, celebrating 60 years of Kartemquin Films! T...

Two of the things we love on Screen Drafts are ongoing Draft series, and the films of the 1980s. So it stands to reason that we would eventually launch an occasional Draft series going through each and every year of the 1980s with '80s expert, and Screen Drafts MVP, Drew McWeeny ( The Last '80s Newsletter You'll Ever Need )!  In the inaugural installment, Drew is joined by his old buddy and former...

The years were 2001 and 2002 (and 2016). The website was www.bmwfilms.com . The directors were John Frankenheimer, Ang Lee, Wong Kar-Wai, Guy Ritchie, Alejandro González Iñárritu, John Woo, Joe Carnahan, Tony Scott, and Neill Blomkamp. The Driver was Clive Owen. The year is 2026. The guest GM is Blake Howard (One Heat Minute Productions). This is the Super Draft of executive producer David Fincher...

Ethan Hawke-ologist and Screen Drafts All-Star Marya E. Gates ( Cinema Her Way ) is joined by film critic and Screen Drafts rookie Robert Daniels to rank all 9 feature film collaborations between actor ETHAN HAWKE and director RICHARD LINKLATER! Visit  www.patreon.com/screendrafts to join the Booster Club, and get ad-free Main Feed Drafts plus four bonus episodes every month!

Vinegar Syndrome's Justin LaLiberty is joined by film writer Brandon Streussnig for the definitive competitive / collaborative ranking of the best movies that bring frights and fights in equal measure! Visit www.patreon.com/screendrafts to join the Booster Club, and get ad-free Main Feed Drafts plus four bonus episodes every month!

Enjoy this special SNEAK PEEK behind the Booster Club paywall, and may the odds be ever in your favor... Visit www.patreon.com/screendrafts to join the Club, and get ad-free Main Feed Drafts plus four bonus episodes every month!

The co-commish, Mr. Ryan Marker, is joined by Screen Drafts All-Star Katie Walsh and Screen Drafts Rookie / Cinephile Game creator Cory Everett for the grand finale of ANDERSON MONTH! Check out the PTA MUSIC VIDEOS DRAFT with Ryan Marker & Darren Franich coming to the Booster Club SOON! Want more Screen Drafts? Become a Booster! For just $5 a month get ad-free Main Feed episodes, plus monthly inst...

Week three of ANDERSON MONTH is a big one! First, we're inaugurating Oriana Nudo as our newest Screen Drafts Legend, then Oriana is joining fellow Legends Darren Franich and Graham Skipper in ranking the full feature filmography of undersung genre journeyman BRAD ANDERSON! Next week: the PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON SUPER DRAFT with Commissioner Ryan, Katie Walsh, Cory Everett, and guest co-commish Drew M...

It's week two of ANDERSON MONTH, and five Screen Drafts Legends are sitting down at an immaculately arranged Draft Table to competitively / collaboratively rank the 13 feature film of the inimitable (not for lack of trying) American auteur WES ANDERSON! 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-Sup...

ANDERSON MONTH BEGINS! Before Wes, before Paul Thomas, before Brad, there was... PAUL W.S.! Screen Drafts veterans Jordan Crucchiola ( Feeling Seen ), William Bibbiani ( Critically Acclaimed Network ) and Dave Schilling ( Horror's New Wave ) join us at the Draft Table to rank all 15 feature-length films from populist techno-auteur PAUL W.S. ANDERSON. Strap in for what may be the most raucous theme...

We're closing out the 25th (er, 26th?) year of the 21st Century by looking back at the 1st year of the 21st century! Commissioner Clay is joined by Screen Drafts All-Stars Emily St. James ( Woodworking, Podcast Like It's the 2000s ), and Roxana Hadadi (Vulture), and Screen Drafts Legend Darren Franich ( The Draftland Scene ) to competitively / collaboratively selecting the 13 best films released i...

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....

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 competi...

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/...

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.patreo...

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...

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 Ma...

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...

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...