Screen Drafts

Get out of the house (figuratively) and go on and audio adventure with old Screen Drafts frenemies Billy Ray and Graham, drafting the best "Kidventure" films of all time!

Listen here, see? Veteran guest GMs Bryan Cogman ( Game of Thrones ) and Maureen Lee Lenker (Entertainment Weekly) go head-to-head drafting the films made during the first full decade of talkies from the studio that pioneered them! Recorded via the safety of the internet.

Re-Animator: The Musical co-stars Graham Skipper and Brian Gillespie draft the films of their friend and collaborator, the late, great, Stuart Gordon!  

Veteran Screen Drafts guest GM Dave Schilling brings in comedy writer Halle Kiefer to draft the cinematic contributions of legendary comedy kingmaker and mega producer Lorne Michaels! (Recorded remotely during the time of Corona)  

Clay and Ryan brave the wasteland to record an episode about the best POST-APOCALYPSE films (from a safe social distance, of course)! 

Legendary Swedish actor Max Von Sydow passed away earlier this month, and Screen Drafts favs Bryan Cogman and Billy Ray Brewton wanted their first face off to be honoring his legacy. Originally recorded as a Patron exclusive, but, you know, circumstances! Recorded at Cogman Studios in Sherman Oaks, CA

Steve Berg (Earwolf's "Voyage to the Stars," Netflix's "Hoops") returns to draft films about the Cold War with co-commissioner and color commentator Ryan Marker! Recorded at the Aero in Santa Monica

Filmmaker Joe Begos ( Bliss, VFW ) and his frequent collaborator / Screen Drafts veteran Graham Skipper draft the 7 best horror films released in 1992!  Recorded at the Aero in Santa Monica

Returning guest GM Drea Clark (Who Shot Ya?) and comedian / former video store manager Lucé Tomlin-Brenner (You Need to See This) draft the best "One Crazy Night" movies of all-time! Recorded at the Aero in Santa Monica

Monster lovers Frank Dietz (Shudder's "Creepshow"), Kimmy Shields (Netflix's "Insatiable") and Aaron LaPlante (Cartoon Network's "Primal") draft the 11 best films from the classic Universal Monster canon! (draft begins around 27:00) Recorded at the Aero in Santa Monica

Oriana and Rance (of the "Serious Kids" draft) return to determine the greatest films ever made about vacationing in Europe! Recorded at the Aero in Santa Monica

Clay and Ryan are joined by Screen Drafts favorites Billy Ray and Oriana to draft the 20 best films of the year 2019 -- possibly our most epic draft to date. And keep an ear out for a special appearance from Graham Skipper during the trivia section!  Recorded at the Aero in Santa Monica

Guest commissioner Bryan Cogman takes the conn as Marc Bernardin (Carnival Row, Castle Rock) and Darren Franich (EW.com) join Clay and Ryan in drafting the films of the 50+ year Star Trek Franchise! Providing color commentary and halftime analysis are Dave Schilling and Adam B. Vary. Recorded at the Aero in Santa Monica

Shock Waves co-hosts Elric Kane and Dr. Rebekah McKendry return to the draft table for our most colorful and killer-full draft to date! Recorded at the Aero in Santa Monica

Team Aero (co-commissioner Ryan Marker and his assistant manager Zoe Zelkind) drafts the filmography of 2020 Oscar nominee and Hollywood legend Laura Dern! Oriana Nudo joins the table as well, filling in as guest co-commissioner and color commentator.  Recorded at the Aero in Santa Monica

The living draft! Devan Coggan (EW.com) and Adam B. Vary (Variety) join returning guest GM Chancellor Agard (EW.com) to draft every theatrically released live-action film in the Star Wars Saga! Recorded at the Aero in Santa Monica 

Commissioner Clay goes up against the Screen Drafts Patrons drafting the films of 2009, with Ryan acting a Patron proxy and Graham Skipper as guest commissioner! Recorded at the Aero in Santa Monica

Celebrate Kristmas Eve with draft commissioners Clay and Ryan! Recorded at the Aero in Santa Monica

Get in the holiday spirit with Screen Drafts and the only married film critic couple (that we know of)! Alonso Duralde and Dave White of The Wrap and the Linoleum Knife Podcast draft the best "Arthouse" Christmas films!  Find Alonso's book, Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas at booksellers everywhere!  Recorded at the Aero in Santa Monica

Darren Franich (EW), Alison Herman (The Ringer), and Piya Sinha-Roy (The Hollywood Reporter) join commissioner Clay to draft the 20 best films from the last decade!  Recorded at the Aero in Santa Monica

Frequent co-stars Brea Grant ("Eastsiders," Reading Glasses podcast) and Graham Skipper ( Sequence Break , the Graham Skipper Draft) go head-to-head drafting the list of the best movies ever made about playing games!

The Dungeon Run stars Morgan Peter Brown and Jeff Cannata draft the seven best "Sword & Sorcery" movies of all-time!  Recorded at the Aero in Santa Monica

Screenwriter Milla Bell-Hart and returning guest GM Bryan Cogman ("Game of Thrones") draft the seven best films of the late great Philip Seymour Hoffman.  Recorded at the Aero in Santa Monica

Returning guest GM Thomas Grabinski and screenwriter Kevin Costello ( Brigsby Bear ) draft the seven best Heist Movies of all-time! Recorded at the Aero in Santa Monica

SCREAMdrafts 2019 concludes with our 50th draft! After months of lobbying, Billy Ray finally coaxes Clay to draft table, to pick the 7 best FOUND FOOTAGE movies of all time! Joining Ryan in commissioning and hosting duties is friend of the show Thomas Grabinski.  Recorded at the Aero in Santa Monica