Screen Drafts

Colors of the Dark hosts Elric Kane and Dr. Rebekah McKendry are back at the draft table together for the first time in over a year, competitvely / collaboratively ranking the 7 best INTERNET HORROR movies ever made! Joining Clay and Ryan at the commissioner's table is producer / actor / editor Matt Mercer!  See Elric's new film (produced by Matt and Executive Produced by Rebekah) THE DEAD THING b...

The marvelous finale of COPPOLA MONTH finds veteran GMs Bryan Cogman (Game of Thrones), Drew McWeeny (The Hip Pocket, The Last '80s Newsletter You'll Ever Need) and Joanna Robinson (The Ringer) ranking picks #12 to #1 on the single, definitive, ranking of the 24 feature films of FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA! Become a Booster and hear the rest of "Kraven On My Mind" by visiting www.patreon.com/screendrafts...

Join us in Brewton Stew-dios as Screen Drafts Legends Ryan Marker and Billy Ray Brewton competitively collaborate in ranking the 7 best non-Francis / non-Sofia films released by Francis Ford Coppola's company, AMERICAN ZOETROPE. Next week: FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA SUPER DRAFT: PART TWO with Drew McWeeny, Bryan Cogman, and Joanna Robinson! Become a Screen Drafts Booster and get LOADS of bonus material!...

Coppola Month continues with PART ONE of the six GM / 24 title FFC SUPER DRAFT! Ryan is joined at the Draft Table by Blake Howard (One Heat Minute Productions) and Roxana Hadadi (NY Mag, Vulture) to competitively / collaboratively rank 24-13 on the list of Coppola-directed films. Filling in for Ryan at the commissioner's table is Bryan Cogman, who will be returning as a GM on PART TWO of the draft...

Join us as Commissioner Clay shares a status update from Los Angeles, then enjoy a very special peek into the madness that occurs in the Screen Drafts Booster Club as Clay and Ryan rank the 5 (as of NoVENOMber) films in the SONY SPIDER-MAN-ADJACENT Franchise. Cravin' Kraven is available NOW! www.patreon.com/screendrafts Find the GoFundMe for Ben Mekler and his family HERE

Coppola Month begins with Oriana Nudo (Hollywood-ography) and Dane McDonald (Chasing Chalamet) facing off for the first time, ranking all 8 feature films written and directed by Oscar winner SOFIA COPPOLA! Become a Screen Drafts Booster and get in the game! Patreon.com/screendrafts

1999 is generally considered one of the best movie years in the history of the medium, so to celebrate the 25th anniversary of that storied time we reunited the hosts of Podcast Like It's 1999, Kenny Neibart and Phil Iscove, with PL99 fan-favorite guest Carrie Wittmer, and Screen Drafts commish Ryan Marker, to competitively / collaboratively rank the 13 BEST movies that were released in 1999. Join...

Every Kristmas Eve the Screen Drafts Commissioners sit down at the draft table to celebrate the work of a personal favorite filmmaker or actor. This year they are joined by guest commish Bryan Cogman to competitively / collaboratively rank the five films written and directed by the singular WHIT STILLMAN! Join the Screen Drafts Booster Club and become a citizen of Draftland!  Patreon.com/screendra...

Join Clay and Ryan, and guest commissioner Bryan Cogman, as they rank the five films nominated for Best Picture at the 48th Academy Awards, held in 1976: One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest , Dog Day Afternoon , Nashville , Barry Lyndon , and Jaws . Did the Academy get it right the first time, or should a different film have been crowned as the Best of 1975? Listen and find out! Want to be a Booster? G...

Angie Han (The Hollywood Reporter) and Liz Shannon Miller (consequence.net) return to the virtual draft table to competitively / collaboratively rank all 9 feature films written or written and directed by CHARLIE KAUFMAN! Also joining us is Patreon Official Sponsor Mark Rozeman (The Good Doctor), with a terrific trivia round! Check out Mark's "Kaufman Collage" here: https://vimeo.com/1036145999 Wa...

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 Scr...

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 HIT...

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 Hitchco...

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.co...

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!

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...

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!

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!

In week 2 of SCREAM Drafts 2024, Justin LaLiberty and Samm Deighan of Vinegar Syndrome return to rank the 7 best EROTIC HORROR films!

SCREAM Drafts VII kicks off with "best friends" Billy Ray Brewton and Kyle Anderson ranking the 7 best horror films from the year 1977!

Literacy Month comes to an end as Team This Had Oscar Buzz (Chris Feil & Joe Reid) squares off with Team Vanity Fair Refugees (Joanna Robinson & Katey Rich), competitively / collaboratively ranking the 7 best movies about BOOKSTORES and LIBRARIES! 

Returning GMs Katie Walsh and Louis Peitzman join us for the next chapter of Literacy Month, ranking the 7 best films adapted from the works of the Talented Ms. Highsmith!

Daniel Fienberg (The Hollywood Reporter), Alan Sepinwall (Rolling Stone), and Linda Holmes (NPR), are back at the draft table, this time joined by Jen Yamato (The Washington Post), for the next installment in their journey through the history of SPORTS in cinema! Up at bat: the 1990s!

Literacy Month continues with screenwriters Bryan Cogman (Game of Thrones) and Milla Bell-Hart (Bad Monkey) ranking the best films ever made from the work of acclaimed crime writer ELMORE LEONARD! Joining Clay at the commissioner's table is Screen Drafts legend and writer of The Draftland Scene, Mr. Darren Franich. 

An adventure 4 years in the making! To kick off Literacy Month, Commissioner Clay is joined by newly minted Screen Drafts All-Star Darrin Navarro, Screen Drafts Legend Billy Ray Brewton, and guest commissioner Bryan Cogman (also a Screen Drafts Legend) to rank all 22 films directed, written, or adapted from the works of the prolific master of the science thriller, MICHAEL CRICHTON!