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Screen Drafts
Hosted by Clay Keller and Ryan Marker · EN
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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STEVE JAMES (with Drea Clark & Ryan Marker, and Joy Novak)
Yesterday02:56:13Tap to summarizeLegends Ryan Marker (The American Cinematheque) and Drea Clark (Maximum Film, Film Independent Spirit Awards, Bentonville Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival) meet at the Draft Table for a competitive / collaborative ranking of the films of award-winning documentarian STEVE JAMES! Also joining us at the table is Screen Drafts Booster Joy Novak, representing the Official Sponsor of this episode, The Film and Media Archive at the Libraries at WashU in St. Louis, Missouri, permanent home of the Kartemquin Films Collection. Visit https://library.washu.edu/ for information about screenings, events, and exhibits highlighting the past 60 years of groundbreaking documentaries produced by Kartemquin, including a free screening of Steve James' iconic film Hoop Dreams on June 28th at the Hi-Pointe Theatre!
Transcribe →GAY '90s mini-MEGA (with Angela Robinson, Mark Harris, & Adam B. Vary)
1w ago03:53:31Tap to summarizeHappy Pride! We're kicking off the month with director Angela Robinson (D.E.B.S., Professor Marston & the Wonder Women) author Mark Harris (Mike Nichols: A Life) and entertainment reporter Adam B. Vary ranking the 11 best GAY films released in the 1990s!
Transcribe →FOURQUELS (with Brett Arnold & Jesse Hassenger)
2w ago03:24:24Tap to summarizeRookie Month 2026 comes to a close with The New Flesh co-hosts Brett Arnold (Yahoo Entertainment) and Jesse Hassenger (The A.V. Club) ranking the 7 best franchise PART FOURS ever made! 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. Visit www.patreon.com/screendrafts to join the Club and support the show!
Transcribe →RESTAURANT MOVIES (with Vince Mancini & Matt Lieb)
3w ago01:57:21Tap to summarizeRookie Month continues! It's a wild night at the Draft Table as food and movie writer Vince Mancini and his Pod Yourself a Gun co-host, comedian Matt Lieb, rank the 7 best films set in RESTAURANTS! 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. Visit www.patreon.com/screendrafts to join the Club and support the show!
Transcribe →WEDDING MOVIES (with Jourdain Searles & Maddie Whittle)
May 1202:34:00Tap to summarizeRookie month continues as film programmers Jourdain Searles (MIX NYC) and Maddie Whittle (Film at Lincoln Center) competitivley / collaboratively rank the 7 best movies ever made about WEDDINGS! 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. Visit www.patreon.com/screendrafts to join the Club and support the show!
Transcribe →FRANK HENENLOTTER SUPER DRAFT (with Millie De Chirico & Casey O'Brien, and Lucé Tomlin-Brenner)
May 502:31:09Tap to summarizeRookie Month 2026 kicks off with Dear Movies, I Love You co-hosts Casey O'Brien and Millie De Chirico putting their friendship to the test over the single, definitive, Best Of list of the very normal feature filmography of director FRANK HENENLOTTER! Filling in for Ryan as co-commish is comedian, podcaster, and connoisseur of weird, Lucé Tomlin-Brenner! 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. Visit www.patreon.com/screendrafts to join the Club and support the show!
Transcribe →1950 BEST PICTURE NOMINEES mini-SUPER DRAFT (Booster Club Sneak Peek!)
Apr 2702:05:42Tap to summarizeIt's a Booster Club Sneak Peek this week, as Clay and Ryan rank the 5 Best Picture nominees at the 1951 Academy Awards, honoring the films of 1950 (All About Eve, Born Yesterday, Father of the Bride, King Solomon's Mines, Sunset Boulevard). Joining them in Draftland are guest commish Bryan Cogman and the Quizard, Darren Franich! Coming in May... Rookie Month 2026! 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. Visit www.patreon.com/screendrafts to join the Club and support the show!
Transcribe →21st CENTURY BRITISH* INDIE mini-MEGA (with Clark Collis, Piya Sinha-Roy, & Billy Ray Brewton, and Benjamin Butcher)
Apr 2104:35:47Tap to summarizeThree 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 parameters, but... well, you'll hear! *With One Possible Exception 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. Visit www.patreon.com/screendrafts to join the Club and support independent media!
Transcribe →ROBERT ALTMAN SUPER DRAFT: PART TWO (with Walter Chaw & Ryan Marker, and Alonso Duralde)
Apr 1403:15:10Tap to summarizeThe 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, celebrating 60 years of Kartemquin Films! This summer, experience the diversity of the Kartemquin catalogue with FREE screenings of Steve James' Hoop Dreams (June 28th), Bill Siegel's The Trials of Muhammad Ali, and Jerry Blumenthal & Gordon Quinn's Golub, all FREE at the Hi-Pointe Theatre in St. Louis, Missouri. Hoop Dreams Screening Information: https://library.washu.edu/events/hoop-dreams-screening/. The Maid of McMillan Details & Screening: https://library.washu.edu/spec/themaidofmcmillan/ The Film & Media Archive Gift Link: giving.washu.edu/FilmMediaArchive The Film & Media Archive is a nationally recognized learning center, committed to preserving documentary film and media that chronicle American political and social movements. The FMA collections not only include finished work but also the diverse primary source materials that document the filmmaking process, such as original filmed interviews and outtakes, producers' research and notes, treatments, scripts, storyboards, and correspondence.
Transcribe →DIANE KEATON (with Oriana Nudo & Bryan Cogman)
Apr 703:24:49Tap to summarizeLegends 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 Corner. Visit www.patreon.com/screendrafts to join the Club and support independent media!
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