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
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 183 minutes
- Episodes
- 365
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
ORIGINAL MOVIE MUSICALS - AMERICAN (with Ben Mekler & Walter Hollmann)
Ben Mekler (Final Space, Mortal Podkast) and Walter Hollmann (silverscreeningroom.com) draft the 7 best live-action American musicals NOT adapted from the stage!
Recorded at the Aero in Santa Monica
ACTOR'S DIRECTORIAL DEBUTS (with Ryan & The Patrons)
Clay acts as proxy for the Screen Drafts Patreon Patrons as they draft the best "directorial debuts by actors" against co-commissioner Ryan Marker!
Recorded at the Aero Theater in Santa Monica
NICOLAS CAGE MEGA DRAFT (with BenDavid Grabinski, Drea Clark, Marc Calderaro, and John Freiler)
Four expert drafters. One wildly unpredictable actor. Anything could happen.
Recorded at the Aero in Santa Monica
SERIOUS KIDS (with Oriana Nudo & Rance Collins)
Oriana returns, with draft rookie Rance Collins, to draft the best non-comedies about children!
Recorded at the Aero in Santa Monica
2019 (SO FAR)
The title explains it all! We weren't planning on doing it, but hey, it's Patreon launch week!
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Draft Report: One Year Anniversary!
Big things are happening in the Screen Draft League front offices... check out the first episode of the "Draft Report" for post-game analysis of the already infamous FREDDY VS JASON draft, listener e…
FREDDY VS JASON SUPER DRAFT (with Rebekah McKendry, Elric Kane, Graham Skipper, and Billy Ray Brewton)
4 GMs, 6 vetoes, 1 special power-up, 20 films, 2 iconic killers. Those are several statistics associated with the wildest draft yet. But in Screen Drafts, statistics won't save you.
Recorded at the …
1999
With so many classics celebrating their 20th anniversary this year, it's the perfect time for the 1999 draft! Clay and Ryan pull up seats at the draft table, with guest host/commissioner Billy Ray Br…
SPOOFS (with Billy Ray Brewton & Matt Mercer)
Billy Ray Brewton and Matt Mercer draft the seven best Spoof films of all-time!
Recorded at the Aero in Santa Monica
QUEER ROMANCE (with Mike Dougherty & Daniel Crooke)
Mike Dougherty (Outfest director of festival programming) and Daniel Crooke (Outfest programming coordinator, the "movies imo." podcast) draft the seven best Queer Romances of all-time!
Recorded at …
POST-GAME: DISNEY ANIMATION STUDIOS 2D
Draft commissioners Clay and Ryan wrap up the Disney Animation Studios 2D episode with their predictions and some post-game analysis.
DISNEY ANIMATION STUDIOS 2D (with Riley Stearns & Bryan Cogman)
Riley Stearns (writer/director, The Art of Self-Defense) and Bryan Cogman (writer, "Game of Thrones," The Sword in the Stone remake) draft some of the most important films in the history of cinema: t…
HUMPHREY BOGART (with Maureen Lee Lenker & Oriana Nudo)
Here's listening to you, pod! Maureen Lee Lenker (EW.com) returns to the show to draft the best Bogies of all-time with friend and fellow expert Oriana Nudo!
Recorded at the Aero in Santa Monica
CREATURE FEATURES (with Graham Skipper & Matt Mercer)
Actor/director/writers Graham Skipper and Matt Mercer draft the seven greatest CREATURE FEATURES of all-time!
Recorded at the Aero Theater in Santa Monica
MIXTAPE MOVIES (with Darren Franich & Billy Ray Brewton)
The two most seasoned Screen Drafts veterans, Darren Franich (EW.com) and Billy Ray Brewton (Rooftop Cinema Club) square off for the very first time, drafting the seven best "Mixtape Movies" ever mad…
EROTIC THRILLERS (with Kate Hagen)
Kate Hagen (The Black List, blcklst.com) is joined by commissioner Clay Keller to draft the seven best Erotic Thrillers of all-time!
Recorded at the Aero in Santa Monica
APATOW, PRODUCER (with Thomas Grabinski & Eric Moore)
Development man Thomas Grabinski and actor/stand-up Eric Moore draft the seven best films from the vast producorial oeuvre of Judd Apatow.
Recorded at the Aero in Santa Monica
PUNKSPLOITATION (with Jonah Ray & Jim Branscome)
Legit punks Jonah Ray (Jonah Raydio, MST3K, Hidden America) and Jim Branscome (Cinematic Void) draft the seven best "punksploitation" films of all-time!
Recorded at the Aero Theater
REMAKES (with Elric Kane & Brian Saur)
The hosts of the Pure Cinema Podcast, Brian Saur (Just the Discs) and Elric Kane (Shockwaves) draft the seven best REMAKES of all-time!
Recorded at the Aero Theater in Santa Monica
MULTIPLE ROLES (with Drea Clark & Jenn Wilson)
Drea Clark (Who Shot Ya? podcast, festival programmer) and Jenn Wilson (Spirit Awards, OutFest) draft the seven best films that feature an actor (or actors) playing multiple roles!
Recorded at the A…