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This week, SCREAM Drafts is a Franchise-Free zone! Third-time Guest GMs Scott Reynolds (Dexter: Resurrection) & Josh Miller (Violent Night 2, Best Movies Never Made) join us at the Draft Table to rank the 7 BEST SLASHER movies that didn't spawn sequels or prequels!

Next Week: TWILIGHT ZONE mini-MEGA with Alan Sepinwall, Emily St. James, & Daniel Kraus

Los Angeles! Come to Screen Drafts LIVE with Dr. Rebekah McKendry & Elric Kane on Saturday, October 24th! Tickets at screendrafts.com

Screen Drafts is LIVE in Los Angeles in ONE WEEK!

Come join us at the Lumiere Cinema on Saturday, October 24th at 2pm for the COLLEGE HORROR Draft with Dr. Rebekah McKendry and Elric Kane from Colors of the Dark! It's our first live show in LA since 2019!

And tickets are only $15!

Go to www.screendrafts.com to find the ticket link. Hope to see you there!

SCREAM Drafts 2026 continues with William Bibbiani (Critically Acclaimed Network) and Alexandra Heller-Nicholas (1000 Women in Horror) competitively / collaboratively ranking the 7 BEST films ever made ABOUT HORROR MOVIES! Joining Clay as guest commissioner is the writer of a film about horror movies, Drew McWeeny (John Carpenter's Cigarette Burns)!

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SCREAM Drafts returns with a vengeance as guest GMs Clarke Wolfe, Billy Ray Brewton, and Chris Thomas Devlin competitively / collaboratively rank the 13 BEST movies ever made about one of the most legendary monsters to ever terrify humankind: the WEREWOLF!

Also at the Draft Table to talk lycanthropes is guest co-commish Graham Skipper!

Next Week: MOVIES ABOUT HORROR MOVIES with William Bibbiani & Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, and guest co-commish... Graham Skipper?!

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Screen Drafts rookies Karina Longworth (You Must Remember This) and Alex Ross (The New Yorker) join us at the Draft Table to competitively / collaboratively rank the 7 BEST films from the filmography of MONTGOMERY CLIFT, one of the primary subjects of the new season of You Must Remember This, "The Bisexuals!"

Next Week: SCREAM Drafts 2026 begins!

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Film & TV editors Darrin Navarro (Apple's Cape Fear, Screen Drafts All-Star) and Josh Ethier (Buddy, Screen Drafts Rookie) meet at the Draft Table to competitively / collaboratively rank the 11 feature films directed by editor-turned-director HAL ASHBY! Also joining us is Draft Official Sponsor Frank Berman!

Next Week: MONTGOMERY CLIFT with You Must Remember This host Karina Longworth and culture critic & writer Alex Ross

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It's the epic conclusion of the ROBERT ALTMAN SUPER DRAFT! After facing off with each other GM individually between November 2025 and June 2026, Ryan is now joined by ALL THREE (Mitchell Beaupre, Walter Chaw, & Emily St. James) to competitively / collaboratively rank the 14 BEST films directed by ROBERT ALTMAN, thus completing the full 35-film ranking of the great director's entire feature career.

Alongside Clay at the Commissioner's Table is Alonso Duralde, guest co-commish for the entire journey, once again providing color commentary, and, where necessary, some tough love.

This is the Draft that Ryan has been waiting for for over eight years. Will it be a moment of triumph, or heartbreak? There's only one way to find out...

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September 8th, 2026 is the 60th anniversary of STAR TREK, one of the most enduring and impactful franchises in the history of film and television. To celebrate, Clay gathered his Star Trek-focused Group Chat, Adam B. Vary, Bryan Cogman, Dave Schilling, and John Heard, for a 13-title mini-MEGA Draft of the BEST EPISODES in the iconic ORIGINAL SERIES!

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It's the grand finale of BROOKS MONTH! We are joined once again at the Draft Table by Filmspotting SVU co-hosts Matt Singer (Funny Business, out October 6th) and Jordan Hoffman (Starlog) for a competitive / collaborative ranking of the 13 feature films written & directed by (or starring & produced by) centenarian war hero comedy legend MEL BROOKS!

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Pre-order Matt's new book, Funny Business: The Old-School Wedding Crashers and Knocked-Up Virgins Who Changed Comedy Forever now! https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/790241/funny-business-by-matt-singer/

Brooks Month detours into more dramatic territory in week 3, as Screen Drafts Legends Ryan Marker and Oriana Nudo (Hollywood-ography) rank the 9 BEST films from Oscar-winning writer / director / producer RICHARD BROOKS!

Next week: MEL BROOKS SUPER DRAFT with Matt Singer & Jordan Hoffman

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It's week two of BROOKS MONTH! Screenwriter / Emmy nominee Eva Anderson (Margot's Got Money Troubles) returns to the show to competitively collaborate with Commissioner Clay on the definitive ranking of the feature films written and/or directed by Oscar winner JAMES L. BROOKS!

Next week: RICHARD BROOKS mini-MEGA with Oriana Nudo & Commissioner Ryan

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BROOKS MONTH is finally here! To kick things off, guest GMs Dave Schilling and Alison Herman competitively / collaboratively rank the 8 feature films written and/or directed by 20th century comedy icon ALBERT BROOKS!

Next week: JAMES L. BROOKS with Eva Anderson and Commissioner Clay 

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Screen Drafts Legends Darren Franich and Graham Skipper Draft one-on-one for the first time, ranking the best films adapted from the most legendary stories in the Western canon!

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Marya and Robert are back at the Draft Table, this time joined by Booster Club Official Sponsor Eric Darling, to rank the 7 BEST films that have won the coveted PALME D'OR at the Cannes Film Festival since the year 2000!

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Kate Hagen (The Black List) returns to the Draft Table, alongside rookie Taylor Blackburn, to competitively / collaboratively rank all 8 feature films directed by groundbreaking auteur (and two-time Oscar winner) JANE CAMPION!

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Former colleagues Drew McWeeny (The Last '80s Newsletter You'll Ever Need, The Hip Pocket) and Eric Vespe (The Kingcast, The Spiel) reunite at the Screen Drafts Draft Table to competitively / collaboratively rank the 7 BEST films from one of Hollywood's greatest entertainers, director JOE DANTE!

Thank you to returning Official Sponsor Damian Masterson for sponsoring this episode and kicking us off with top-notch Dante trivia!

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David Thomson, the author of The New Biographical Dictionary of Film, Have You Seen...?, Rosebud: The Story of Orson Welles, and many more, is one of the most prolific and influential writers about film and film history. He is also the favorite writer of Screen Drafts Legend Darren Franich. When the opportunity arose to speak with Mr. Thomson about his new book, A Sudden Flicker of Light, we insisted on taking it, and created a whole new show just to do so!

Please enjoy this very entertaining inaugural edition of The Sit-Down with Darren Franich, an as-needed venue for culture writer Darren Franich to have in-depth conversations with the most interesting minds in film and television.

David Thomson's A Sudden Flicker of Light: A Revisionist History of Movies is on bookshelves now!

Multi-hyphenate Hollywood legend Rob Reiner had a run of films from 1984 to 1995 that are amongst the best that America has ever produced. Many are defining examples of their genre. All are imbued with the wit and heart of their director. Ranking these 9 movies could very well be a fool's errand, but if so, we have just the fools for the job: The Screen Drafts Legends! Join Clay Keller, Ryan Marker, Billy Ray Brewton, Bryan Cogman, Darren Franich, Graham Skipper, Drea Clark, and Oriana Nudo as they attempt to rank, via competitive collaboration, THE REINER RUN.

The Legends will return in... MOVIES III: THE ROTTEN, only in the Screen Drafts Booster Club!

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Team This Had Oscar Buzz (Hall of Famers Joe Reid & Chris Feil) and Team Supporting Actresses (née Chasing Amy Adams, Hall of Famer Louis Peitzman & All Star Dane McDonald) return to the Draft Table to competitively / collaboratively rank the 10 films the won the Oscar for BEST ACTRESS in the 1990s!

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It's Part Three of the ROBERT ALTMAN SUPER DRAFT, and Emily St. James (Podcast Like It's, Woodworking) joins Ryan to make picks 21-15 on the list of 35, crossing the threshold into the TOP HALF of the Draft! Back again is guest co-commish Alonso Duralde (Maximum Film, Hollywood Pride) to provide both support and admonishment, as necessary.

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Legends 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:/ https://library.washu.edu/news/kartemquin-sixtieth/ 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!

Happy 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!

Rookie 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!

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Rookie 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!

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Rookie 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!

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Rookie 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!

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It'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!

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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 parameters, but... well, you'll hear!

*With One Possible Exception

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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, 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/

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!

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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

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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 Devoured: How Night of the Living Dead Save My Life and Changed the World, at book stores and online retailers now!

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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 whole thing together!

Check out Jim's work by visiting jimlaczkowski.net, and listen to his commentary track on the new Vinegar Syndrome 4K release of At Close Range!

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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! This summer, experience the diversity of the Kartemquin catalogue with FREE screenings of Steve James' Hoop Dreams, 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. More details on dates and speakers to come!

Visit https://library.washu.edu/spec/kartemquin/ for more information on the WashU Film and Media Archive, and Kartemquin Films.

WashU Libraries is also sponsoring a FREE screening of The Maid of McMillan at the Hi-Pointe on April 19th, to celebrate the film's recent entry to the Library of Congress's National Film Registry! From WashU University Archives, the The Maid of McMillian is the first known student film, and it will be paired with Harold Lloyd's classic college story, The Freshman.  https://library.washu.edu/events/the-maid-of-mcmillan-the-freshman-screening/

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 '80s All Over producer Bobby Roberts to competitively / collaboratively rank the 9 best films released in the U.S. during the first year of the decade: 1980!

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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's THE HIRE. 

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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!

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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!

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Enjoy this special SNEAK PEEK behind the Booster Club paywall, and may the odds be ever in your favor...

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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!

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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 McWeeny. 

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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!

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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 month kick-off that Screen Drafts has ever witnessed!

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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 in the year 2000, with Hall of Famer Joe Reid (This Had Oscar Buzz) handling commissioner duties alongside Mr. Ryan Marker.

See you in 2026, everyone!

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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!

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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 competitively / collaboratively rank the 11 BEST!

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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!

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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!

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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) to place picks 35-29 on what will be the longest list in the history of the show!

The ROBERT ALTMAN SUPER DRAFT will continue with PART TWO in February 2026!

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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!

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