On Feeling Seen, writer and general enthusiast Jordan Crucchiola invites filmmakers, writers, comedians, and artists to discuss the movie characters that made them "feel seen." It's about that instant when a person connects to a piece of art so deeply that they see themselves reflected in it. Every week Jordan gabs it up with a guest about those magical moments when they were watching a film and realized, "That's me!" It's an informative, funny, and comforting show about our intimate relatio ...
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Like the Criterion Collection but more gay and more fun, Aughtsterion chronicles and canonizes the horror films released around the turn of the new millennium.
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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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The Whole Movie Podcast is an anthology style collection of mini pods devoted to obsessively unpacking a single movie over the course of each season. The first paid tribute to Paul Feig‘s modern classic A Simple Favor, and the second dares to solve the mysteries of Nicolas Winding Refn‘s beguiling The Neon Demon.
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Amanda Smith believes that not every disaster movie is a disaster. Whether it’s an A-List actor trying to outrun a lava flow, or a C-List actor punching a mutant shark in the face, Amanda will find something to love - or to laugh about. Join her every Wednesday as she breaks down the highs and lows of a beloved (or under appreciated) entry in the disaster movie canon.
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A podcast about horror movies.
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Mario Adrion on 'One Piece' and 'Good Will Hunting'
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Stand-up comedy. YouTube stardom. Male modeling. Will Hunting. A precocious wannabe pirate with super-stretch powers. What do these things have in common? Listen and find out how they all come together in the form of German-born comedian Mario Adrion, as he and Jordan discuss his affinity with Monkey D. Luffy and Will Hunting. Then Jordan has one q…
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CASTAWAYS (with Emily St. James & Noel Murray)
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Co-authors of LOST: Back to the Island, Emily St. James (Yellowjackets) & Noel Murray (The New York Times, The A.V. Club), rank the 7 best films ever made about CASTAWAYS!
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Jen Kober on 'Freaky Friday' (1976) and 'The Facts of Life'
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Comedian Jen Kober always knew why she felt an affinity with Mindy Cohn's Natalie on The Facts of Life. Natalie was the rare bigger girl on TV in the 1980s, and yet that wasn't a huge part of her character -- she was smart, goofy, and beloved by her friends. As for Jodie Foster's tomboy teen in the original Freaky Friday movie? Sure, it was good to…
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MICHAEL MANN SUPER DRAFT (with Roxana Hadadi, Blige Ebiri, & Brandon Streussnig)
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Rookies Bilge Ebiri and Brandon Streussnig join Screen Drafts vet Roxana Hadadi to competitively / collaboratively rank all 13 films directed by the Master of Dudes Rock Cinema, MICHAEL MANN!
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Justin Simien on 'Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One'
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When writer/director Justin Simien (Dear White People, Haunted Mansion) first saw William Greaves' groundbreaking 1968 film, Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One. He was mad. Not about the film's avant-garde style (part fiction, part documentary, part performance art) but about the fact that he hadn't seen it sooner -- it might've saved him a lot of tro…
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1994 mini-MEGA (with Drea Clark, Drew McWeeny, Billy Ray Brewton, & Frank Berman)
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This year marks the 30th anniversary of the films of 1994 and we are celebrating with some of our favorite guest GMs, Hall-of-Famer Drew McWeeny, Legend Billy Ray Brewton, and near-Legend Drea Clark, ranking the 13 best films released in that exceptional year! Joining them at the draft table are commissioners Clay and Ryan, and Booster Club Officia…
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Director Jennifer Phang has helmed episodes of some major shows -- THE BOYS, RIVERDALE, THE EXPANSE, RESIDENT ALIEN, THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT, and more. Her latest film is Disney's DESCENDANTS: THE RISE OF RED. In this conversation, themes of humanity, mother/daughter relationships, and robots of all stripes abound in this episode, and no wonder, when …
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RETAIL HELL (with Bethy Squires & Mia Lee Vicino)
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Former retail warriors Bethy Squires (Vulture) and Mia Lee Vicino (Letterboxd) join Clay and Ryan at the Draft Table to rank the 7 best films ever made about living in RETAIL HELL!
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Before Bill Burke founded The Optimism Institute and started hosting the podcast Blue Sky, he had a major career in entertainment business -- the first GM of Turner Classic Movies, former CEO of the Weather Channel, ghostwriter of Ted Turner's memoir, just to name a few. Now, as someone devoted to the cause of seeing the positivity in the world wit…
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The Marathon: JERRY BRUCKHEIMER (Booster Club Sneak Peek)
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Welcome to Draftland, where frenemy arthouse cinema operators Clay and Ryan program competing 4-film movie marathons using titles drawn from classic Screen Drafts episodes! Today, they are using the JERRY BRUCKHEIMER draft list to curate the most explosive and enticing marathons that members of the Booster Club have ever seen! Which marathon will Y…
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First time feature director Sean Wang wanted a story that only he could tell, specific yet relatable. And so, with his new film 'Dìdi,' (a Sundance hit this year) he chose the coming-of-age genre and a semi autobiographical narrative. He was inspired in his filmmaking by a movie he'd seen in the theaters when he was around the same age as its prota…
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JEAN-CLAUDE VAN DAMME (with Jon Gabrus, Ryan Stanger, and Drew McWeeny)
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It's the kickin'-est, punchin'-est, splitsin'est draft of the year, as Screen Drafts rookies / Action Boyz Jon Gabrus and Ryan Stanger join commissioner Clay and guest co-commish Drew McWeeny (The Last '80s Newsletter You'll Ever Need) for a competitive / collaborative ranking of the 7 best films starring The Muscles from Brussels!…
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Sequoia Holmes, host of the Webby Award-winning BLACK PEOPLE LOVE PARAMORE grew up idolizing Raven-Symoné...or was the real inspiration Raven's character, the self-assured and big-dreaming Galleria Garibaldi in 2003's THE CHEETAH GIRLS? Jordan and Sequoia celebrate the surprising depth of this DCOM classic. Then, Jordan has one quick thing about TR…
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SUPERNATURAL KIDS (with Jordan Morris, Elliott Kalan, & Alonso Duralde)
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Movie podcasters / authors Jordan Morris (Youth Group, Free with Ads) and Elliott Kalan (Disney's Hercules, The Flophouse) go head-to-head at the virtual draft table, ranking the 7 best films about SUPERNATURAL KIDS! Joining Clay as co-commissioner is movie podcaster / author Alonso Duralde (Hollywood Pride, Maximum Film). Order the books! YOUTH GR…
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131 - Devery Jacobs on 'The Watermelon Woman' & More
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Actor (and director, writer, producer) Devery Jacobs might be most familiar to folks from her role on RESERVATION DOGS, but she's carving out her own space in Hollywood with projects like the new movie BACKSPOT (executive produced by Elliot Page and directed by D.W. Waterson). And even as she's playing her part in making sure Native actors feel see…
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1939 mini-MEGA (with Bryan Cogman, Maureen Lee Lenker, & Oriana Nudo)
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Screen Drafts Vintage Veterans Bryan Cogman (Game of Thrones), Maureen Lee Lenker (It Happened One Fight) and Oriana Nudo (Hollywood-ography) are back at the draft table, ranking the 13 best films from one of the greatest years in Hollywood history: 1939. Want more Screen Drafts action? Get Boosted by joining the Screen Drafts Booster Club! Go to w…
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Nida Manzoor on 'Slums of Beverly Hills' [Replay]
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This episode originally aired in April of 2023, but has been edited to include a new and updated "One Quick Thing" at the end! Season 2 of Manzoor's We Are Lady Parts is now streaming on Peacock in the US. Balancing the dark and the light sides of coming of age, womanhood, and navigating the social order is something filmmaker Nida Manzoor always s…
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ANGELA BASSETT (with Angelique Jackson & Adam B. Vary)
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Colleagues and Screen Drafts veterans Adam B. Vary and Angelique Jackson (Variety) rank the 7 best films from the career of two-time Oscar nominee ANGELA BASSETT!
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Whether he's starring in major movies like ELEMENTAL or JURASSIC WORLD DOMINION, or sinking his teeth into roles like his his latest (in Yorgos Lanthimos' new KINDS OF KINDNESS), actor Mamoudou Athie follows his gut and ignores the algorithms. When Dev Patel's directorial debut, MONKEY MAN hit theaters earlier this year, Mamoudou found new depths o…
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LESBIANS mini-MEGA (with Emily St. James, Libby Hill, & Jordan Crucchiola)
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Our Pride Month celebration concludes with an epic mini-MEGA draft of the 11 best films ever made about LESBIANS, with Screen Drafts veterans Emily St. James (Podcast Like It's), Libby Hill (Yellowjackets) and Jordan Crucchiola (Feeling Seen)!
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June Squibb was born an actor, and had a rich career on stage for years before becoming an on-screen performer in her sixties. It’s not your typical trajectory, sure, but then neither is being 94 and carrying your first feature film – which, by the way, is an action comedy. With her new movie THELMA new in theaters this weekend, the singular June S…
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JOEL SCHUMACHER mini-MEGA (with Joe Reid & Louis Peitzman)
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Screen Drafts All-Stars Joe Reid (This Had Oscar Buzz, Cinematrix) and Louis Peitzman ("Please watch Twelve") help us celebrate Pride Month with a ranking of the 9 best films from the filmography of director JOEL SCHUMACHER!
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The movie CLUE may not have been an instant hit, but it has an enduring legacy. And maybe everyone has a favorite character. But for Adam Goldman, creator and writer of The Outs and Hot White Heist, Mr. Green (Michael McKean) is more than just a fave. He's a first example of what it means to be a "gay dipshit" (his words, we promise). Then Jordan h…
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GEENA DAVIS (with Drea Clark, Billy Ray Brewton, & Alonso Duralde)
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In celebration of the 10th anniversary of The Bentonville Film Festival, Screen Drafts Legend Billy Ray Brewton, and Screen Drafts Drea (and Bentonville Artistic Director) Drea Clark join us at the Draft Table to rank the 7 best films from the career of festival founder GEENA DAVIS! Filling in for Ryan as co-commish is Hollywood Pride author Alonso…
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Actor, director, and writer Megan Rosati was not a child vampire. But from first watch, she so identified with Eli, the 12-year-old vampire in LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, the modern horror classic from Sweden, that she would show the film to people to help them understand her. In this episode, she and Jordan dig into the ways we can feel like we're diffe…
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MTV MOVIE AWARDS BEST KISS WINNERS (with Kris Tapley & Ash Crossan)
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Join guest GMs Kris Tapley (The 50 MPH Podcast) and Ash Crossan (Entertainment Tonight) as they rank the 7 best films to ever win Hollywood's most prestigious honor: the MTV MOVIE AWARDS BEST KISS AWARD!
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