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 ...
…
continue reading
Crucchiola Podcasts
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.
…
continue reading
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.
…
continue reading
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
…
continue reading
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.
…
continue reading
A podcast about horror movies.
…
continue reading
1
Andra Day on 'Is This Thing On?' & 'Carmen Jones'
53:10
53:10
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
53:10
How's this for a holiday treat? Multi-award winning singer and actor Andra Day shares her love of Dorothy Dandridge's iconic lead performance in Carmen Jones, as well as her perspectives on wading deeper into movie-stardom (with her latest role opposite Bradley Cooper and alongside Laura Dern and Will Arnett in IS THIS THING ON?), turning 40, and w…
…
continue reading
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! 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…
…
continue reading
1
Sam Wineman on 'Hag' & 'How to Be Single'
54:33
54:33
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
54:33
It's an episode over 200 in the making -- writer/director Sam Wineman (who also happens to be Jordan's co-host on the oft-mentioned Aughtsterion podcast!) joins us to talk about his feature debut, Hag. And you might be surprised by his horror film's connections to a very different film -- 2016's rom-com (and Dakota Johnson vehicle) How to Be Single…
…
continue reading
1
SIDNEY POITIER mini-MEGA (with Oriana Nudo, Maureen Lee Lenker, & Imani Davis)
3:48:56
3:48:56
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
3:48:56
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 Ameri…
…
continue reading
1
James Badge Dale on 'King Ivory' & 'Mean Streets'
51:31
51:31
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
51:31
Another one of those magical Feeling Seen manifestations this week: just a few episodes after discussing a film he starred in with director James Michael Powell (ep 196), James Badge Dale himself is with us to talk about his perspective on acting and how it was shaped by Martin Scorsese's MEAN STREETS. Dale, who has been in countless films, and blu…
…
continue reading
1
SNOW HORROR (with Josh Miller & Henry McComas)
2:47:23
2:47:23
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
2:47:23
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! Listen to Main Feed Drafts ad-free and get four bonus episodes monthly in the Screen Dr…
…
continue reading
It's our 200th episode! We're celebrating in style with the charming and super-talented Thomasin McKenzie, an actor we've watched go from teen roles in films like LEAVE NO TRACE and JOJO RABBIT to grown-up roles, as in OLD, LAST NIGHT IN SOHO, and her new comedy, FACKHAM HALL. She shares the push-and-pull identification she feels (and aspires to) f…
…
continue reading
1
YORGOS LANTHIMOS SUPER DRAFT (with Thomas Grabinski & Riley Stearns)
3:17:51
3:17:51
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
3:17:51
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! 'Tis the season to become a Booster! Get four bonus episodes a month and ad-free Main …
…
continue reading
1
ROBERT ALTMAN SUPER DRAFT: PART ONE (with Mitchell Beaupre & Ryan Marker, and Alonso Duralde)
2:58:50
2:58:50
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
2:58:50
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 Alons…
…
continue reading
1
Kevin Smokler on 'Real Women Have Curves'
53:08
53:08
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
53:08
For his latest book, BREAK THE FRAME, culture writer Kevin Smokler interviewed 24 prominent female filmmakers about their rich and varied careers. One of those filmmakers, Patricia Cardoso, directed the 2002 movie that introduced the world to a 17-year-old America Ferrera: REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES. Despite their surface differences (to state the obvi…
…
continue reading
1
MOVIES ABOUT THEATRE mini-MEGA (with Joanna Robinson, Bryan Cogman, Maureen Lee Lenker, & Graham Skipper)
4:26:05
4:26:05
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
4:26:05
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! Get …
…
continue reading
Actor Alex Winter may be best known as the Bill half of Bill and Ted -- and he's currently treading the boards with his counterpart from the Bill & Ted movies, Keanu Reeves, in a Broadway production of Waiting for Godot. But his body of work includes a ton of other films and tv shows, with roles both in front of and behind the camera. One project h…
…
continue reading
1
PAUL VERHOEVEN SUPER DRAFT (with Darren Franich, Louis Peitzman, & Jordan Crucchiola)
6:26:10
6:26:10
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
6:26:10
Screen Drafts veterans Darren Franich (The Draftland Scene), Louis Peitzman (Vulture, Chasing Amy Adams) and Jordan Crucchiola (Feeling Seen), lay siege to the Draft Table for an epic collaborative / competitive ranking of all 17 feature films directed by the Dutch legend PAUL VERHOEVEN! WARNING: Our geography is a little iffy at times on this one,…
…
continue reading
1
Barbara Muschietti on 'Working Girl' & 'The Player'
55:22
55:22
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
55:22
Barbara Muschietti (along with her brother Andy) has made her mark on Hollywood, especially in the horror realm (MAMA, IT, IT: CHAPTER TWO and now WELCOME TO DERRY). But regardless of what genre you're working in, the business of Hollywood takes tenacity, luck, and no small amount of delusion. That's what we've got for you today, through WORKING GI…
…
continue reading
1
CHESS (with William Bibbiani & Darren Mooney)
1:57:30
1:57:30
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
1:57:30
Join GMs William Bibbiani (Critically Acclaimed Network) and Darren Mooney (Second Wind) as they rank the 7 best FILMS ever made about the game of CHESS! NOTE: This Draft was produced as part of a larger project that never ended up coming to fruition. Producer Ryan Verrill took the time to pain-stakingly remove all references to that project so tha…
…
continue reading
1
John-Michael Powell on 'Violent Ends' & 'All the Real Girls'
55:35
55:35
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
55:35
Directors John-Michael Powell (VIOLENT ENDS, in theaters now) and David Gordon Green (whose movie ALL THE REAL GIRLS was an early entry in what's become an extremely varied and successful career) are both from Arkansas. Powell's new film, which stars Billy Magnussen, James Badge Dale, and Alexandra Schipp, is a bloody, grimy crime thriller -- a far…
…
continue reading
1
ERROL FLYNN & OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND SUPER DRAFT (with Maureen Lee Lenker & Bryan Cogman, and Oriana Nudo)
3:07:13
3:07:13
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
3:07:13
A Star is Scorned author and Screen Drafts MVP Maureen Lee Lenker is joined by Screen Drafts Legend Bryan Cogman to definitively rank the 8 films starring the classic Hollywood pairing of ERROL FLYNN and OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND! Filling in for Ryan as co-commish is Screen Drafts MVP and Hollywood-ography co-host Oriana Nudo! Join the Screen Drafts Boos…
…
continue reading
1
DARIO ARGENTO (with Dave Schilling & Danielle Radford)
3:11:43
3:11:43
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
3:11:43
The frightening final episode of SCREAM Drafts VIII finds Hall of Famer Dave Schilling (Horror's New Wave: 15 Years of Blumhouse) and rookie Danielle Radford (Tights and Fights) ranking the 7 best films directed by "The Italian Hitchcock," DARIO ARGENTO! Become a BOOSter! Go to www.patreon.com/screendrafts to find out how!…
…
continue reading
1
Tina Romero on 'Queens of the Dead' & 'Peter Pan'
49:38
49:38
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
49:38
An androgenous figurehead of a found family that refuses to grow up -- if you've never thought of Peter Pan in those terms, director Tina Romero is here to set you straight (er, in a manner of speaking). Tina also shares the ins, outs, and inspirations behind her feature debut, Queens of the Dead, which continues and reinvents a family legacy of zo…
…
continue reading
1
FEMALE DIRECTED HORROR mini-MEGA (with Teri Gamble, Julia Marchese, & B.J. Colangelo, and Official Sponsor Brian Otaño)
3:35:41
3:35:41
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
3:35:41
All the horrors of SCREAM DRAFTS VIII have led to this... we are joined at the Draft Table by rookies / Horror Movie Survival Guide co-hosts Teri Gamble and Julia Marchese, and Screen Drafts All-Star B.J. ColanGIALLO (This Ends at Prom) as they rank the 13 best HORROR films directed by WOMEN! This Draft is brought to you by Booster Club Official Sp…
…
continue reading
If you've never seen G.I. Jane, you might know it as a punchline, an epithet, or shorthand for a certain kind of movie -- or a certain kind of woman. But watching G.I. Jane in 2025, you see a portrait of fierce tenacity and genuine strength, all baked into a Ridley Scott action war drama. Actor Katy O'Brian -- who is absolutely on fire right now, a…
…
continue reading
1
KOREAN HORROR (with Ryan Estrada & Eric Plese)
2:25:18
2:25:18
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
2:25:18
It's the DEAD center of SCREAM Drafts VIII, and returning GMs Ryan Estrada and Eric Plese are joining the Draft Table all the way from Busan to rank the 7 best K-HORROR films of all-time! Become a BOOster! Visit www.patreon.com/screendrafts to join the club.
…
continue reading
Adult Swim veteran producer and head of Thin Edge films, Lisa M. Thomas has been working across genres in film and television for decades from her home in upstate New York. Her latest project is The Misadventures of Bucky and Beene, the story of queer radio hosts who get in some hot water with the locals. Similarly, her choice of young Ludovic from…
…
continue reading
1
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY SUPER DRAFT (with DeVaughn Taylor & Mary Beth McAndrews)
2:15:57
2:15:57
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
2:15:57
SCREAM Drafts VIII creeeeeps on as rookies DeVaughn Taylor (Specter Cinema Club) and Mary Beth McAndrews (Dread Central, Bystanders) join us at the Draft Table to definitively rank the 7 films of the PARANORMAL ACTIVITY franchise! Become a BOOster! Visit www.patreon.com/screendrafts today!
…
continue reading
