The Movie Draft Podcast

What's more prestigious in the physical media space than the Criterion Collection? Marta McFly and Philip Marinello join Ethan to draft movies of all sorts of genres, styles, and substance in The Criterion Collection Draft! Ethan's first blind buy is revealed to be pretty deranged, Marta pushes the boundaries of what's eligible (like usual), and Philip tries to survive his first draft! Who will win?

0:00 - Intro
20:20 - Let's Draft
1:30:44 - The Teams & Honorable Mentions

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What makes up a movie star? Erik Anderson of Awards Watch and Danny Jarabek of The Rolling Tape join Ethan to draft, well, movie stars! We discuss if Timothee Chalamet is our number 1 movie star in Hollywood right now, what an aging movie star looks like, how Hollywood defines movie stars, and give pitches for drafting movie stars in some interesting categories!

0:00 - Intro

24:46 - Let's Draft!

2:31:59 - The Teams & Honorable Mentions

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2026 is officially here! And with that comes an entirely new slate of upcoming movies! Sophia Ciminello, Gooch, and Gabriel Frieberg of The Cinegogue and No Notes join Ethan for The 2026 Movie Auction Draft! Which movie will demand someone's entire budget? Who opts to make savvy budget picks? And how many movies are drafted that barely anybody has heard of? All answers are revealed in the draft!

0:00 - Intro
21:16 - Let's Draft!
2:10:15 - The Teams & Honorable Mentions

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Was 2025 a good year for movies? With the year coming to a close, The Holy Trinity reunites for their annual tradition of revisiting the year's auction draft as the final episode of the year! Sophie argues for the greatness of the year, Ben makes a case for why it's important to draft movies you've seen, and Ethan crashes out. What did you expect?

0:00 - Intro
24:56 - Let's Draft!
1:54:37 - The Teams & Honorable Mentions

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Tom Cruise is a man of legend. He is a man of mythos. And most importantly, he is a man of movies. But which movies are his best in his sprawling career? Aryan P and Kam from The Rolling Tape join Ben and Ethan in one of the most deranged Auction Drafts in Movie Draft Podcast history. Who is telling the truth about the movies and performances they love, hate, or have never seen? Tune in to find out!

0:00 - Intro
20:14 - Let's Draft!
2:27:05 - The Teams and Honorable Mentions

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