2025 MEGA DRAFT (with Daniel Waters, Drea Clark, Katie Walsh, & Ryan Marker)

About this episode

The episode features a draft ranking the best films of 2025 with notable guests from the film industry.

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…

People in this episode

Host: Ryan Marker

Guests: Daniel Waters, Drea Clark, Katie Walsh

Topics covered

• film ranking
• 2025 films
• draft
• screenwriting
• film criticism

Keywords

• 2025 films
• film draft
• screenwriter
• film critic
• Kartemquin Films

Sponsors

WashU Libraries

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Kartemquin Films

Books & works: Heathers, Batman Returns, Hoop Dreams, The Trials of Muhammad Ali, Golub, The Maid of McMillan, The Freshman

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