Wistful Thinking

Wistful Thinking

By Jordan Polan-Clarke and Cara Gael O'ReganTV & Film
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Wistful Thinking episodes

  • 057 Little Darlings (1980)
    Wistful Thinking goes back to camp this week with 1980's Little Darlings, starring Kristy McNichol and Tatum O'Neal. Jordan and Cara talk about the film's unexpected take on the sexuality of young women, tracking camp tropes, camp hair, and then check in on Jordan's OC rewatch.
    1 hr 18 min
  • 056 Sleepaway Camp (1983)
    Jordan and Cara kick off a summer of camp movies with the classic movie Sleepaway Camp, which has everything a 1980s horror film should have (and more): great hair, short shorts, crop tops, creative murders, heavy New York accents, jazz hands, a baseball game for no reason, and gross practical effects. But is that enough to overlook the problematic third act plot twist?
    1 hr 28 min
  • The CageClub Podcast Network Celebrates its 1000th Episode!
    In August 2015, we released our very first podcast and proceeded to tear through Nicolas Cage’s filmography at a breakneck pace. We had no idea that we'd continue after we finished Cage’s filmography, but we asked, “What’s next?” and went from there. After nearly four years, we are releasing our 1,000th episode.
    In this episode, Joey Lewandowski talked many of your favorite CageClub Podcast Network hosts: Mike Manzi of Third Time’s A Charm, Joe Two of 2 Fast 2 Forever, Chris Podcasts of Now and Again, Brian Rodriguez of High School Slumber Party, Kyle Reinfried of Foodie Films, Jordan Polan-Clarke and Cara Gael O’Regan of Wistful Thinking, Aislinn Addington of The Contenders, Lindsay Gibb of Winona Forever, Jonah Rubino of X is for Podcast, and Nico Vasilo and Kevo Risse of .html.
    Thank you for listening. Share your favorite episode or memory with us by emailing [email protected]!
    2 hr 43 min
  • 055 Lost Highway (1997)
    Jordan and Cara are joined by CageClub co-founder, Joey Lewandowski, to discuss David Lynch’s Lost Highway. Jordan talks about the impact the the film had on her the first time she saw it and everyone stumbles through making sense of what they just watched.
    1 hr 6 min
  • 054 The Wedding Singer (1998) and Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
    Jordan and Cara explore a different side of Adam Sandler with The Wedding Singer and Punch-Drunk Love. They talk about the charm of The Wedding Singer, how they probably hate Paul Thomas Anderson, and realize that pudding is the new underlying theme of the podcast.
    1 hr 17 min

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