Watch With Jen - S7: E5 - Coming-of-Age Movies with Candice Frederick

About this episode

Jen Johans reunites with arts journalist Candice Frederick to discuss notable coming-of-age films and cultural figures that shaped their generation.

Recently on the pod, I reunited with the gifted arts journalist Candice Frederick, one of my oldest friends from the early days of Film Twitter. Candice was one of the first guests I ever had on Watch With Jen, and we had a ball logging on to discuss some of the best and most under-discussed coming-of-age movies of the past 40+ years, including those we first saw as adults in our early 40s. While initially we were going to focus on RUNNING ON EMPTY, PARIAH, and JUNO, we wound up having a breezy, sunny, nostalgic, and introspective chat about a wide range of movies and cultural figures that defined our generation, including River Phoenix and John Hughes. It's ideal for Spring! Bio: Candice Frederick is a talented culture journalist for hire. She was formerly the Senior Culture Reporter at HuffPost. Other bylines include The Daily Beast, Time, History.com , New York Times, Bloomberg, ELLE, Harper's Bazaar, and many others. Originally Posted on Patreon (4/11/26) here : https://www.patreon.com/posts/155361805 Donate to the Pod via Ko-fi & PayPal Shop Watch With Jen logo Merchandise in Logo Designer Kate Gabrielle's Threadless Shop Theme Music: Solo Acoustic Guitar by Jason Shaw…

People in this episode

Host: Jen Johans

Guest: Candice Frederick

Topics covered

• coming-of-age movies
• film discussion
• nostalgia
• cultural figures
• friendship
• arts journalism

Keywords

• coming-of-age
• movies
• Candice Frederick
• Jen Johans
• nostalgia
• River Phoenix
• John Hughes
• film
• arts journalism

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: HuffPost, The Daily Beast, Time, History.com, New York Times, Bloomberg, ELLE, Harper's Bazaar

Books & works: RUNNING ON EMPTY, PARIAH, JUNO

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