Winona Forever: The Winona Ryder Podcast
53 episodes - English - Latest episode: 8 months ago - ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsJoin a pop culture writer and a Winona fanatic as they journey through the entire filmography of Winona Ryder. Whether you love her or don't remember what happened to her between the 80s and Stranger Things, Rekha and Lindsay will enlighten you.
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Episodes
052 The Plot Against America (2020)
September 06, 2023 04:00 - 51 minutesIn this episode, Rekha and Lindsay are back! They're joined by producer Chris to talk about The Plot Against America: a mini-series that was too heavy for most of them to watch during a pandemic and is maybe still too heavy, but they did their duty.
051 When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story (2010)
January 22, 2020 04:01 - 23 minutesIn the final regular episode of Winona Forever, Rekha and Lindsay talk about When Love Is Not Enough -- Winona's Hallmark movie -- and are delighted to find so many classic Winona moments (and so many Canadians!).
050 Stranger Things: Season Three (2019)
January 08, 2020 04:01 - 43 minutesIn this episode, Rekha and Lindsay talk about the third season of Stranger Things. Winona is still kick-ass, but this time she's fighting Russians.
049 Destination Wedding (2018)
December 25, 2019 04:01 - 25 minutesIn this episode, Rekha and Lindsay talk about Destination Wedding, a film that promised us a long-awaited Keanu and Winona reunion, but delivered the most dislikeable Winona and Keanu imaginable.
048 Stranger Things: Season Two (2017)
December 11, 2019 04:01 - 53 minutesIn this episode, Rekha and Lindsay are joined by the host of the podcast Riverdale Rude Dudes (Candace Meeks) to discuss their shared love for Stranger Things Season Two's Joyce Byers, and Bob Newby, superhero.
047 Winona's TV Appearances
November 27, 2019 04:01 - 1 hourIn this episode, Rekha and Lindsay discuss all of Winona's TV guest appearances and discover that she is a brilliant comedic actress.
046 Stranger Things: Season One (2016)
November 13, 2019 04:01 - 46 minutesIn this episode, Rekha and Lindsay finally discuss season one of Stranger Things, including how smart, strong, and compassionate Joyce is, and how much they love the vindication of women in this season.
045 Show Me a Hero (2015)
October 30, 2019 04:01 - 46 minutesRekha and Lindsay discuss the stressful political drama Show Me A Hero, Winona's performance as real-life city councillor Vinnie Restiano, and her latest go at a New York accent.
044 Experimenter (2015)
October 16, 2019 04:01 - 40 minutesIn this episode, Rekha and Lindsay discuss the film Experimenter, Winona's love for Peter Sarsgaard, and the ethics of social psychology experiments.
043 Turks & Caicos (2014)
October 02, 2019 04:01 - 32 minutesIn this episode, Rekha and Lindsay allowed a TV movie into the podcast with Winona's first political-drama, the star-studded Turks & Caicos.
042 Homefront (2013)
September 18, 2019 04:01 - 30 minutesIn this episode, Rekha and Lindsay talk about Winona as an action movie villain and her reunion with James Franco in the Jason Statham action flick Homefront. Our low expectations really worked in this one's favor.
041 Frankenweenie (2012)
September 04, 2019 04:01 - 34 minutesIn this episode, Rekha and Lindsay talk about Frankenweenie, an animated film Rekha actually likes and marks Winona's chance to play her iconic dark teen character again.
040 The Letter (2012)
August 21, 2019 04:01 - 28 minutesIn this episode, Rekha and Lindsay get brutally honest about The Letter, a very pretentious art film that wants to be Black Swan and Mulholland Drive but just isn't that good.
039 The Iceman (2012)
August 07, 2019 04:01 - 30 minutesIn this episode, Rekha, Lindsay and producer Chris grouse about the sanitized portrayal of mobsters in biopics, as well as Winona as a mob-wife in The Iceman.
038 The Dilemma (2011)
July 24, 2019 04:01 - 30 minutesIn this episode, Rekha and Lindsay suffer through The Dilemma despite their mutual hatred for Vince Vaughn. Winona has good hair, though. They show their ignorance of Channing Tatum’s career and then take a deep dive down an IMDb rabbit hole.
037 Black Swan (2010)
July 10, 2019 04:01 - 55 minutesIn this episode, Rekha and Lindsay celebrate the escape from the 2000s with Rekha's film school friend Adam Holman. Upon rewatch, they're all reminded that Black Swan is like Mean Girls with body horror.
036 Stay Cool (2009)
June 26, 2019 04:01 - 25 minutesIn this episode, Rekha and Lindsay talk about Stay Cool, a film that might contain more Hilary Duff than Winona Ryder, but that features Winona having sex with a guy while they listen to his audiobook.
035 Star Trek (2009)
June 12, 2019 04:01 - 40 minutesIn this episode, Rekha and Lindsay are joined by Lee Wiesblatt to talk about Winona as Spock's mom, weird Star Trek-related trivia, and how much this version of Star Trek fails its women. In this episode there were a few things mentioned that we thought might warrant more information. First, our hosts mention the Canadian film Last Night in which guest host Lee Wiesblatt played the younger version of writer/director/actor Don McKellar. Find yourselves a copy so you can see now-internationally...
034 The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009)
May 29, 2019 04:01 - 32 minutesIn this episode, Rekha and Lindsay talk about The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, another Winona-Keanu team-up and another film where Winona is barely present and stuck in her purgatory as the secondary, poorly written friend-or-mistress.
033 The Informers (2008)
May 15, 2019 04:01 - 27 minutesIn this episode, Rekha and Lindsay talk about The Informers, based on a Bret Easton Ellis book and featuring too little Winona.
032 The Last Word (2008)
May 01, 2019 04:01 - 29 minutesIn this episode, Rekha and Lindsay talk about 2008's The Last Word and are surprised to find they liked Ray Romano better than Winona.
031 Nigel Goodall Interview
April 17, 2019 04:01 - 52 minutesRekha and Lindsay take a break from the chronology of Winona's movies to talk with Nigel Goodall, the author of the unauthorized biography of Winona Ryder. Stick around until the end to hear the co-hosts debate what's happening with Winona in the 2000s.
030 Sex and Death 101 (2007)
April 03, 2019 04:01 - 33 minutesIn this episode, Rekha and Lindsay talk about a small light in the darkness that has been the 2000s for Winona: Sex and Death 101, featuring Winona as a vigilante on a coma spree.
029 The Ten (2007)
March 20, 2019 04:01 - 35 minutesIn this episode, Rekha and Lindsay talk about The Ten, an anthology series that had a promising cast but was ruined by rape jokes, puppet sex and librarian stereotypes.
028 A Scanner Darkly (2006)
March 06, 2019 04:01 - 50 minutesIn this episode, Rekha and Lindsay talk about cartoon Winona, the history of rotoscoping, and how ugly and distracting Richard Linklater's application of it is in 2006's A Scanner Darkly.
027 The Darwin Awards (2006)
February 20, 2019 04:01 - 28 minutesIn this episode, Rekha and Lindsay suggest that the only good thing about The Darwin Awards is David Arquette. That's not a good sign.
026 S1m0ne (2002)
February 06, 2019 04:01 - 41 minutesIn this episode, Rekha, Lindsay, and producer Chris discuss the creepy comedy S1m0ne and its unconvincing premise that a virtual actress is better than Winona.
025 Mr. Deeds (2002)
January 23, 2019 04:01 - 32 minutesIn this episode, the Winona Forever gang reveal how little they know about sports and how much they hate Adam Sandler movies as they talk about Mr. Deeds and its connection to Winona's alleged shoplifting scandal.
024 Lost Souls (2000)
January 09, 2019 04:01 - 26 minutesIn this episode, Rekha and Lindsay take you through the qualifications of a future Anti-Christ and count the number of times people other than Winona say "Jesus" in the film Lost Souls.
023 Autumn in New York (2000)
December 26, 2018 04:01 - 36 minutesIn this episode, Rekha, Lindsay, and guest Michelle Lovegrove-Thomson discuss the hilariously out-of-touch Autumn in New York. If you want to hear about Winona as a Manic Pixie Dream Girl and Richard Gere as a guy who says things like, "Women seem to love it when you lie to them," tune in to this episode!
022 Girl, Interrupted (1999)
December 12, 2018 04:01 - 59 minutesIn this episode, Rekha and Lindsay talk with writer (and return guest) Anne Theriault about the memoir-turned-movie, Girl, Interrupted. As they all try to remember how they felt about this movie in 1999 vs. today, Rekha and Anne do a deep dive comparison between the book and the movie.
021 Celebrity (1998)
November 28, 2018 04:01 - 16 minutesIn this episode, Rekha and Lindsay are forced to watch and discuss Woody Allen's terrible film, Celebrity. Not only do they hate the movie, and its director, but Rekha has nothing nice to say about Winona's hair.
020 Winona Ryder Music Video Special
November 14, 2018 04:01 - 33 minutesIn this episode, Rekha and Lindsay take a break from films to watch all of Winona's music video appearances. Learn what our duo thinks about music in the '90s, what songs were influenced by Noni, and enjoy more talk about Matthew Modine than you might expect, all as part of our Winona Ryder Music Video Special!
019 Alien: Resurrection (1997)
October 31, 2018 04:01 - 1 hourIn this episode, Rekha and Lindsay talk with illustrator and Alien fan Matthew Daley about Alien: Resurrection. Together, they discuss Winona as a tiny action hero, consider what a weird and wonderful thing an Alien movie directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and written by Joss Whedon could be, and, of course, celebrate Ripley.
018 The Crucible (1996)
October 17, 2018 04:01 - 54 minutesRekha and Lindsay talk with Joey Lewandowski (founder of the CageClub Podcast Network) and Samantha Singleton about Winona's intense portrayal of Abigail Williams in The Crucible. Is her character a villain or just not the "good woman"?
017 Boys (1996)
October 03, 2018 04:01 - 29 minutesIn this episode, Rekha and Lindsay talk about Boys, a strange film in which Winona is paired with a uncomfortably younger love interest rather than her usual uncomfortably older man. Is this the worst Winona film to date? Listen to find out!
016 How to Make an American Quilt (1995)
September 19, 2018 04:01 - 28 minutesIn this episode, Rekha and Lindsay talk about the problem with the "chick flicks" label, try to make sense of the convoluted plot of yet another adaptation, and the overall mediocrity of How to Make an American Quilt.
015 Little Women (1994)
September 05, 2018 04:01 - 45 minutesIn this episode, Rekha and Lindsay talk with guest, writer Anne Theriault, about Little Women, Rekha's favorite Winona film. Rekha and Anne discuss their long history with the film (including Rekha's fan site from the '90s) and Lindsay shares her fresh take, having just watched it for the first time.
014 Reality Bites (1994)
August 22, 2018 04:01 - 1 hourIn this episode, Rekha and Lindsay talk with journalist Alison Lang about Reality Bites, the iconography of the '90s, the relatability of 20-something-shitheads, and bringing back the term "Outtie 5000."
013 The House of the Spirits (1993)
August 08, 2018 04:01 - 33 minutesIn this episode, Rekha and Lindsay talk about Winona's third adaptation in a row! Heads fly, tables float and fewer ghosts visit than we would have liked in The House of the Spirits.
012 The Age of Innocence (1993)
July 25, 2018 04:01 - 34 minutesIn this episode, Rekha and Lindsay are joined once again by producer Chris to discuss Martin Scorsese's adaptation of Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence. They talk about Winona's turn as May, the sort-of-villain of the piece, and try to turn one of Scorsese's films into a musical.
011 Dracula (1992)
July 11, 2018 04:01 - 39 minutesIn this episode, Rekha and Lindsay discuss Winona's team up with Francis Ford Coppola and her dream cast in Bram Stoker's Dracula.
010 Night on Earth (1991)
June 27, 2018 04:01 - 21 minutesIn this episode, Rekha and Lindsay discuss Jim Jarmusch's 1991 anthology film, Night on Earth, in which Winona plays a young (yet wise) cab driver who has a gross habit of chewing gum and smoking cigarettes at the same time.
009 Mermaids (1990)
June 13, 2018 04:01 - 52 minutesIn this episode, Rekha and Lindsay discuss the wonders of a good Winona voiceover, a strong first film role for Christina Ricci and the overwhelming strength and beauty of Cher in the film Mermaids.
008 Edward Scissorhands (1990)
May 30, 2018 04:01 - 33 minutesIn this episode, Rekha and Lindsay discuss the candy-colored (yet super dark) film Edward Scissorhands. They consider whether or not Edward was human, praise the late-Vincent Price, and talk about Winona as a preppy blonde.
007 Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael (1990)
May 16, 2018 04:01 - 37 minutesIn this episode, Rekha and Lindsay discuss one of Winona's best characters, Dinky Bossetti, in the film Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael. They're joined by special guest, musician Matt White, who wrote a song based on the film.
006 Great Balls of Fire! (1989)
May 02, 2018 04:01 - 33 minutesIn this episode, Rekha and Lindsay discuss the notoriously creepy Jerry Lee Lewis with Winona Forever producer Chris Landry. In discussing Great Balls of Fire!, they reflect on yet another film in which an adolescent Winona becomes romantically involved with an adult man.
005 Heathers (1988)
April 18, 2018 04:01 - 55 minutesIn this episode, Rekha and Lindsay compare their high school days to Heathers and introduce their first special guest, author and cultural critic Soraya Roberts.
004 1969 (1988)
April 04, 2018 04:01 - 28 minutesIn discussing 1969, Rekha and Lindsay talk about the technicalities around Winona's first "real" kiss, the template of '80s Vietnam War movies, and the time Rekha met one of the cast members.
003 Beetlejuice (1988)
March 21, 2018 04:01 - 30 minutesIn this episode, Rekha and Lindsay discuss Beetlejuice, Winona's portrayal of the darkly relatable Lydia, and all the incredible characters that came out of this film.