Lanterns #01 with Scout Tafoya

Lanterns is a miniseries celebrating 10 years of Karyn Kusama's THE INVITATION (2015) with some of the brightest lights in contemporary film criticism and podcasting. Through a hybrid of personal essay and long form interview, host/creator Jim Penola weaves a narrative conversation around the persistent merits and prescient lessons of Kusama's cult masterpiece. 

Episode #01 features author, critic, filmmaker, and video essayist Scout Tafoya of RogerEbert.com–a brilliant mind who sheds considerable light on Kusama's cinematic verve, aesthetic fluency, and most critical influences. 

Via a conversation that explores the dark humor, radical vulnerability, and deep catharsis of Kusama's film, Tafoya and host Jim Penola argue in favor of the ongoing merits that THE INVITATION still offers a decade later. 

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Lanterns is written, produced, edited, mixed, and hosted by Jim Penola.

Original music by John Penola. 

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Chapters

• 0:09 Opening Quote
• 1:03 Introduction
• 3:40 Theme Song
• 4:10 Autobiography
• 10:06 Guest Introduction
• 11:13 Interview with Scout Tafoya
• 1:07:01 Conclusion
• 1:08:52 Credits