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Welcome to Kicking the Seat!

Ian Simmons launched Kicking the Seat in 2009, one week after seeing Nora Ephron’s Julie & Julia. His wife proposed blogging as a healthier outlet for his anger than red-faced, twenty-minute tirades (Ian is no longer allowed to drive home from the movies).

The Kicking the Seat Podcast followed three years later and, despite its “undiscovered gem” status, Ian thoroughly enjoys hosting film critic discussions, creating themed shows, and interviewing such luminaries as Gaspar Noé, Rachel Brosnahan, Amy Seimetz, and Richard Dreyfuss.

Ian is a member of the Chicago Film Critics Association. He also has a family, a day job, and conflicted feelings about referring to himself in the third person.

Ep542: Accademia Giallo: BLOOD AND BLACK LACE

Ep542: Accademia Giallo: BLOOD AND BLACK LACE

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Today, The Kicking the Seat Podcast re-teams with Aaron Christensen of Horror 101 with Dr. A.C. and Bryan Martinez of the Facebook video series The Giallo Room to look at an underappreciated yet highly influential sub-genre of world cinema, "Giallo"!

In this course primer for our new "Accademia Giallo" miniseries, the guys define what "Giallo" is and where it came from, and dig into one of the best starting points for new initiates: Mario Bava's stylistic 1964 thriller, Blood and Black Lace!

When models at a top Italian fashion house begin dying one by one, a determined detective questions everyone while struggling to stay ahead of the grisly and inventive murders.

Also, Ian invites you to join him and the Spoiler Room crew this Sunday night during Wisconsin's first-ever "Podcastathon"--benefiting families impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic!

Episode 542 always makes room for Giallo!

Show Guide:

Intro Music: 0:00 - 0:14

Intro: 0:14 - 3:02

Blood and Black Lace Trailer: 3:02 - 4:23

Blood and Black LaceDiscussion: 4:23 - 1:01:33

Outro Music: 1:01:33 - 1:01:48

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