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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 NoéRachel BrosnahanAmy 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.

Ep13: Old-School-High-Def "Vertigo" with Dave Lopez!

This week, I dive into Vertigo with friend and artist Dave Lopez. We caught a packed-house screening at the Music Box Theatre's 70mm Film Festival Tuesday night and sat down the next day to gush, critique, and wax psychotic about Alfred Hitchcock's classic, paranoid thriller.

Now for some housecleaning: This episode was recorded with my fancy, new Zoom H4n (a painful but necessary purchase that resulted from the Don Coscarelli debacle). The sound quality is much improved from previous episodes, but I'm still experimenting with splicing everything together in Audacity. Hopefully, you won't notice any wonkiness. Feel free to let me know if you do.

Also in this episode, I gave a shout-out to my brother's podcast, CHYEAHcast!, which is accessible via the hyperlink you just read past. It's not for the faint of heart, but you certainly won't be bored.

As always, I humbly accept ratings and reviews on iTunes and Facebook. But the very fact of your listening makes me feel all gooey inside. Catch ya next week!

Ep14: "VFX Side Story" with Graham Sher!

Ep12: Don Coscarelli / Kicking the Seat Dies at the End