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.
This week, the Knights of the KtS Roundtable take on Spike Jonze's mind-bending and controversial new movie, Her. Is the film misogynist, or are some irate Internet journalists just looking for a fight? And is this primarily a story of ideas or emotions? For these great questions and more (along with with quasi-answers peppered throughout the gushing), check out Episode 41!
