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 KtS Podcast serves up audacious audio of Biblical proportions! Join Ian and Graham as they talk about the criticisms (fair and unfair) plaguing Ridley Scott's new film, Exodus: Gods and Kings. Also, Ian reports back from the Chicago Film Critics Association's 2014 awards dinner and pimps Kicking the Seat's Pumping Iron Contest!
