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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.

Ep92: Born Every Minute

Once again, Graham talks Ian down from the ledge as the guys discuss David Robert Mitchell's indie-horror sensation, It Follows. Have they both seen it? No, but that doesn't hinder a robust conversation on the waning effectiveness of genre films.

Also, Ian forgets to wish Graham a "Happy Birthday" on air; promotes his movie-reviewing mistress, the upcoming Chicago Critics Film Festival; and talks about his deeply personal connection with Arthur Penn's hippie manifesto, Alice's Restaurant (now available on blu-ray from Olive Films). The only way to shake Episode 92 is to pass it along to someone else!

Ep93: Baking Bond w/ Jeremy Eden and Kaitlin Fleharty!

Ep91: Internet Flicks