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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.

Ep501: The Slowdown: MAN in the Mirror

Today, The Kicking the Seat Podcast and writer/director Sujewa Ekanayake are joined once again by actor/filmmaker Amir Motlagh for a look at Amir's 2018 film, Man! Co-written by Charles Borg, this slow cinema gem chronicles a day in the life of a computer programmer whose increasingly isolated exisence offers a warning to audiences about the dark side of technology. From another perspective, it's a first-person commercial for escaping a world packed with annoying people!

The guys unpack lots of themes and theories; dig into how the movie was put together; and even get an update on Sujewa's forthcoming film, Slow Romance!

Also, Ian invites you to attend a special 30th anniversary Critics Classics screening of The Silence of the Lambs tomorrow night, hosted by F! This Movie's Patrick Bromley! 

Episode 501 doesn't own a single pair of vegan Levi's!

Show Guide:

Intro Music: 0:00 - 0:14

Intro: 0:14 - 3:15

Man Trailer: 3:15 - 4:21

Man Discussion: 4:21 - 1:17:16

Outro Music: 1:17:16 - 1:17:31

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Ep502: Points of Privilege

Ep500: Secret Origins w/ Dann Gire!