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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 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.

Accademia Giallo: THE BLOODSTAINED BUTTERFLY (1971)

Accademia Giallo: THE BLOODSTAINED BUTTERFLY (1971)

Ian Simmons

Your mentors of the macabre close out 2021 with a LIVE "Sunday School" edition of Accademia Giallo!

Join us for a 50th-anniversary look at Duccio Tessari's The Bloodstained Butterfly, in which a popular TV host is accused of killing a teenage girl in a park--a girl who happens to be his daughter's best friend!

Plus: Ian and Aaron look back on a year of giallo lessons and lay some exciting groundwork for 2022!

"Accademia Giallo" is Kicking the Seat's monthly deep dive into Italian Horror's "giallo" sub-genre. And this ain't no private school, either: the chat is open to everyone who wants to chime in about the movie and all things giallo!

Show Links

Don't Read the Comments! 12/22/21

Don't Read the Comments! 12/22/21
Ep732: NIGHTMARE ALLEY (2021) - Movie Review

Ep732: NIGHTMARE ALLEY (2021) - Movie Review