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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: TORSO (1973)

Accademia Giallo: TORSO (1973)

Ian Simmons

We kick off 2022 with a lurid and oh-so-LIVE "Sunday School" edition of "Accademia Giallo"!

In Sergio Martino's 1973 thriller, Torso, a string of appalling lust murders shocks the University of Perugia as a sadistic serial killer strangles beautiful college girls with a red and black scarf.

Happy New Year!!!

From inventive twists and character dynamics to an eerily effective you-are-there atmosphere throughout, the guys raise a bottle of J&B to one of the genre's finest (and most influential) entries!

"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!

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Don't Read the Comments! 2/4/22

Don't Read the Comments! 2/4/22
Ep742: Life of the Poitier: THE DEFIANT ONES (1958)

Ep742: Life of the Poitier: THE DEFIANT ONES (1958)