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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.

Ep1018: There's No Stalgia Like Nostalgia: FEMALE TROUBLE (1974)

Ep1018: There's No Stalgia Like Nostalgia: FEMALE TROUBLE (1974)

Ian Simmons

John Waters' Female Trouble turns 50 this year. In this installment of "There's No Stalgia Like Nostalgia", Ian and Pat look at the 1974 crime/comedy classic from two very different angles!

Is it an uproarious counter-culture sendup? An eerie and depressing prediction of mainstream culture a half-century hence? Both?

Watch as the guys debate the good, the bad, and the Divine in one of our most "one movie/two realities" episodes yet!

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Show Links

  • Watch the Female Trouble trailer.

  • Listen to Ian's 2017 interview with Female Trouble star Mink Stole.

  • Listen to Pat's question to John Waters about his first indie film, during the 2022 Chicago Humanities Festival.

  • Bonus: As mentioned in the show, Female Trouble's Aunt Ida character bears an odd resemblance to Debbie from the TV series 90 Day Fiancé! Click below for proof!

    • Aunt Ida (Warning: Strong Language from Female Trouble).

    • And here's Debbie from 90 Day Fiancé.

  • Keep up with Pat at HollywoodChicago.com.

  • Listen to Pat's movie reviews on the radio at STAR 96.7.

Ep1019: TWISTERS (2024) - LIVE Round Table Review

Ep1019: TWISTERS (2024) - LIVE Round Table Review
Ep1017: If You Like LONGLEGS (2024), You'll Love MANHUNTER (1986)

Ep1017: If You Like LONGLEGS (2024), You'll Love MANHUNTER (1986)