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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.

Ep1103: IndieSeen: Stardust Memories (1980) - Movie Review and Cannes Talk

Ep1103: IndieSeen: Stardust Memories (1980) - Movie Review and Cannes Talk

Ian and Sujewa have never been to the Cannes Film Festival, but that won't stop them from bringing it to you (sorta)!

This month, the guys look at the latest news from the South of France, featuring the buzz around Richard Linklater's Nouvelle Vague, which dramatizes the making of Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless; and speculate as to why festival darling Jim Jarmusch's new movie was totally shut out of Cannes!

Then they take a bumpy trip down Stardust Memories lane, to look at one of Woody Allen's sharpest, most surreal, and eerily contemporary comedies--centering on a neurotic filmmaker who must wrestle with loves both lost and lingering while navigating a weekend retrospective of his work.

Join us as we talk snubs, spoilers, and a sneak peek at our next episode--which will be a star-studded Cannes-tinuation of the discussion you're about to hear!

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Ep1102: Re-Animator (1985) - Live 40th Anniversary Roundtable Review

Ep1102: Re-Animator (1985) - Live 40th Anniversary Roundtable Review