profile pic ian.jpg

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.

Ep577: Accademia Giallo: Edwige's Baby

Ep577: Accademia Giallo: Edwige's Baby

Podcast_Image_Ep577.png

Today, The Kicking the Seat Podcast goes back to school with an "Accademia Giallo" course on Sergio Martino’s 1972 thriller, All the Colors of the Dark! Aaron Christensen of Horror 101 with Dr. A.C. and Bryan Martinez of the Film Deviant Podcast join Ian once again to unravel the mysteries of a woman who turns to an unorthodox method for dealing with loss—only to have her world turned upside down by stalkers, cultists, and nightmarish visions of torture, sex, and death.

Does this film even qualify as “giallo”? What makes Edwige Fenech so damned amazing? And if this is just a child-free knock-off of Rosemary’s Baby—is that a bad thing? All these answers (and more) await!

Also, Ian pays tribute to actor Chadwick Boseman, and teases his latest appearance on to The Spoiler Room Podcast!

Episode 577 believes that sex cults make lousy therapists!

Show Guide:

Intro Music: 0:00 - 0:14

Intro: 0:14 - 1:49

Chadwick Boseman Tribute: 1:49 - 6:29

Intro Ct’d: 6:29 - 8:40

All The Colors of The Dark Trailer: 8:40 - 9:37

All The Colors of The Dark Discussion: 9:37 - 1:09:00

Outro Music: 1:09:00 - 1:09:16

Keep up with the latest seat-kicking goodness by following, liking, rating, and subscribing to us on TwitterFacebookYouTubeInstagramiTunesStitcher!

Ep578: Page2Screen: 2010

Ep578: Page2Screen: 2010

Ep576: Wrestler Mania

Ep576: Wrestler Mania