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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.

Ep595: The Slowdown: MY DINNER WITH ROMANCE

Ep595: The Slowdown: MY DINNER WITH ROMANCE

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Today, The Kicking the Seat Podcast enjoys a lovely celluloid feast as Ian, Sujewa, and Alia discuss Louis Malle’s My Dinner with Andre! The 1981 drama finds New York theatre personalities Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory eating at a high-end restaurant while unraveling the mysteries of the universe in the context of mid-life crises. If this sounds like pretentious high-brow nonsense—it’s not. In fact, some of the actors’ key points (they also wrote the screenplay) are more resonant now than they were nearly forty years ago.

Also, Sujewa and Alia give an update on their new film, The Secret Society for Slow Romance, which is now in production, and Ian invites you to check out The Spoiler Room podcast’s epic three-hundredth episode, which livestreamed last week and is now available, in full, on YouTube!

Episode 595 is a beehive!

Show Guide:

Everything Old is New: 0:00 - 3:16

Intro Music: 3:16 - 3:31

Intro: 3:31 - 7:13

My Dinner with Andre Trailer: 7:13 - 10:39

My Dinner with Andre / The Secret Society for Slow Romance Discussion: 10:39 - 1:11:06

Outro Music: 1:11:06 - 1:11:22

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