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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.

Ep600: Reelpolitik: The Gooey Center

Ep600: Reelpolitik: The Gooey Center

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Today, The Kicking the Seat Podcast and Cole Rush of The Quill to Live celebrate 600 episodes with a bonus installment of “Reelpolitik”! Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat Subsequent Moviefilm dropped on Amazon Prime last weekend, and the guys dig into what makes this a top-notch sequel—and a below-the-belt slice of political propaganda.

Also, Ian recommends his latest appearance on the Spoiler Room Podcast (in which he puts a hex on 2005’s Bewitched with Mark “The Movie Man” Krawczyk), and welcomes back Keeping it Reel’s David Fowlie for a wrap-up of the 56th Chicago International Film Festival!

Lastly, be sure to subscribe to the Kicking the Seat YouTube channel and join us live this Friday night at 7:15pm Central for the final “Scare-a-Thon” livestream of 2020! We’ll close out Scary Season in grand fashion with a sharp-edged review of the entire Saw franchise (benefiting Chicago’s Boxville Marketplace)!

Episode 600 is very nice!

Show Guide:

Intro Music: 0:00 - 0:14

Intro: 0:14 - 2:33

CIFF 56 Wrap-up with David Fowlie: 2:33 - 33:59

Intro Ct’d: 33:59 - 36:41

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Trailer: 36:41 - 39:28

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Discussion: 39:28 - 1:29:38

Outro Music: 1:29:38 - 1:29:54

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Ep601: Reelpolitik: Election of the Dead

Ep601: Reelpolitik: Election of the Dead
Ep599: Alfred Hitchcock Resents

Ep599: Alfred Hitchcock Resents