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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.

Ep806: Accademia Giallo: BLOOD AND BLACK LACE (1964) - Rivisitato!

Ep806: Accademia Giallo: BLOOD AND BLACK LACE (1964) - Rivisitato!

No, we're not being held back--we're leaping forward! In this month's lesson, the class revisits the first movie they ever discussed, Mario Bava's 1964 high-fashion fright-fest, Blood and Black Lace!

Have two-plus years of mad monthly musings affected the way they view one of the landmarks of giallo terror? And how have the seeds planted in that first show come to fruition in subsequent episodes? Answers to these questions and more (plus comments galore) await in this raucous remedial rundown!

"Accademia Giallo" is Kicking the Seat's monthly deep dive into Italian Horror's "giallo" sub-genre. Join us live in the chat for laughs, lessons, and lots of bad accents! Class begins promptly at 2pm CST!

Show Links

Ep807: BLONDE (2022) - Movie Review

Ep807: BLONDE (2022) - Movie Review

Ep805: Son of Hammerland: THE DEVIL RIDES OUT (1968)

Ep805: Son of Hammerland: THE DEVIL RIDES OUT (1968)