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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.

Ep884: An Interview with Janine Pipe: Fan to Filmmaker

Ep884: An Interview with Janine Pipe: Fan to Filmmaker

At long last, Ian welcomes Dog Soldiers superfan-turned-author-turned-filmmaker, Janine Pipe!

Ever since last year's review of Neil Marshall's 2002 squaddies-versus-werewolves movie, Ian has been low-key obsessed with catching up on the writer/director's filmography. Fortunately, UK-based author Janine Pipe wrote a heartfelt, thorough, and thoroughly enjoyable book called Sausages: The Making of Dog Soldiers--which covers everything about the project, from concept, to filming, to release, and beyond.

In this wide-ranging conversation, Janine talks about stepping away from a career in law enforcement to focus on motherhood, and how that made way for her turning a lifelong passion for horror movies into a snowball of writing gigs, meeting and collaborating with her filmmaking hero, and now producing, writing, and directing her own short films!

This one's for anyone who needs that push to stop dreaming and start being!

Show Links

Ep885: IndieSeen: INLAND EMPIRE (2006)

Ep885: IndieSeen: INLAND EMPIRE (2006)

Ep883: Target Audience: GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3 (2023)

Ep883: Target Audience: GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3 (2023)