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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.

DELIVERANCE at Studio Movie Grill Wheaton!

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On Wednesday, August 27th at 7:30pm, Dave Canfield of Twitch Film and Fans for Living will host a screening of Deliverance at Studio Movie Grill in Wheaton, IL! Afterwards, stick around for a penetrating discussion of the film that made audiences the world over fear banjoes!

You can order your $2 tickets here,* or purchase them at the SMG box office. Special thanks to Studio Movie Grill and the Chicago Film Critics Association for sponsoring the monthly "Film with a View" series!

*Scroll down the page and click the mini Deliverance poster.

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