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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.

Ep950: Accademia Giallo: PIECES (1982)

Ep950: Accademia Giallo: PIECES (1982)

Accademia Giallo has one last class before the holiday break: an anatomy lesson on Pieces!

Juan Piquer Simón's 1982 cult classic centers on the co-eds of a Boston college campus who are targeted by a mysterious killer with a bizarre hobby: creating a human jigsaw puzzle from their body parts!

Join your fearsome faculty as we dissect this brutal and bizarre slice of 80s giallo--and take your questions and comments in the chat!

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Ep951: Late Screening: SCROOGED (1988)

Ep951: Late Screening: SCROOGED (1988)

Ep949: BAD BOYS of THE BAD CLASS - An Interview with Author Ben Beard

Ep949: BAD BOYS of THE BAD CLASS - An Interview with Author Ben Beard