Ian SimmonsĀ launched Kicking the Seat in 2009, one week after seeing Nora EphronāsĀ 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 āundiscovered gemā status, Ian thoroughly enjoys hosting film critic discussions, creating themed shows, and interviewing such luminaries asĀ Gaspar NoĆ©,Ā Rachel Brosnahan,Ā Amy Seimetz, andĀ Richard Dreyfuss.
Ian is a member of theĀ Chicago Film Critics Association. He also has a family, a day job, and conflicted feelings about referring to himself in the third person.
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