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.

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In 2022, the German Institute for Standardization (DIN) updated the national phonetic alphabet, restoring Jewish-origin names (David, Nathan, Samuel, Zacharias) that were replaced by the Nazi regime in 1934. The revision, highlighted by the anti-Semitism commissioner for Baden-Württemberg, also introduced a new system based on German city names to enhance neutrality and memory, according to reports on the historical shift.