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.
This storyline resonates because it externalizes internal doubt. The sister might be falling for the guy, but the brother voices the logical, paranoid part of her brain. He asks the rude questions she is too smitten to ask: Where do you work? What are your intentions? Why should I trust you?
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In the vast landscape of storytelling, two relationship dynamics consistently capture our collective imagination: the fierce, grounding bond of a brother and sister, and the intoxicating, unpredictable pull of romantic love. At first glance, these two connections appear to exist in entirely separate realms—one rooted in the unconditional safety of family, the other in the thrilling risk of erotic choice. Yet, in literature, film, television, and even fan culture, these two dynamics are constantly colliding, comparing, and complicating one another. The Foundation: The Sibling Bond Introducing a romantic
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