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    ‘Sleepwalk With Me’ Director & Star Mike Birbiglia Writing A New Movie Based On His Stand Up Act ‘My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend’

    Last year was a big one for comedian Mike Birbiglia, who won an Audience Award at Sundance for his film “Sleepwalk With Me,” an autobiographical story starring himself and based on his stand-up comedy act by the same title that had also spawned a "This American Life" radio segm...

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    Awards: Even With Matt Damon and Mike Birbiglia, Will the Gothams Ever Make For Good TV?

    The 22nd annual Gotham Independent Film Awards took place Monday night at Cipriani, in a Financial District still in recovery from Hurricane Sandy. Presented by IFP, the event has always marked a kickoff to awards season. As indies and the Oscars have overlapped more and more, the Gothams provide an...

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    Sleepwalk With Me—movie review

    'Sleepwalk With Me' is a remarkably assured directorial debut for comedian and storyteller Mike Birbiglia, based on a stage monologue about his journey of self-discovery as a performer and the challenge of dealing with a rare sleep disorder.

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    'Sleepwalk With Me' Star Lauren Ambrose On Saying Goodbye to 'Six Feet Under' and Why She Took On A&E Medical Thriller 'Coma'

    It's been a while coming, but "Six Feet Under" star Lauren Ambrose seems to be staging a comeback. We're not saying the actress has been resting on her laurels -- she hasn't -- but since Alan Ball's hit HBO funeral show wrapped its last season in 2005, Ambrose hasn't been in the spotlight as much a...

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    FUTURES: 'Sleepwalk With Me' Writer-Director-Star Mike Birbiglia Builds a Career Out of 'Funny With Pathos'

    Mike Birbiglia came to Park City this year as a popular comic and emerged as an acclaimed filmmaker, writer and actor following the great reception his film debut, "Sleepwalk With Me," received at Sundance.

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    Mike Birbiglia Set to Follow Up 'Sleepwalk With Me' With Film Adaptation of His One-Man Show 'My Girlfriend's Boyfriend'

    After adapting his hit off-Broadway one-man show "Sleepwalk With Me" into an acclaimed first feature, comedian Mike Birbiglia isn't messing around with the formula that brought him praise and indie-film cred (his debut won the Best of NEXT Audience Award at Sundance and comes out Frida...

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    Watch: Mike Birbiglia and Ira Glass Devise Diabolical Plan to Vanquish Joss Whedon and 'The Avengers' (Video)

    Well, we knew Mike Birbiglia and Ira Glass weren't going to take it from Joss Whedon without some push back. And now we have it.

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    Watch: The Trailer For Mike Birbiglia’s Sundance-Celebrated 'Sleepwalk With Me'

    A little bit meta, melancholy and yes, funny, "Sleepwalk With Me" has been building a quiet storm of buzz ever since it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January, and earned more praise in Texas at SXSW. And arriving at the end of the summer, it will serve as a nice way to wash ou...

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    Trailer Watch: This American Life's Mike Birbiglia Gropes Through Sleeping Disorder in Sundance Hit "Sleepwalk With Me"

    Check out the first official trailer for Mike Birbiglia's Sundance NEXT winner "Sleepwalk With Me," which stars the stand-up comedian and Lauren Ambrose as a couple dealing with longterm-itis, and also Birbiglia's increasingly bizarre sleepwalking habits.

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    New Sleepytime Artwork for Mike Birbiglia's Sundance Winner 'Sleepwalk With Me'

    Check out the new artwork for Mike Birbiglia's Sundance NEXT winner "Sleepwalk With Me," which translates the comedian's successful 2008 standup routine into a film about a longterm couple who, like a shark, must either keep swimming or die...

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