If you haven't seen Mike Birbiglia's film Sleepwalk With Me, it's a good experience that is now available to stream on Netflix in the US. The movie, which follows the writer/actor/director's formative experiences as a stand-up comedian, premiered last year at Sundance, and turned into a tidy little, er, sleeper hit. Doesn't hurt that it was…
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This week, Dave, Devindra, and Adam marvel at the sights of Samsara, wonder what happened to all the great action stars, acknowledge the pleasures of Peter Berg's Battleship, and explain why Jaws (now out on Blu-Ray) is one of the best movies of all time. Special guest Eric Vespe (AKA Quint) joins us from Ain't…
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Okay, I know it's fake. I know Joss Whedon, Mike Birbiglia and Ira Glass are all friends, but I don't care. This fabricated Internet war between The Avengers and Sleepwalk With Me is really clever and fun. It started earlier this week when Whedon, director of the third largest film of all time The Avengers,…
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To date, Joss Whedon's The Avengers has only grossed $617.3 million in the United States and Box Office Mojo reports it's barely playing on 200 screens. That's unacceptable, says the writer/director, who released a video damming the upcoming film Sleepwalk With Me from stealing some of those precious, and much needed screens. The comedy, written…
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One of my favorite movies of the year so far is coming to theaters next month. The trailer came online late last week but got buried thanks to a little event called Comic-Con. Now I'm happy to finally share the first trailer to Mike Birbiglia's Sleepwalk With Me, an autobiographical romantic comedy about a man's…
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The Independent Film Festival of Boston gets under way this week, and as I've mentioned in my past coverage, it's probably my favorite film-related event of the year. Given that I'm moving out to Seattle within two weeks, this'll probably be my last IFFB for awhile, but it looks like it will not disappoint. After…
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This year's SXSW Film Festival will open in less than a month, on Friday, March 9, 2012, and run through Saturday, March 17 in Austin, Texas. The opening night film is the world premiere of Joss Whedon & Drew Goddard’s The Cabin in the Woods, and the rest of the film schedule includes pictures such…
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For ten days each January, in the snowy town of Park City, Utah, the year in independent cinema is set. The 2012 Sundance Film Festival was true to that promise and provided attendees with a slew of films that are sure to be not only among the year's best, but in the hunt for awards…
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There's a running joke amongst comedians that people get into stand-up just so they can be TV stars. It works for some but for others, it seems like stand-up might be a better route to get into film directing. It worked for Woody Allen, Louis CK and now it's worked for Mike Birbiglia, a successful…
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