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'How I Met Your Mother': How Cristin Milioti got the mother of all roles -- Exclusive
14 May 2013 5:00 AM, PDT | EW - Inside TV | See recent EW.com - Inside TV news »
So, who is the girl with the yellow umbrella?
Her name is Cristin Milioti, a 27-year-old New Jersey actress who’s shown up on Broadway, in films, and on television: The Broadway set will know Milioti as “Girl” in the musical version of Once, a role which earned her a Tony nomination last year; film buffs will recognize her from movies like 2012′s Mike Birbiglia comedy Sleepwalk with Me; and TV fans may remember her from The Sopranos, The Good Wife, Nurse Jackie, or — most notably — 30 Rock. (Milioti showed up in 2011 as a baby-voiced comedy writer whom Liz Lemon (Tina Fey »
- Tanner Stransky
How I Met Your Mother Revealed the Mother
13 May 2013 9:37 PM, PDT | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
Now you know, Himym fans. After eight seasons and 184 episodes, you finally know. You don't know much yet — like how Ted Mosby actually met his children's mother, or anything about her, but you know who she is. If you were hoping for someone big and famous, you might be nursing a sting of disappointment. ("The whole idea is that Ted’s never seen this woman before, so it better feel that way to the audience," series co-creator Craig Thomas tells EW.) But if you were hoping for someone lovely, you've got reason to be thrilled. Watch the spoilery reveal after the jump.That's her, Cristin Milioti, as introduced by the Shins's "Simple Song." She was nominated for a Tony for Broadway's Once. Milioti appeared on an episode of 30 Rock, when she told Liz Lemon she's a very sexy baby. You may have also seen her on Nurse Jackie, in Mike Birbiglia's Sleepwalk with Me, »
- Zach Dionne
Sundance London 2013 – Sleepwalk with Me Review
2 May 2013 6:30 AM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
It’s fitting that Sleepwalk with Me should play at Sundance London. It’s the kind of film which is reminiscent of the intimate, warmly humorous and sharply perceptive indie cinema which really came to personify the festival during the early 90s.
The brainchild of Us comedian Mike Birbiglia, it’s a film whose cinematic roots actually reach even further back than that Sundance era. It uses a similar template of surrealist fantasy interludes combined with achingly honest and all-too-painful moments of relationship fragility found in Woody Allen’s earlier work, particular his 1977 masterpiece Annie Hall.
Like Allen, Birbiglia places himself front and centre as both the main star and narrator (this is via a frequently amusing cutaway device of having his character comment on the story, whilst he’s driving). He goes even further in aping his idol by making the character a stand up, although when we first meet him in the film, »
- Adam Lowes
Sundance London – Sleepwalk With Me Review: A Poignant, Hilarious Indie Comedy
1 May 2013 5:15 AM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Comic Mike Birbiglia has adapted his 2008 one-man show into a riveting, hilarious and clearly somewhat autobiographical venture that, at 81 minutes long, doesn’t outstay its welcome for even a second.
Sleepwalk with Me focuses on long-time couple Matt (Birbiglia) and Abby (Lauren Ambrose), who despite being together for almost a decade, still haven’t tied the knot. Matt is a comedian who works as a bartender to make ends meet, while struggling to light up comedy lounges with barely 10 minutes of sub-standard material. Abby, meanwhile, knows what she wants – to get married, and then have a baby – but doesn’t want to have to beg Matt for it.
The irony is that as Matt fesses up to the difficulties facing his relationship, his comic routine improves, as he begins to incorporate anecdotes about himself and Abby into his shtick. The opposition is clear; Matt’s career »
- Shaun Munro
Sundance London 2013 Review - Sleepwalk with Me (2012)
29 April 2013 10:02 AM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
Sleepwalk with Me, 2012
Directed by Mike Birbiglia and Seth Barrish
Written by Mike Birbiglia, Ira Glass, Joe Birbiglia and Seth Barrish
Starring Mike Birbiglia, Lauren Ambrose, JamesRebhorn and Carol Kane
Synopsis:
A burgeoning stand-up comedian struggles with the stress of a stalled career, a stale relationship, and the wild spurts of severe sleepwalking he is desperate to ignore.
As someone who suffers from a mild version of Rem Sleep Disorder, the idea of Sleepwalk with Me appealed. It tells the story of struggling stand-up comedian Matt Pandamiglio (writer/director Mike Birbiglia, who based the character on himself) who doesn’t have the confidence or material to make it big with his dream profession. Not only that, but he’s unsure about his relationship with long-time girlfriend Abby and he has started acting out his dreams.
Some people will tell you that using narration is a lazy form of script writing »
- luke-o
Sundance London 2013 – Friday Report
28 April 2013 7:38 PM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
Day 2 and romance was in the air. Co-written with Ira Glass of This American Life fame Sleepwalk With Me is yet another off-kilter romantic comedy, translated from the drawled musings of stand-up comedian Mike Birbiglia. At something of an impasse in his life Mike tends bar whilst nurturing a tentative stand-up career, as he watches all his friends and family marry and progress in their respective professions. He’s been seeing his hippyish girlfriend Abby (Lauren Ambrose) for eight years and everyone is expecting him to pop the question soon, but a bought of dangerous, deteriorating sleepwalking and dream reenactments manifest due to his deeply submerged anxieties. Shot in a confessional style with Birbiglia breaking the fourth wall to directly address the audience one can’t help but think that this is a This American Life monologue stretched out to an admittedly brisk 80 minute feature, and it lacks the charm »
- John
Sundance London 2013 – Part Five: ‘Sleepwalk with Me’ is sleeper gem of the festival
27 April 2013 4:45 PM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
Some of this year’s Sundance comedy-dramas have had their narratives plucked from the wellspring of their director’s personal experience, though that should never excuse any shortcomings. Yesterday, I wrote a negative review of Francesca Gregorini’s treatment of motherhood in Emanuel and the Truth about Fishes. My primary beef was less with the inherent trauma at the centre of the story, and more to do with the formal missteps that, regrettably, had a few critics in my screening snickering quietly to themselves. Their mockery was, again, not directed at the content but its aesthetic delivery, deemed preposterous once the third act indulged in a questionable surrealistic abandon.
Stand-up comedians can rarely be accused of surrendering to melodramatic impulses of the like seen in Gregorini’s feature. Us comic Mike Birbiglia’s Sleepwalk with Me leaps into fantastical dream sequences that illustrate his subconscious fears of marriage and fatherhood, »
- Ed Doyle
Sundance London Festival Debates Where to Draw the Line in Comedy
27 April 2013 11:20 AM, PDT | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
London - The second annual Sundance London festival put the spotlight on screenwriters and comedians in a couple of well-attended panel discussions Saturday. An afternoon panel on comedy featured such topics as a discussion about differences between U.S. and U.K. humor. The panel featured such people as U.S. comedian Mike Birbiglia (Sleepwalk With Me), writer/director/actress Lake Bell (In A World…), writer/actress Alice Lowe (Hot Fuzz, Sightseers) and writer/director/actor Jordan Vogt-Roberts (Mash Up). Story: Indie Rockers British Sea Power Sign Up for Sundance London Birbiglia, who told the audience that he is in the middle of adapting his
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- Georg Szalai
'Can't Hardly Wait': What the gang's been up to since graduation
26 April 2013 2:03 PM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
Newsflash: Simon Cowell is supposedly interested in booking Jennifer Love Hewitt to replace Britney Spears on The X Factor next season. Yes, that Jennifer Love Hewitt.
On the surface, this idea seems, well, sorta nuts. Despite five recent-ish seasons of Ghost Whisperer, Hewitt hasn’t been particularly relevant since her Party of Five days, and her brief early-aughts singing career was unmemorable at best. (Though you’ve got to admit, “BareNaked” is still pretty catchy.)
Dig a little deeper, though, and suddenly the rumor starts making a weird kind of sense. Hewitt’s certainly as famous as, say, Paula Abdul »
- Hillary Busis
Sundance London: Sleepwalk With Me Review
26 April 2013 1:25 PM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
Director: Mike Birbiglia.
Starring: Mike Birbiglia, Lauren Ambrose, James Rebhorn, Carol Kane.
Running Time: 81 minutes.
Synopsis: An underachieving comedian, stressed out by his lack of work and his long-running relationship with his girlfriend, finds himself sleepwalking, leading to all manner of problems with his personal life.
A funny and poignant film about love, honesty and fulfilment (or lack of), Sleepwalk With Me tells the story of Matt (Mike Birbiglia), a budding comedian who lacks confidence and funny material, but has a great relationship with his girlfriend, Abby (played by Six Feet Under’s Lauren Ambrose). However, Matt has a sleepwalking problem; a disorder which is a catalyst for the events of the film, testing Matt’s commitment, responsibilities and relationships to breaking point.
Sleepwalk With Me boasts some fine comic performances from its cast, especially Birbiglia who has instant rapport with the audience from his opening address to camera. There are some great characters here, »
- Matt Dennis
Our Pick of the Films Playing at Sundance London 2013
24 April 2013 4:00 AM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
The Sundance London Film and Music Festival returns to the capital this weekend and the lineup of film and music events looks to build on the solid foundation established last year.
It’s an exciting time for Independent film with the trailblazing success of the Sundance festival in Utah sparking off dozens of initiatives, the Raindance festival is a notable and vibrant example, and Sundance London is looking to do more than replicating the success of its American cousin.
When we reported on the lineup we singled out Michael Winterbottom’s The Look of Love, a biopic of self-styled King of Soho Paul Raymond, and Shane Carruth’s Upstream Color, his highly anticipated follow-up film to 2004′s Primer. However there are many more excellent films playing across the various strands and we wanted to shine our spotlight on some of the films to look forward to.
All the films playing »
- Jon Lyus
Close up: paying tribute to Roger Ebert
11 April 2013 7:59 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Catch up with the last seven days in the world of film
A towering figure departed the scene last week: said their long goodbye, dropped into the big sleep. No, we don't mean Margaret Thatcher, though her decease prompted ruminations about her cinematic era and the effect it's had since. Roger Ebert, the avuncular critic of the Chicago Sun Times – famous for all that two-thumbs up stuff, but also a lucid, always-readable reviewer of the highest calibre – died aged 70, shortly after announcing a "leave of presence". The great and good – all the way up to President Obama – paid tribute, while our own critic Peter Bradshaw offered the respect of a direct peer to his critical abilities.
Meryl Streep praises Margaret Thatcher as 'figure of awe'
Oliver Stone meets Julian Assange and criticises new Wikileaks films
Liam Neeson and Woody Harrelson on tail of Bonnie and Clyde »
Mike Birbiglia's worst nightmare
6 April 2013 4:05 PM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
When comedian Mike Birbiglia gets anxious, he starts sleepwalking. Now, as he stars in a film about his condition, he recalls the dramatic night he turned into the Incredible Hulk…
It's 20 January 2005, and I'm in Walla Walla, Washington – which is a place. I'm staying at a hotel called La Quinta Inn. It's 1am and I'm lying in bed. But I'm not going to sleep because I'm an insomniac. I'm sitting up in my bed with my laptop warming my thighs. I'm Googling myself. I'm watching the news. And I'm eating a pizza. At the same time.
And I fall asleep.
I have a dream that there is a guided missile headed towards my room and there are all these military personnel in the room.
I jump out of bed and say: "What's the plan?"
And the general in charge turns to me and says: "The missile co-ordinates are set specifically on you. »
Watch 'Upstream Color,' 'Sleepwalk with Me' and More Via Sundance Institute's Digital Debut Platform
3 April 2013 11:01 AM, PDT | Thompson on Hollywood | See recent Thompson on Hollywood news »
The Sundance Institute has announced that 12 independent films will make their digital debuts this spring through a variety of platforms to rent, download or stream, via the Institute's Artist Services Program. Included in the list of titles are Shane Carruth's gorgeous head-scratcher and fest favorite "Upstream Color," (which he is self-releasing to theaters April 5), Mike Birbiglia-starrer "Sleepwalk with Me" (a theatrical hit via IFC) and "Unfinished Spaces," a PBS documentary on the groundbreaking design of the National Arts Schools, which was released as an educational film on DVD. Titles will roll out between 16 and May 7. Watch them on the Institute's Now Playing page. Here are the films and schedule:titles Available April 16 Code of the West (Director: Rebecca Richman Cohen) — Code Of The West follows the human stories behind the recent federal crackdown on medical marijuana growers. This is the story of what happens when politics fail, emotions run high and. »
- Beth Hanna
Watch: IFC Releases Its First Trailer for 'Maron,' Comedian and Podcaster Marc Maron's Scripted Comedy Series
29 March 2013 7:43 AM, PDT | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
IFC's released its first trailer for "Maron," the network's new series starring and based on the life of comedian and podcaster Marc Maron. The 10-episode season will premiere on Friday, May 3 at 10pm, and features Maron as himself, pretty much, a 48-year-old stand-up who resides with his cats (but not his girlfriend -- the fictionalized Maron lives alone), records his podcast in his garage and is prone to acerbic oversharing. Maron has worked on stage, in TV, film and radio for years -- most recently he guested on an episode of "Louie," served as a type of mentor figure in Mike Birbiglia's "Sleepwalk With Me" and played a significant role in the documentary "The Bitter Buddha." Maron's podcast, "Wtf With Marc Maron," is a combination of confessional and deeply personal one-on-one interviews with various guests that's one of the best of its kind on the web -- a »
- Alison Willmore
Watch: IFC Releases Its First Trailer for 'Maron,' Comedian and Podcaster Marc Maron's Scripted Comedy Series
29 March 2013 7:43 AM, PDT | Indiewire Television | See recent Indiewire Television news »
IFC's released its first trailer for "Maron," the network's new series starring and based on the life of comedian and podcaster Marc Maron. The 10-episode season will premiere on Friday, May 3 at 10pm, and features Maron as himself, pretty much, a 48-year-old stand-up who resides with his cats (but not his girlfriend -- the fictionalized Maron lives alone), records his podcast in his garage and is prone to acerbic oversharing. Maron has worked on stage, in TV, film and radio for years -- most recently he guested on an episode of "Louie," served as a type of mentor figure in Mike Birbiglia's "Sleepwalk With Me" and played a significant role in the documentary "The Bitter Buddha." Maron's podcast, "Wtf With Marc Maron," is a combination of confessional and deeply personal one-on-one interviews with various guests that's one of the best of its kind on the web -- a »
- Alison Willmore
Watch: 'The Worst I Ever Bombed'
21 March 2013 5:58 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
Comedian and perpetual awkward moment-haver Mike Birbiglia appeared on "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" this week, but he also took some time backstage to share his official, "Worst I Ever Bombed" story.
Those familiar with Birbiglia's "My Secret Public Journal" album will recognize this story about a celebrity golf tournament-gone-wrong as track number one. But, even if you've heard it before, this is one of those stories that's just too unbelievably awkward to forget.
Watch the video above! »
- Katla McGlynn
What to TiVo: Monday
17 March 2013 11:59 PM, PDT | BuzzSugar | See recent BuzzSugar news »
ABC 8:00 Dancing With the Stars (new, season premiere) 10:00 Castle (new) 11:35 Jimmy Kimmel Live (new, with guests Jennifer Love Hewitt and Steven Yeun) 12:37 Nightline (new) CBS 8:00 How I Met Your Mother (new) 8:30 Rules of Engagement (new) 9:00 2 Broke Girls (new) 9:30 Mike & Molly (new) 10:00 Hawaii Five-0 (new) 11:35 Late Show With David Letterman (new, with guests Selena Gomez and Bob Sarlatte) 12:37 The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson (new, with guest Seth Green) Fox 8:00 Bones (new) 9:00 The Following (new) NBC 8:00 The Biggest Loser (new, season finale) 10:00 Deception (new, season finale) 11:34 Tonight Show With Jay Leno (new, with guests Morgan Freeman, Rulon Gardner, and Henry Cejudo) 12:37 Late Night With Jimmy Fallon (new, with guests Nicolas Cage and Mike Birbiglia) The CW 8:00 The Carrie Diaries (repeat) 9:00 Hart of Dixie (repeat) More TV to watch when you read more. »
- Maggie Pehanick
Sundance London Announce 2013 Film & Programme Panel
15 March 2013 8:45 AM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
Thn were there last year and will be there again to bring you all the coverage from Sundance London 2013. Today, the Sundance Institute and The O2 have announced their programme of panels, feature films and short films for the second Sundance London film and music festival, 25-28 April at The O2.
Sundance Institute, which annually presents the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, U.S.A., selected the film and panel programming. The 2013 programme continues its 2012 focus on presenting new work by independent filmmakers and exploring the interplay between independent film and music.
The programme announced today includes 18 feature films and nine short films across four sections, including a new UK Spotlight. Twenty-three films will make their international, European or UK premieres at Sundance London. Ten are by female filmmakers and six are by first-time feature filmmakers. The films collectively received 12 awards when they premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, »
- Dan Bullock
London Sundance Film Festival, O2 Arena, April 25th – 28th 2013
14 March 2013 5:21 PM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
The Sundance Institute and London’s O2 venue announced this week the programme of panels, feature films and short films for the second Sundance London film and music festival which is schduled to run from the 25-28 April. The Sundance Institute, which annually presents the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, U.S.A., selected the film and panel programming, bringing its unique blend of indepedeant cinema and music to the heart of London. The programme continues its 2012 focus on presenting new work by independent filmmakers and exploring the interplay between independent film and music.
The programme announced today includes 18 feature films and nine short films across four sections, including a new UK Spotlight. Twenty-three films will make their international, European or UK premieres at Sundance London. Ten are by female filmmakers and six are by first-time feature filmmakers. The films collectively received 12 awards when they premiered at the »
- John
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