ArtInsights' Cinema Siren

Local Comedian Brings Sundance Award Winning Indie 'Sleepwalk with Me' to Area Theaters

Cinema Siren interviews Mike Birbiglia

Those who live in the Washington area can rightly claim Mike Birbiglia as their own. He was inspired to take up stand-up comedy while studying screenwriting at Georgetown University. He has risen to the top of his career, selling out shows all over the globe, and releasing numerous successful recordings.    Now, the feature film adaptation of his critically-acclaimed one-man show, Sleepwalk With Me, which won this year's Best of Next award at Sundance Film Festival, is coming to a limited number of big screens near us.     The movie is the true story of how Birbiglia discovers he has rapid eye movement behavior disorder—a serious and rare type of sleepwalking—how he deals with it, his romantic relationship of eight years, and the …

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Join Patch Sunday Night for a Live Blog of the Oscars

POLL: Weigh in with your choices for Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Actress; Academy Awards chat on Patch will start in time for red carpet coverage at 7 p.m. ET on ABC

Watching the Oscars Sunday night? Grab your popcorn and your laptop. Patch is rolling out the red carpet on Academy Awards night with a live blog that will start just before ABC's red carpet coverage at 7 p.m. This year's 84th annual Academy Awards, hosted by comedian and actor Billy Crystal, begins its broadcast on ABC at 8:30 p.m. "Oscars Red Carpet Live" will begin at 7 p.m.  Patch columnists—movie critic Leslie Combemale and Fort Hunt Patch columnist Beth Jarvis—will co-host the live chat on Patch with an assist from Patch editors who also love the Oscars. Patch readers are encouraged to join in on their commentary of films, personalities and fashions.  Both Combemale and Jarvis have been big fans of movies and the Academy Awards for …

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