Movies: Michael Stipe

In September 2011 R.E.M., the rock band from Athens, Georgia, decided to call it a day after 31 years. This collection from the BBC archives includes performances of Pretty Persuasion from the Old Grey Whistle Test in 1984, Orange Crush on Top of the...

Promotional film for R.E.M.'s second album, Reckoning, directed by James Herbert....

R.E.M. recorded this live performance on March 13, 2008 for the television series Austin City Limits and aired on PBS starting March 24, 2008. The DVD release includes three songs not broadcast on the television program—"So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)...

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A documentary on the band...

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1. World Leader Pretend 2. Half a World Away 3. Disturbance At Heron House 4. Swan Swan H 5. Radio Song 6. Low 7. Perfect Circle 8. Fall On Me 9. Belong 10. Love is all Around 11. End of the World 12. Losing My Religion 13. Pop Song 89 14. Summertime...

Documentary of the band R.E.M. writing and recording their 1996 album "New Adventures in Hi-Fi....

Tourfilm (1990) is a documentary-style concert film by American rock band R.E.M. The film chronicles the band's 1989 Green tour of North America. Produced by frontman Michael Stipe and director Jim McKay, the black-and-white film features aspects of ...

A special commemorating the 10th anniversary of MTV. Included are performances created for this special by contemporary music artists who have been associated with MTV throughout the years as well as celebrity interviews, animation and a look at MTV ...

A rare portrait of the band, focusing on the creative crisis faced by the group when drummer Bill Berry quits to become a farmer....

Touring in support of Fables of the Reconstruction, R.E.M. performs an energetic set with selections old and new....

The complete BBC Broadcast. Filmed at the Pyramid Stage Glastonbury Festival, 25 June, 1999. Experience the full show at the end of en era....

Jon Hyrns is a porter on a refurbished 1930s luxury train. Passengers on the Seattle-to-L.A. trip know him as "Johnny Berlin" - the man responsible for making their beds and cleaning their toilets. We get to know him differently - as a middle-aged, s...

TV-documentary chronicling the recording of R.E.M.'s 11th studio album "Up" and the subsequent 1998 tour....

A tribute to Michael Stipe’s longtime, departed friend Jeremy Ayers. The film depicts Ayers performing an improvised dance to a score by Stipe....

Feeling Gravitys Pull, Harborcoat, Sitting Still, Maps and Legends, Fall on Me, Green Grow the Rushes, Driver 8, Hyena, So. Central Rain, Have You Ever Seen the Rain? (Creedence Clearwater Revival cover), Can't Get There From Here, King o...

R.E.M. returned to MTV Unplugged at TRL Studio at MTV Studios on May 21, 2001. The baroque pop set leaned heavily on tracks from the band's 12th studio album, Reveal....

1989 MTV Rockumentary episode about alternative rock band, R.E.M....

After being institutionalized for schizophrenia and manic-depression in his early 20s, Mike Mantione turned to songwriting as a way of dealing with his demons. For 30 years, loud guitars have kept those demons at bay....