Michael Stipe Movies

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...

What happens to the small historic town of Stirling, Scotland when R.E.M. decide to play three shows at its castle.

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

A short documentary on the making of REM's "Automatic for the People" album.

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

Few recording studios in the world can claim to have hosted the simply incredible list of musicians that found their way into Berlin’s Hansa...

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

Gary Young, drummer for indie-rock icons Pavement, injected a wild-card unpredictability into the band's breakthrough, lo-fi sound. But those same...

A documentary on the band

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

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...

R.E.M. performance at MTV Live launch concert at Panathinaiko Stadium, Athens on October 5, 2008.

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

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...

A portrait of Athens, Georgia singer-songwriter Vic Chesnutt.

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