Lou Reed Movies

A mental journey - historical, political, musical and metaphysical - in contemporary times, from the Sixties until nowadays.

Once Lou moved on from the twin-barrel assault of Hunter/Wagner, he picked up the remnants of supergroup Rhinoceros and killer bassist Prakash John...

Begins with a close-up of Lou Reed’s eye; the camera then zooms out to a slightly broader view of his face. Toward the end he glances briefly...

Filmmaker Larry Weinstein stages a wide range of performances in tribute to the compositions of Kurt Weill.

Takes an in-depth look at the lives and times of the people who hung out with Andy Warhol and "worked" at the Silver Factory during the Sixties,...

Lou Reed interviews his cousin, Shirley Novick (Shulamit Rabinowitz), on the eve of her 100th birthday. Shirley recalls growing up in a small village...

Screen Test of Lou Reed.

Recorded on French TV, the concert marked the first time since the breakup of The Velvet Underground that Reed, Cale and Nico were on stage together.

This film documents the breadth and depth of Occupy Wall Street and how it quickly grew from a small park in lower Manhattan to an international...

The amazing untold story of the radical underground radio station WBCN-FM set against the profound social, political and cultural changes of the...

Where a nun and a nurse go to hell because of their sinful life in St. Vincent's Hospital.

Whips was one of the films mentioned in a half page ad in the April 7, 1966 issue of the Village Voice, advertising The Exploding Plastic Inevitable...

Season 9 episode 23 of The South Bank Show, highlighing the velvet underground

Meet The Plastic People of the Universe, the avant-garde, jazz-rock, Sun Ra meets Velvet Underground, Czech revolutionaries. A tribute to the band...

The fascinating story behind a catastrophic interview with the rock legend Lou Reed. Recorded in a hotel room in Stockholm, March 2000.

Documentary on Andy Warhol's cinema of the sixties, made for Channel 4 in association with The Factory, MOMA and the Whitney Museum of Art and in...

Interview with David Bowie, in an original format of non-linear edition, cut-and-paste style.

TV Special live at Madison Square Garden on January 9, 1997 in celebration of David Bowie's 50th birthday.

Ornette Coleman is always asked, “what is Harmolodics?” Harmolodics is the term he coined to describe his music and his philosophy of...