Joshua Oppenheimer and Michael Shannon talk what makes 'The End' sing, acknowledging an apocalyptic musical as a strange beast, but rooted in love.

“Singing is as much a form of communication as talking is, if not more so,” Shannon said to IndieWire. “Honestly, the most expressive thing that human beings do is to sing or make music.

Deep in a bunker, a family keeps on singing in the year's most nightmarish piece of future shock. Director Joshua Oppenheimer had never made a musical before.

Michael Shannon Is 'Not a Fan' of Actors Having Rock Bands, But Calls His R.E.M. Cover Band 'Glorified Karaoke' ... I’m not attempting to be Michael Stipe. I’m just singing a song that I love.

Tim McInnerny (from left), Michael Shannon, George MacKay, Tilda Swinton, Bronagh Gallagher and Lennie James play singing inhabitants of a underground bunker in “The End.” ...

Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy will play the entire R.E.M. album "Fables of the Reconstruction," which turns 40 this year. ... Verboten is a punk rock band, and I do a lot of singing.

That powerful film sided with our desire to punish the aggressors. But when Shannon's fossil-fuel tycoon rebuts that the rest of humanity drove cars, too, well, he’s got a point.

Michael Shannon has toured the country playing R.E.M.‘s debut album Murmur in full, but if you ever catch him at a karaoke, he won’t be singing “Radio Free Europe.” ...

Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy’s 2025 Tour Dates: Michael Shannon, Jason Narducy, And Friends Celebrate The 40th Anniversary Of R.E.M.’s Fables Of The Reconstruction And More 02/28 ...