Remember

Remembering Sam Simon

Across the Margin takes a moment to reflect on Sam Simon’s passing…. In college, in the Fall of 1996,…

Spock

Spock

Across the Margin pays tribute to one of the most memorable characters in entertainment history, and to the man…

That’s How I Got To Memphis

by: Michael Shields Across the Margin pays tribute to the cream of Newsroom’s crop, the incomparable Charlie Skinner…. Beware:…

Keating

We celebrate the genius of Robin Williams by remembering one of his most affecting roles… by: Michael Shields The…

Ramis

With a heavy heart, we take a moment and remember the genius of Harold Ramis…. When I first watched Stripes,…

Gandolfini

by: Douglas Grant and Michael Shields (respectively) In remembrance of one of this generation’s greatest actors….. ‘You don’t get…

Vonnegut, An Interview

by: Michael Shields An “interview” with one of America’s most distinguished authors, which doubles as a “review” of a…

The Pryce of Success

by: Michael Shields Our second character obituary in as many posts remembers Mad Men’s fussy British accountant, a man…