For Your Consideration— Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
The case for Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse for 2018’s Best Animated Feature, a film that redefines what a reboot is capable of… by: Michael Shields…
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Podcast: Wasn’t That A Time with Author Jesse Jarnow
Across The Margin: The Podcast hosts a conversation with author Jesse Jarnow about his latest release, Wasn’t That a Time: The Weavers, the Blacklist, and…
Podcast — Beyond The Margin: The Emperor’s Handbook
Beyond The Margin delves into wisdom of yore, with an episode devoted to the teachings of Marcus Aurelius… On iTunes now! On Spotify now! In…
The Top 50 Albums of 2018
Presenting in its entirety, Across the Margin’s selections for The Top 50 Albums of 2018… Throughout 2018, as we gleefully indulged in what was another…
The Best Albums Of 2018, Albums 10 — 1
Across the Margin concludes its rollout of the Best Albums of 2018 with the Top 10 Albums of 2018… 10. Stephen Malkmus – Sparkle Hard…
The Ashes Of Our Collective Apathy (A Call To Action: Vote!)
by: Michael Shields On the cusp of one of — if not THE — most important elections in the history of the United States of…
Twenty Years Later — Elliott Smith’s XO
by: Michael Shields In contemplation of the empowering abilities of Elliott Smith’s masterpiece, XO, released twenty years ago today… In the early 2000s I moved…
Podcast: Beyond The Margin – The Osiris Music Podcast
Beyond the Margin takes yet another pause from its regular programming to expound on the plethora of fascinating music-centric podcasts available from the Osiris Media…
Best Songs of 2018 (So Far)
Across the Margin takes stock of the status of music in 2018, stopping near the midway point to offer its picks for the best songs…
For Your Consideration: Phantom Thread
by: Michael Shields To commence Across the Margin’s week long ode to cinema in preparation for the 2018 Academy Awards, the case is made for Paul…
Best of ATM 2017, Arts, Music, Film & Culture
As 2017 comes to its close, Across the Margin takes a look back at some of its most treasured moments in Arts, Music, Film and…
Best of ATM 2017, Nonfiction
As 2017 comes to its close, Across the Margin takes a look back at some of its most treasured moments in Nonfiction… Throughout this final…