‘Death by Lightning’ (2025) – Interview:
In this SAG-AFTRA Foundation Conversations interview, actors Michael Shannon and Matthew Macfadyen sit down with TVLine’s Kim Roots to discuss their work on the historical drama series Death by Lightning.
Madman or Monster? — The Ethical Problem of Portraying Presidential Assassins:
When the Netflix historical drama Death by Lightning premiered in 2025, it revived the tragic and largely forgotten assassination of U.S. President James A. Garfield. The series dramatizes the life and death of Garfield while also exploring the
‘Death by Lightning’ vs. History: What the Series Gets Right About Garfield’s Death –
When the Netflix historical drama Death by Lightning premiered in 2025, it resurrected one of the most overlooked tragedies in American presidential history: the assassination of the twentieth president, James A. Garfield.
The Forgotten Assassination: Who Killed James Garfield — and Why It Matters:
The assassination of James A. Garfield is one of the most consequential yet strangely overlooked events in American political history. When people discuss presidential assassinations, the names that typically dominate the conversation are Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, and