Piers Marchant

MEDIA AFFILIATION
215 Magazine
Friendly Suggestions
Rotten Tomatoes

LOCATION
Philadelphia, PA

ABOUT PIERS
Piers has been writing film/entertainment stuff since the mid-'90s, working for alt-weeklies in Tucson and Philly and jumping into the online space with -- sigh -- AOL. Currently, he does bits for various NBC outlets; the last vestiges of his arts/culture magazine, two.one.five; and other joints as needed. He lives in Philly with his wife and young daughter and is working on brainwashing her into hating the Lakers at least as much as he does.

FAVORITES
Fave Films: (In no particular order)
Alien, The Shining, Sweet Smell of Success, Picnic at Hanging Rock, Fanny & Alexander, Jaws, M
Barton Fink, Dr. Strangelove, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

TV Shows: (In no particular order)
The Wire, Breaking Bad, Mad Men, Taxi, The Prisoner (original), The Simpsons (through season 9)

Literature: (In no particular order)
Anna Karenina, Angle of Repose, The Brothers Karamazov, Lolita, As I Lay Dying, The Ring of Brightest Angels Around Heaven, Jesus' Son, Honored Guest, Friend of my Youth, Cathedral

Other:
Tintin and the Seven Crystal Balls, Prisoners of the Sun, From Hell