FAULT Focus: Crowdsourcing People Power – The Saviour of Indie Cinema?

Have you heard of Apocalypse Nerd? Chances are that the majority of you will draw a blank when asked. Such is the problem for an increasing number of indie film ventures such as this one; struggling to attract the funding necessary to realise their projects and -perhaps crucially- often curtailed in this by a lack of exposure. Indie flick Apocalypse Nerd is coming in 2014 - we hope!…

‘Smorgasbord’: Benjo Arwas’ FAULT

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‘White Cream’ – Patrick Viebranz’s FAULT

Shirt: Jil Sander Navy; Dress: Theory   Top: Reed Krakoff; Pants: Perret Schaad; Socks: Falke; Shoes: L‘F Unisex   Shirt: Paule Ka; Overalls: Acne   Shirt: Acne; Skirt: Paule Ka   Turtleneck: Hugo Boss Black; Shirt: Akris   Top: Falke; Jacket: T by Alexander Wang; Rings: Vanrycke   Shirt: Alexander Wang   Turtleneck:…

FAULT Reviews: ‘And Every Day was Overcast’ – An Illustrated Novel by Paul Kwiatkowski

“Memories of childhood humanize us as adults. With age, our version of that time is deformed then reassembled. What fragments bleed through are tailored to a narrative designed to hide vulnerability.” -P.K., And Every Day Was Overcast   If the absence of vulnerability is a hallmark of adult self-retrospection as the first three lines of Paul Kwiatkowski’s debut novel, And Every Day Was…

FAULT Reviews: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

DISCLAIMER: This writer only watched the first Hunger Games film the night before attending the preview screening of the sequel, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - having missed it in cinemas and somehow dodged the hype . If you have arrived at this review of the sequel uninitiated then watch the first, fantastic, film now. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire follows Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) and…

Daughn Gibson on Ohio preachers and homicidal Siamese twins.

Our story begins in the quiet town of Nazareth. “It wasn’t quite in the anthracite region, but it was nearby,” said the man whose belly was a chamber and whose throat was a chimney. “Pennsylvania has a distinctive style of town - the houses are usually ‘half-a-double’ with gross mint-green sidings, kinda gritty and rough neighbourhoods. There are maybe four bars, a couple of pizzerias, a lot of…

Fall 2013: 7 Things You Need To Be Fashion-Forward

Sure, summer has passed. No longer is it the time for sun dresses, pastels and florals. Nevertheless, we still see a lot of hot fall fashion trends emerging from the fashion capitals of the world - Milan, Paris, New York and London. It’s time to begin introducing fall-wear into our ensembles, and the best thing to do before stocking up is to understand a few simple fashion trends that have…