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Introducing Huck’s new Film section, powered by our sister magazine Little White Lies. Spotlighting some of the best stories where film meets counterculture

Huck’s top 10 alternative high school movies

These ain’t no gym class heroes — Featuring indoctrination, alienation and The Ramones, this is our list of the best alternative coming-of-age flicks.

  • Film
  • Alex King

Radical filmmaking reveals Greece's humanitarian crisis

Athens Now! — Stanley Schtinter’s symposium of film at London's Whitechapel Gallery responds to the experiences of the Greek people since the 2008 global financial crisis.

  • Film
  • Robin Nierynck

Clayton Patterson raises the ghosts of the Lower East Side’s anarchic past

Outlaw art — Patterson’s Outside In retrospective at Howl Arts bridges back to the grassroots creativity of pre-gentrification NYC.

  • Art
  • Alex King

Steezy short film: Pizza, skateboarding and love in southern Italy

A Young Summer's Heart — Italian designer Maria Falbo and filmmaker Romano Pizzichini team up for a stylish soireé in the land of our imaginations.

  • Film
  • Shelley Jones

Meet the autistic surfer who’s inspired generations of groms

Curt film release — Curt Harper is a SoCal surfing legend who’s never let autism come in the way of doing what he loves. Watch the full Curt documentary here.

  • Surf
  • Alex King

Doug Aitken’s visionary Station to Station project arrives in London

A 30 day happening — As the documentary of Aitken’s immense pan-American train journey hits the screens, Station to Station pulls into the Barbican for a 30 day creative takeover.

  • Art
  • Alex King

The freshest young filmmakers at the East End Film Festival

Five not-to-miss screenings — Discover challenging filmmaking and up-and-coming directors of the 14th East End Film Festival.

  • Film
  • Robin Nierynck

Love and heroin addiction in NYC laid bare in Heaven Knows What

Director Q&A — Without a series of cosmic coincidences, gritty indie feature Heaven Knows What would never have come together, explains director Josh Safdie.

  • Culture
  • Robin Nierynck

Step into the world's smallest museum

Prison tattoo guns, Fake IDs and bullet-proof backpacks — New York City’s Mmuseumm helps visitors make sense of the madness of modern society through its curated selection of cultural ephemera.

  • Film
  • HUCK HQ

Meet the Scottish director who did the world a favour and put Fassbender in a Western

John Maclean interview — Musician turned director John Maclean discusses his feature film debut Slow West ahead of its UK premiere.

  • Film
  • Robin Nierynck

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