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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
Film

Nas: Time is Illmatic reawakens a hip hop masterpiece

Win a copy the limited edition steelbook — Nas walked through hell and back to put out Illmatic, the record that cast 1994 as hip hop's most epic year. But do his words still resonate two decades down the line?

Written by: Alex King

Skate

Rough spots, Cold in the D and saving South Bank: Casper Brooker's London skate life

In the shadow of the city — To celebrate Nike SB's NESW project – a series of videos and a book about the UK skate scene – we catch up with London lifer Casper Brooker.

Written by: Shelley Jones

Film

Tara Subkoff reveals LA inspiration behind Chloe Sevigny short 'Magic Hour'

The Californian bubble — Filmmaker Tara Subkoff explains the impetus behind her beautiful short for MOCAtv – the YouTube channel for LA's pre-eminent contemporary art gallery.

Written by: Tara Subkoff

Art

Incredible plasticine animation imagines the worrying effect of overpopulation

Crowded, a dystopian narrative — Andrew Khosravani and Cristina Florit Gomila collaborate on a year-long animation project that looks at the effect of industrialisation on the natural landscape.

Written by: Shelley Jones

Surf

Wes Anderson-style short film about rural Indonesia raises awareness about clean water

A Hurley H2O & Surf Aid collab — A creative and refreshing take on a charitable project that doesn't make its subjects look like something from a horror film.

Written by: Shelley Jones

Why I do what I do

The 24-year-old gay filmmaker who stood up to Putin

We Will Riot — Romas Zabarauskas is using cinema to fight for LGBT rights and against prejudice.

Written by: Alex King

Film

One of London's longest-standing communities faces eviction in the New Year

Hoxton families fight for affordable rents — Residents of London's New Era estate have been threatened with eviction if they can't meet more than a threefold hike in rent.

Written by: Andrea Kurland

Photography

Lensman of US counterculture Glen E. Friedman on how his Fugazi book came about

Snapshots of a generation — Ahead of the release of Glen E. Friedman's new book MY RULES, we look back over the origins of his story. The visual place where skateboarding, punk and hip hop collide. This story first appeared in Huck 8, 2007.

Written by: Jay Riggio

Skate

Jenkem Mag skate an abandoned mental asylum in New York

Hippie jumps in a hospital — An adventure into the past with two NYC skaters bored of the gentrified city.

Written by: HUCK HQ

Film

Neck Face: The Pin Hoarder

Collector's corner — The most notorious face in street art breaks open his vast pin badge collection.

Written by: HUCK HQ

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