Purple haze: highlights of the NYFF61 Currents shorts programs make a case for a cinema that turns minimalism and economy into a field for vibrant, unfettered experimentation
Strength in numbers: the duo discuss their latest drama about the local effects of global capitalism, which sees working-class Northern Englanders clashing, and finding common ground, with Syrian refugees
Sunrise: Pietro Marcello’s latest, Scarlet is a tender, sumptuous fairy tale which exemplifies the director’s deft straddling of documentary and fiction, realism and illusionism