The name Hal Hartley doesn’t really mean what it used to back in the halcyon indie film days of the ’90s, when the NYC-based wunderkid made his mark with classics like The Unbelievable Truth, Trust, and Simple Men. But even though his profile isn’t as high anymore, he’s still making movies, both features and shorts. Possible Films—Short Works by Hal Hartley 1994–2004 is a collection of the deadpan director’s recent shorts including The New Math(s), The Sisters of Mercy, Opera No. 1 (with Hartley regulars Parker Posey and Adrienne Shelly), as well as some excerpts from Hartley’s play Soon.

From Italy, we have Marco Tullio Giordana’s family saga, The Best of Youth. Divided into two three-some-odd-hour segments for its North American release, it wasn’t the easiest movie to see at the theatre. Nor was it ever meant to be, as it was originally presented as a mini-series on Italian TV chronicling a pair of brothers’ journey through the turbulent late 20th-century. It makes more sense to see it on DVD, and now you can, as Miramax has just released it on disc this week. —Mark Slutsky