This weekend, the Portland International Film Festival returns for its 44th year, after a truncated 2020 iteration and brief fall revival. Rather than retreat to a fully virtual model, the NW Film Center has opted for a hybrid presentation: certain titles will be screened at a Zidell Yards drive-in, and others will be available online for the festival s full March 5â14 duration. In addition to a robust program of shorts and features, PIFF will also offer a pair of virtualspecial events.
Keeping with NW Film Center executive director Amy Dotsonâs commitment to cinema unbound,  films range from the local to the national to the international, and the drive-in will screen old classics likeÂ
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House GameStop Hearing Delves Into Robinhood, Reddit And WallStreetBets Deadline 2/19/2021
Vlad Tenev, founder of retail stock trading app Robinhood, told a House Committee on Thursday that “the financial system should be open to everyone,” including frenzied buyers of GameStop and AMC Entertainment whipped up by a Reddit chatroom.
He apologized profusely that a funding rule had forced the app to subsequently block share purchases – a temporary restriction that was a focus of the five-hour hearing today. The stocks fell and some Robinhood users lost their shirts.
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Nonfiction Streaming Platform Documentary+ Launches
New Global Platform Houses the Best Collection of Feature Documentaries, Cult Classics and Shorts
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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/
Documentary+, a global nonfiction streaming platform, launched today to serve as the preeminent home for feature-length and short documentary films. With a large curated collection, the Documentary+ film library ranges from Academy Award-winners to festival darlings and is available to audiences for a premium viewing experience on any device. Documentary+ is a joint venture between nonfiction studio
XTR and the late Tony Hsieh.
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Documentary+ launches with a highly curated selection of critically-acclaimed films and features award-winning and nominated filmmakers including Spike Jonze, Kathryn Bigelow, Terrence Malick, Brett Morgen, Andrea Nevins, Roger Ross Williams, Zana Briski, Davis Guggenheim, a