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The celebrates its 75th anniversary this weekend, with a curious-yet-awesome double bill: The American and Casablanca.

Even George Clooney鈥檚 marvelous mug can鈥檛 hold a candle to the fantastic heat generated between Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman in the Academy Award-winning 1942 classic.

I hoped to post a YouTube video of Casablanca, but they've all had embedding disabled, so this snippet of dialogue paraphrased from IMDB.com聽 will have to do:

		Happy Birthday, Hollywood!

Ilsa: Play it once, Sam. For old times' sake.

Sam: I don't know what you mean, Miss Ilsa.

Ilsa: Play it, Sam. Play "As Time Goes By."

Sam: Oh, I can't remember it, Miss Ilsa. I'm a little rusty on it... (Eventually begins to play) You must remember this / A kiss is still a kiss / A sigh is just a sigh / The fundamental things apply / As time goes by. / And when two lovers woo, / They still say, "I love you" / On that you can rely / No matter what the future brings-...

Rick: Sam, I thought I told you never to play - (Sees Ilsa).

And, in honour of the theatre鈥檚 three-quarters of a century, there will be food and wine Friday-Sunday (Oct. 22-24) starting at 5:30pm.

We like Short Shorts!

Shorts are some of my favourite films, so I鈥檓 happy that it鈥檚 time once again for the (Oct. 28-29). Every year in our Oscar pool, I always pick the ones that don鈥檛 win, but I don鈥檛 care.

Catch 聽some of the world鈥檚 best, and a retrospective of the top shorts of the fest鈥檚 last five years. There are panel discussions and screenings on Thursday (incidentally, also World Animation Day), and screenings all day Friday before the awesome closing party.

A clip of The New Tenants, my favourite short film of last year, and incidentally the Oscar winner for live action.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITE7Nshd3SM