By Mathew Kumar

Torontoist hates Valentine’s Day as much as the next corporate holiday defying curmugeon, but who doesn’t love having something to hate? Join in on the anti-love brigade by hitting the Royal Cinema (606 College) at 9pm tonight for Be My Vile Valentine, a showcase of ‘the flipside of love’, with four short films including Christian propoganda Footprints (pre-marital sex is a sin, kids), and a special mystery film (ooh). So, if you’re either in a couple and looking for an ironic Valentine’s date, or single, bitter, loveless monster (those are the only options on Valentine’s day!) you might like the sound of this alternative take on a day, that according to the Fortean Times, “In ancient Rome was the day of a festival of sexual fever when young men drew womens names from a box to choose their sexual partners.”
Now that sounds like something we could get behind. (We’re kidding).