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In a somewhat likely yet technologically backwards media foray, television wizard Moses Znaimer is once again putting pornography where it is least expected—on an oldies AM radio station. Certainly no stranger to media in this city (having, of course, co-founded both Citytv and Muchmusic), Znaimer first made the prudish amongst us squirm in the 1970s, when the mild-by-porn-industry/filthy-by-broadcasting-standards Baby Blue movies became a regular part of Citytv's Friday night programming. Chugging right along into the, er, analog age, Znaimer's latest (supposedly) groundbreaking initiative is Midnight Blue, "the first-ever, R-rated, late-night radio show," according to Karen Lin, communications associate for Znaimer's Zoomer Media. "There is no other show like it." Airing on the New AM 740 (acquired and renamed Zoomer Radio by Znaimer in the spring of 2008) from Monday to Thursday at the apparently no-holds-barred time slot of—you guessed it—midnight, Midnight Blue is a collection of sexy, sexy songs intended to appeal to the Zoomers. An actual term coined by gerontologist David Demko to describe "a baby boomer who leads an active, adventurous lifestyle," the Zoomers are the demographic that Zniamer counts as his peers (and, fingers crossed, sure financial bets), and they make up the New AM 740 audience.

The Worldwide Short Film Festival opened last night so it's too late to call this a preview, but we wanted to make sure we'd seen as many of the programmes we could manage before we offered you any opinions on what to go and see (and what to avoid). After the jump, previews of official selections Crime & Punishment and Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me; Japanese spotlight Genius Party; Celebrity Shorts; and Sci Fi: Out There. Pictured above: Baby Blue, which plays as part of the Japanese spotlight, Genius Party.