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Toronto's extensive work on the silver screen reveals that, while we have the chameleonic ability to look like anywhere from New York City to Moscow, the disguise doesn't always hold up to scrutiny. Reel Toronto revels in digging up and displaying the films that attempt to mask, hide, or—in rare cases—proudly display our city.

FILM: Andrew Fleming's 1999 comedy Dick is screening tonight as part of the Fido-sponsored Free Flicks series at the Harbourfront Centre. In case you don't know, the movie is about two teenage girls (played effortlessly by Kirsten Dunst and Michelle Williams) hired as the official dog-walkers of President Richard Nixon, in an attempt to conceal their knowledge of the Watergate scandal. Except, funny! Sirius Stage at the Harbourfront Centre (235 Queens Quay West), 9 p.m., FREE.

Development of Maple Leaf Gardens has been in limbo for several years, but it finally looks like things are about to get moving. The 75-year old building, having been vacated by the friendly neighbourhood hockey club in 1999, was purchased by Loblaws in 2004.

Since 2004, signs have hung on the southeast corner of Maple Leaf Gardens promising an historic Loblaws Real Canadian Superstore. "Soon you'll discover a store filled with fresh flavours, shops and services," the billboards cheerily stated, but the Gardens at Church and Carlton has loomed a decrepit shell since it went dark in 2001, despite some minor action hosting the filming of Cinderella Man. The last Leafs game was on February 13, 1999, where they lost to the Chicago Blackhawks just as they did on opening day.

tells the story of a dysfunctional family who have secluded themselves to a remote Baltic island. According to the New Yorker, it was "possibly the most beautiful (of Bergman's films) in its setting and the most heartbreaking in its theme."