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Patricia Clarkson in Cairo Time (top); Joel Bissonnette, Adam Scott in Passenger Side (middle, upper); Danse Macabre by Pedro Pires (middle, lower); Five Hole: Tales of Hockey Erotica by Cam Christiansen (bottom) The Toronto Film Festival has announced the lists of the top 10 Canadian features and shorts of 2009. They are: FEATURES Cairo Time – Ruba Nadda Carcasses – Denis Côté Crackie – Sherry White Defendor – Peter Stebbings La Donation / The Legacy – Bernard Émond J’ai tué ma mère / I Killed My Mother – Xavier Dolan Passenger Side – Matthew Bissonnette Polytechnique – Denis Villeneuve The Trotsky – Jacob Tierney The Wild Hunt – Alexandre Franchi SHORTS The Armoire – Jamie Travis The Cave...

Philippe Diaz's The End of Poverty? plays like a video version of "Neoliberalism for Dummies" in the best and worst ways. Exploring how different segments of the developing world remain in grinding poverty, Diaz traces the legacy of colonialism to...

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House reader Charlie C. sends along the sequel to "The Wire—100 Greatest Quotes" video. Mucho, mucho spoilers for newbies. "Links for the Day": Each day (more or less) the House editors post a link/links to items that we hope will spark discussion. We encourage our readers to submit candidates for consideration to keithuhlich@gmail.com and to converse in the comments section.

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