The New York Times has an interesting list of movies that help folks deal with aging up today. The list comes from Dr. Dennis McCullough and is listed in an appendix to his new book, My Mother, Your Mother: Embracing ‘Slow Medicine,’ the Compassionate Approach to Caring for Your Aging Loved Ones,” and updated on his Web site.

Some of the films include more classic works:

• Umberto D. (1952, Dir. Vittorio De Sica)
• Wild Strawberries (1957, Ingmar Bergman)
• Buena Vista Social Club (1998, Wim Wenders)

and some are more recent:

• The Savages (2007, Tamara Jenkins)
• Away From Her (2006, Sarah Polley)

Life is a long process, but too often our cinema is focused on youth (much more escapist). Films about age not only help those who are approaching their elderly years, but they also provide us young folks with some insight into what our older friends might be going through.

My favorite film about aging? You’ll find it after the jump

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Social Action + Cinema Videos of the Day:

1) Tommy Lee and Ludacris have it out over being green.

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Social Action and Cinema YouTube Videos of the Day:

1) George Clooney Tells Us, “Peace Must be Waged”

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On Monday Deepak Nayar, behind such films as “Buena Vista Social Club” and “Bend it Like Beckham,” and Sandy Grushow, the former chairman of Fox Television Entertainment Group will launch Filmaka.com .

The site solicits short video clips for a competition judged by some of the industry’s biggest names — directors Werner Herzog, Wim Wenders, Paul Schrader — as well as an audience of regular Web users.

Next week the site will announce a winner of its film contest, who will direct a feature film produced by Los Angeles-based Filmaka.

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