Just because Wednesday, Movies at Home: ‘Cold War’

Every Wednesday, Art House Film Wire touts our favorite movies, because…well, just because!  This is especially true this week.   No, we don’t have a specific news tie-in or birthday to trigger a celebration of the Oscar-nominated  “Cold War” (2018), an intricately-constructed story of a dysfunctional relationship during the 1950s and 60s. We just love this movie. Now, director Alfonso Cuaron’s heavy favorite “Roma” (2018) won the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, but Pawel Pawlikowski’s “Cold War” was not only our favorite foreign film of the year, but our #1 picture…

Stream plenty of Audrey Hepburn movies on her birthday…or anytime

Hey, May 4th might be Star Wars Day, but an out-of-this-world actress was born on this day.   Audrey Hepburn was born in Brussels, Belgium on May 4, 1929, and a couple services are streaming her movies for FREE right now. Amazon Prime (free for Prime members):  “Roman Holiday” (1953), “War and Peace” (1956), “Funny Face” (1957), “Mayerling” (1957), “The Unforgiven” (1960), “Charade” (1963) Hulu (with a Starz add-on):  “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” (1961) and her last film “Always” (1989)  

Watch Oscar-winner ‘The Cove’ on Marine Mammal Rescue Day

Hey, Happy Marine Mammal Rescue Day!   Since we are big Ric O’Barry fans, April 27 is an important day. If animal rescue is your thing, or if you are in the mood for a heart-stopping and heartbreaking documentary, then “The Cove” (2009) is a must-see.   Winning the 2010 Best Documentary Oscar, director Louie Psihoyos’ film follows Ric O’Barry – the former “Flipper” trainer – as he travels to Taijii, Japan to chronicle and hopefully stop a brutal, seasonal dolphin slaughter. Psihoyos’ film feels like an espionage movie, as O’Barry and…