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EPISODE · Feb 1, 2026 · 1H 57M

S03E01 - 1970

from The Movies of Happenstance · host Jason Hutchens

In this episode Jason launches Season 3 by exploring the movies of 1970. After setting the scene with seven era-defining songs and a brief cultural roundup (Apollo 13, Kent State, music and technology), he explains a new monthly approach: by browsing a list of all 1970 movies on Letterboxd he discovers eight movies from 1970 that he has never seen, or even heard of, to watch and review. The movies are: Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (Elio Petri, Italy) Le Cercle Rouge (Jean-Pierre Melville, France) The Conformist (Bernardo Bertolucci, Italy) El Topo (Alejandro Jodorowsky, Mexico) Heroic Purgatory (Yoshishige Yoshida, Japan) Dodeskadan (Akira Kurosawa, Japan) A Touch of Zen (King Hu, Taiwan) The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (Dario Argento, Italy) See Jason's review scores for these eight movies on Letterboxd. This episode mixes film discovery methods, historical context, and reviews of standout titles from the year.  

In this episode Jason launches Season 3 by exploring the movies of 1970. After setting the scene with seven era-defining songs and a brief cultural roundup (Apollo 13, Kent State, music and technology), he explains a new monthly approach: by browsing a list of all 1970 movies on Letterboxd he discovers eight movies from 1970 that he has never seen, or even heard of, to watch and review. The movies are: Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (Elio Petri, Italy) Le Cercle Rouge (Jean-Pierre Melville, France) The Conformist (Bernardo Bertolucci, Italy) El Topo (Alejandro Jodorowsky, Mexico) Heroic Purgatory (Yoshishige Yoshida, Japan) Dodeskadan (Akira Kurosawa, Japan) A Touch of Zen (King Hu, Taiwan) The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (Dario Argento, Italy) See Jason's review scores for these eight movies on Letterboxd. This episode mixes film discovery methods, historical context, and reviews of standout titles from the year.

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