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EPISODE · May 1, 2026 · 1H 5M

S03E04 - 1985

from The Movies of Happenstance · host Jason Hutchens

This month Jason Hutchens watches films from 1985 that he's never seen before, using Letterboxd ratings to uncover hidden gems. This month's selection is: Come and See (Elem Klimov, USSR) The Time to Live and the Time to Die (Hou Hsiao-hsien, Taiwan) The Official Story (Luis Puenzo, Argentina) A Zed & Two Noughts (Peter Greenaway, UK) O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization (Piotr Szulkin, Poland) The Black Cannon Incident (Huang Jianxin, China) Phenomena (Dario Argento, Italy) Enemy Mine (Wolfgang Petersen, USA) See Jason's review scores for these eight movies on Letterboxd.

This month Jason Hutchens watches films from 1985 that he's never seen before, using Letterboxd ratings to uncover hidden gems. This month's selection is: Come and See (Elem Klimov, USSR) The Time to Live and the Time to Die (Hou Hsiao-hsien, Taiwan) The Official Story (Luis Puenzo, Argentina) A Zed & Two Noughts (Peter Greenaway, UK) O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization (Piotr Szulkin, Poland) The Black Cannon Incident (Huang Jianxin, China) Phenomena (Dario Argento, Italy) Enemy Mine (Wolfgang Petersen, USA) See Jason's review scores for these eight movies on Letterboxd.

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