{"id":97742,"date":"2024-06-14T08:39:29","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T15:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?page_id=97742"},"modified":"2024-06-14T09:32:38","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T16:32:38","slug":"blogroll-essays","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?page_id=97742","title":{"rendered":"Blogroll Essays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the years, I&#8217;ve taken occasional breaks from my relentless <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?page_id=120\">title-by-title viewing project<\/a> to capture my thoughts on broader categories of films &#8212; either highlights from a particular year of watching, thoughts on the entire listed works of a particular director or genre, or (most recently) reflections on an entire decade of cinema. While my year-by-year overviews are housed here (I plan to continue building these out, moving backwards in time), other essays are listed here. Enjoy! <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Star-is-Born-Man-Who-Got-Away.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Star-is-Born-Man-Who-Got-Away.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"327\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-97752\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Star-is-Born-Man-Who-Got-Away.png 840w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Star-is-Born-Man-Who-Got-Away-300x117.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Star-is-Born-Man-Who-Got-Away-128x50.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Star-is-Born-Man-Who-Got-Away-768x299.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Star-is-Born-Man-Who-Got-Away-604x235.png 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Round-Ups <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=22010\">Animated Disney Round-Up<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=26739\">Woody Allen Round-Up<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Website Reflections<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=18657\">Reflections on Website (July 2011)<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=83540\">Reflections: Reviews Through the 1950s<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=60419\">Film Fanatic End of 2020 Greetings<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=79125\">Film Fanatic End of 2021 Greetings<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=89048\">Film Fanatic End of 2022 Greetings<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=94360\">Film Fanatic End of 2023 Greetings<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the years, I&#8217;ve taken occasional breaks from my relentless title-by-title viewing project to capture my thoughts on broader categories of films &#8212; either highlights from a particular year of watching, thoughts on the entire listed works of a particular director or genre, or (most recently) reflections on an entire decade of cinema. 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