confessional
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The film’s theatrical provenance reveals itself in long monologues in the Marilyn confessional room and Pedretti delivers one that reveals the depth beyond Cherry’s ditzy exterior.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
Toward the end of the evening, there was an unexpected confessional.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026
Even in an era of confessional pop, Newman stands out.
From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026
More than five million words survive from his pen, including the “Confessions,” a slippery and carefully constructed autobiography covering his life into his mid-30s; numerous letters; and chatty, confessional sermons.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025
Some of the prisoners underwent the examination in groups of twelve; they merely recited a sort of confessional and catechism, got their anti-kemmer shot, and were released to work.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
