intimate

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At times, it almost feels too intimate, as if there’s a familiarity between filmmaker and subject that’s so innately present throughout filming that Coppola forgets not every viewer will come equipped with the same knowledge.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026

Then, in the middle eight, he offers an intimate reflection on the beginnings of the Beatles, at his childhood home in Liverpool.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

That kind of flexibility leads to spontaneous nights where what started off as an intimate hang expands into an all-out party.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

At Harvard Law School, “Pop,” as his grandson called him, became an intimate of Felix Frankfurter, the future U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

This meant not only that we were learning, in a real way, how to cohabit as a couple but also that Barack got to know my family in a more intimate way.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama