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

What makes the album a timeless classic are its catchy melodies; shrewd arrangements that caught the culture’s disco obsession; and Mr. Scaggs’s earthy, confessional lyrics and intimate voice.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

"She's scaring the life out of me," whispered Rachel in the confessional booth.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026

Not long after, Bryant and Milam sold their eyewitness confessional story to Look magazine for four thousand dollars.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry