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

The son of an Irish mother and a Guyanese father, Lynott was the band’s bassist and primary songwriter, with a soothing voice that seemed almost confessional.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

“I think I just pushed myself way past my limit,” she said in a confessional.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

On that fateful day in March when he sent Matthiesen that confessional email, Doyle strongly suggested that his disappearing act would be final.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

Then, one by one—as we would be summoned to judgment after death—we entered the airless confessional.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez