Word: confessor
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...Greg were to come to this confessor, his penance would be 10 Hail Marys and an I.Q. test. As for Priest, it would be made to sit in sackcloth and ashes at the church door as a cautionary example to all filmmakers who truckle to noble sentiment...
...veteran of the war." The driver, Artyom Dobrovolsky, glances at the rearview mirror and nods. He has a talker. As he dodges the ubiquitous potholes and noses ahead of less intrepid drivers, Artyom settles into conversation. Like most Moscow taksisty, he doubles as paid listener and anonymous confessor. He is a collector of stories from passengers of all kinds, a street chronicler of life in a fractured society...
...could be an upscale moviegoer's idea of the ultimate great date. What middle-aged woman would mind being romanced by gorgeous James Spader? His face is a bouquet of sensitive sensuality; he proved he was a good listener as the impotent confessor in sex, lies, and videotape. And what young fellow wouldn't care to wake up on a couch with Susan Sarandon's head in his lap? From The Rocky Horror Picture Show through Pretty Baby, Atlantic City, The Hunger and Bull Durham, she has been the American cinema's beacon of seductive intelligence: our own Statue...
...since the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Last week her namesake traveled in an ornate carriage drawn by six gray horses to the Palace of Westminster in London. There, enthroned in the House of Lords and resplendent in a glittering crown containing a sapphire that belonged to Edward the Confessor and a ruby that Henry V wore at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, Queen Elizabeth II opened Parliament. The Lord Chancellor knelt and presented the Queen with her speech, a stilted discourse prepared by the Prime Minister, that outlined the government's legislative objectives for the coming year...
Bonham Carter:"The other actors [John Wood as the Duke of Northumberland, Michael Hordern as Dr. Feckenham, Queen Mary's confessor, Sara Kestelman as Frances Grey, the Duchess of Suffolk etc.] were not intimidating at all; they all knew Trevor. [We would] watch them to pick up clues and technique...