essayistic
adjective
es·say·is·tic
ˌe-(ˌ)sā-ˈi-stik 
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The essayistic documentary is infused with clips from 1970s cinema.
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Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 20 Jan. 2026
Kaleidoscope Competition: The jury selected from among five films in this section, which showcases essayistic and formally adventurous documentaries.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 24 Nov. 2025
Yet the essayistic musings in Sonia and Sunny read more like armchair postcolonialism than a major writer laying muscular claim to the novel as form.
—Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2025
The film is a pulsing, essayistic docu-fiction piece that defies categorization.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 27 Jan. 2025
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Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 20 Jan. 2026
Kaleidoscope Competition: The jury selected from among five films in this section, which showcases essayistic and formally adventurous documentaries.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 24 Nov. 2025
Yet the essayistic musings in Sonia and Sunny read more like armchair postcolonialism than a major writer laying muscular claim to the novel as form.
—Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2025
The film is a pulsing, essayistic docu-fiction piece that defies categorization.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 27 Jan. 2025
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