How to Use self-reflexive in a Sentence
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However, the rich subtext of its casting adds a whole new layer that often promises to supersede these self-reflexive gestures.
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Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
17 Feb. 2026
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An inventive, self-reflexive director, necessity has forced Panahi to stretch the boundaries of film and contort it into new forms.
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Thomas Page,
CNN Money,
16 Jan. 2026
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The self-reflexive qualities of the work go further, and the film can surely be read as a statement about the limits and possibilities of a totally analogue and backwards-gazing practice.
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Sam Bodrojan,
IndieWire,
7 Sep. 2025
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The self-reflexive qualities of the work go further, and the film can surely be read as a statement about the limits and possibilities of a totally analogue and backwards-gazing practice.
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Sam Bodrojan,
IndieWire,
17 June 2026
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Though soaps were not without their occasional levity, the earnest self-seriousness of their proceedings often prevented them from engaging in self-reflexive critique.
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Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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In a recent shining example of self-reflexive satire, Geetanjali Shree’s Tomb of Sand (translated in 2022 from Hindi by Daisy Rockwell), gives us an 80-year-old Indian woman protagonist whose decision to travel to Pakistan disrupts the family’s expectations of women her age.
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Literary Hub,
15 Oct. 2025
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