irem

irem

if you find me rewatching a movie for the fourth time or so, mind your business

Favorite films

  • The Handmaiden
  • Chungking Express
  • Happy Together
  • In the Mood for Love

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  • Mickey 17

    ★★½

  • Anyone But You

    ½

  • Immaculate

    ★½

  • The Perks of Being a Wallflower

    ★★★½

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  • The Perks of Being a Wallflower

    The Perks of Being a Wallflower

    ★★★½

    we accept the love we think we deserve

  • Coco

    Coco

    ★★★★½

    death is inevitable, but being forgotten is what we should truly fear. that realization hit me in an unexpected way, stirring thoughts about how we hold on to those we've lost, not just through memories but through the small things they leave behind in our lives—stories, traditions, even habits.

    it’s a movie for anyone who has ever loved and lost, for anyone who holds on to those fading memories, hoping that somehow, in the grander scheme of things, they will last.

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  • The Boy and the Heron

    The Boy and the Heron

    ★★★★★

    sometimes, people we care about leave, and things we love are gone, and it hurts. it's tough because we can't change it or bring them back. yet, in accepting that, there's a kind of peaceful sadness, a bittersweet feeling that says it's okay to hold on to the good memories and feel the love even when things change.
    and i feel this is what the film is about.
    exiting "The Boy and the Heron," you might sense an unusual emptiness,…

  • Dogville

    Dogville

    ★★★★★

    dogville is an immersive portrayal of undiluted animosity, an assault on the senses that leaves an indelible mark. it doesn't merely evoke sadness or melancholy; it revels in its cruelty. within its narrative confines lies the unmasking of humanity's most repugnant qualities, reducing us all to our basest essence, akin to dogs - creatures oblivious to morality, requiring coercion and suppression to conform to the standards set by self-appointed arbiters of virtue.

    the layers of meaning and symbolism woven into…