captivity and trauma

His films like 'The Killing of a Sacred Deer' and 'The Favourite' explore psychological captivity, power dynamics, and trauma through unsettling narratives that trap characters in cycles of suffering.

Films like 'Hereditary' and 'Midsommar' intensely examine how trauma becomes inherited and inescapable, with characters trapped by familial and psychological horror.

Her works 'You Were Never Really Here' and 'We Need to Talk About Kevin' viscerally depict the mental captivity of trauma through fragmented narratives and psychological disintegration.