family dysfunction and alcoholism

His raw, improvisational style brutally captures marital breakdown and alcoholism's devastation on families in films like 'A Woman Under the Influence' and 'Opening Night'.

His films like 'Hereditary' and 'Midsommar' explore inherited trauma, family secrets, and substance abuse as manifestations of deeper psychological dysfunction.

His socially conscious realism depicts working-class families fractured by poverty, addiction, and systemic neglect in films like 'Kes' and 'I, Daniel Blake'.