generational disconnect

His films like 'Like Father, Like Son' and 'Our Little Sister' delicately explore the emotional gaps and unspoken conflicts between parents and children across generations.

Through naturalistic dialogue and family-centered narratives in films like 'Another Year' and 'Secrets & Lies,' he captures the friction and misunderstandings that arise between different age groups.

His horror films 'Hereditary' and 'Midsommar' use family trauma and inherited pain to examine how generational wounds perpetuate and create profound disconnection.