male alienation

Her films explore isolated male characters navigating economic precarity and disconnection from society, as seen in Nomadland and The Rider.

She depicts fragmented, alienated male psyches struggling with trauma and disconnection in works like You Were Never Really Here and We Need to Talk About Kevin.

His films examine isolated, emotionally disconnected men confronting existential dread and relationship breakdown, particularly in Hereditary and Midsommar.