obsessive parenthood

His films like 'Like Father, Like Son' and 'Broker' meticulously examine parental anxieties, sacrifice, and the psychological complexities of motherhood and fatherhood.

Films like 'Hereditary' and 'Midsommar' deeply explore how parental trauma, duty, and desperate maternal protection can consume and destroy families.

Her works 'We Need to Talk About Kevin' and 'You Were Never Really Here' unflinchingly portray parental obsession, guilt, and the dark psychology of protective love.