sarcasm

His films like Sunset Boulevard and The Apartment use cutting sarcasm to critique Hollywood vanity and American social hypocrisy with biting wit.

His dialogue-driven narratives are saturated with ironic humor and sarcastic commentary that deconstructs genre conventions and cultural assumptions.

His deadpan films like The Killing of a Sacred Deer and Poor Things employ dark sarcasm to absurdly expose human pretense and societal absurdities.