small-town judgment

His films like 'Midsommar' and 'Hereditary' explore how isolated communities enforce brutal social judgment and conformity through ritualistic control.

His work examines how small, insular groups create bizarre moral codes and judge outsiders with absurdist cruelty, as seen in 'The Killing of a Sacred Deer' and 'The Favourite.'

His films like 'The Lighthouse' and 'The Witch' dissect paranoia, suspicion, and moral judgment within claustrophobic communities where isolation breeds hysteria.