small-town secrets

His masterpiece 'Blue Velvet' and 'Twin Peaks' expose the dark, surreal secrets lurking beneath the surface of seemingly idyllic small American towns.

Films like 'Hereditary' and 'Midsommar' unearth family and community secrets in isolated, insular settings where hidden traumas and sinister truths emerge.

His social realist works reveal the quiet struggles, class tensions, and suppressed secrets within small British communities with unflinching empathy.