blended families

His films like 'Shoplifters' and 'Broker' intimately explore makeshift family bonds formed outside traditional structures, examining how love and belonging transcend biological ties.

Through character-driven narratives in films like 'Another Year' and 'Vera Drake,' he delves into complex family dynamics and the tensions arising from blended or fractured household relationships.

In 'Hereditary' and 'Midsommar,' he examines how trauma and dysfunction within families—biological and adopted—shape identity and survival in deeply unsettling ways.