neighborly relations

His films like 'Shoplifters' and 'Broker' intimately examine how strangers become family through shared spaces and daily interactions, exploring the bonds formed between neighbors and community members.

His socially conscious films such as 'I, Daniel Blake' and 'Sorry We Missed You' deeply investigate working-class neighborhoods and how community support systems sustain people through hardship.

Films like 'The Killing of a Sacred Deer' and 'Poor Things' probe the unsettling dynamics of proximity and obligation between neighbors, revealing the dark undercurrents beneath surface-level civility.