obsessive hospitality

His surrealist masterpieces like 'The Exterminating Angel' trap guests in claustrophobic social rituals, exposing the neurotic compulsion behind hospitality and civilized behavior.

Films like 'The Killing of a Sacred Deer' and 'Poor Things' feature hosts ensnared in grotesque power dynamics where hospitality becomes a suffocating, performative obligation.

Works such as 'A Perfect Couple' and 'California Split' dissect how characters compulsively accommodate others while losing themselves in social performance and hospitality rituals.