rural violence

His films like 'George Washington' and 'Undertow' explore brutality and moral decay in rural American communities with poetic intimacy.

Works such as 'The Rider' and 'Nomadland' examine vulnerability and quiet violence within rural and working-class American landscapes.

Her films including 'You Were Never Really Here' and 'The Killing of a Sacred Deer' unflinchingly probe psychological and physical violence in isolated settings.