Tracing the thread…
His films like Pan's Labyrinth and The Shape of Water ethereally blur the boundaries between reality and fantasy, the mundane and the magical.
Ari Aster USAThrough Hereditary and Midsommar, he explores the permeable membrane between the living and dead, grief and the supernatural.
Apichatpong Weerasethakul ThailandHis meditative works like Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives contemplate the veil between memory, spirituality, and tangible existence.