You need to watch his films if you like understated, meditative films about the complexities of everyday life, especially on romance & selfhood, made on shockingly low budgets with an unparalleled minimalism.
You need to watch his films if you like films about unlikely family set-ups, films about children, films that exude warmth, hope but at the same time discomfort you, & provoke you to acknowledge the harsh realities of the world around you.
You need to watch his films if you like romantic tragicomedies about the mundanity & solitude of the working class, films infused with an affecting sense of pessimism towards the world but nevertheless leaves you on a note of hope.
You need to watch his films if you like experiments in filmmaking styles, & attempts at breaking traditional or mainstream narrative forms, especially on popular themes & genres like horror, murder mysteries & period dramas.
You need to watch her films if you like films which challenge your understanding & notions about the human body, desire, sex & sexuality. Films which make you very uncomfortable, but at the same time fascinate you for their sheer imagination.
You need to watch her films if you like films with layered, complex women characters, often with shades of grey, who find themselves in unexpected, unique circumstances, forcing you to self-reflect about necessary philosophical & moral questions.
You need to watch their films if you like films with unlikeable, morally questionable protagonists, & watch them fail again and again as they try to make their way through a specific event in their lives, played mostly by mainstream actors cast against type.
You need to watch his films if you like to be transported and introduced to a new culture through cinema, with stories that ask important questions about identity, climate change, modernism, while simultaneously offering hope and comfort.
You need to watch his films if you want to explore the boundless potential of the documentary genre, breaking all creative expectations of the format & utilising the freedom it offers to tell real stories with matchless vulnerability, honesty & courage.