Gone Girl

SZA’s interior battle feels decidedly of the moment, inflected by the murkiness of casual sex, the imperative for baseline levels of connection in a world where there seems to be a drought.

Within the mixtape’s three songs, O’Brien tackles her situationships, toxic perceptions of love and desperate desires to disappear.

It is in this atmosphere of reduction that the sad girl comes in. On TikTok, she may be described as a “Virgin Suicides”/“Bojack Horseman”/Lana Del Rey/“Gone Girl”/Mitski fan. She is ruminative and sad, while enjoying ruminative and sad media.

From brain-melting thrillers to unintentional comedies to pure chaos, these films are best experienced under the influence because they aren’t as fun while sober.

Annie and Ruby are in debt. They don’t like crime, but they don’t see another choice. For beth, it's a way to break up the monotony of her domestic ennui. 

Blakeson’s direction is uneven, but some of his swipes at American capitalism do land with a pleasant sting. It’s Pike, though, who provides the film with its energy.

“Cool Girl” is no longer a defining compliment in my eyes. I’ve instead accepted it as a product of the male gaze.

Considering that many of us are now at home, starting our own lists of rewatches and first-time discoveries, what better way to pass the time than to marathon some of the director’s signature dark, gritty and suspenseful films?

Whoever you may be, check out the following films and their respective monologues for some quality Hollywood magic.