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“I’m Thinking of Ending Things” dazzles and dizzies even its most attentive viewer; the film is a psychological feast boasting richly clever construction and riveting performances.

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?

While references to famed engineer Butler Lampson or physicist Barry Barish may be hard to fit into a conversation, here are a few of the best UC Berkeley alumni in the entertainment world to bring out the next time you see your high school friends.

Bad Witch follows in the footsteps of its trilogy-mates in recreating the recognizable aggression of earlier albums such as Broken and The Downward Spiral, but it also noticeably flares into a life of its own

“Best Picture” is a massive concept that is not properly captured by the rules and logistics in place because it transcends them.

Ultimately, just as the real-life Bloom presided over a chaotic overlapping of men’s egos, Chastain holds it all together despite the film’s weaker points.

The stories across the final four are various in both time and person, and they showcase how different, yet wholly affecting, the biopic genre can be.

In many ways, the 2010s have been the decade of change in Hollywood, both in creation and consumption.