The Horrors of a Broken Kitchen Sink in <em>mother!</em>
<em>The Atlantic</em> looks back on the key film scenes of 2017, this time a moment in Darren Aronofsky’s metaphorical thriller.
Over the next month, The Atlantic’s “And, Scene” series will delve into some of the most interesting films of the year by examining a single, noteworthy moment and unpacking what it says about 2017. Next up is Darren Aronofsky’s mother! (Read our previous entries here.)
Halfway through , the unnamed woman played by Jennifer Lawrence comes downstairs to any homeowner’s worst nightmare: uninvited guests. Dressed in black, they start pouring into her sparsely decorated country mansion without even knocking on the door. “They had nowhere to go,
