'A Useful Ghost,' the debut of Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke, follows a dead wife reincarnated as a vacuum cleaner. It won the Critics' Week prize at Cannes.

‘A Useful Ghost’ Review: A Haunted Vacuum Cleaner Hoovers Up Attention in Pleasingly Particular Ghost Story. Catherine Bray. Wed, May 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM UTC. 4 min read.

Ghost Vacuum – Pretty much every deck in Standard needs graveyard hate in the sideboard. You don’t want Omniscience combo and other reanimator strategies getting free wins!

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Cannes Hidden Gem: ‘A Useful Ghost’ Is a Socio-Political Parable Starring a Vacuum Cleaner. Thai writer-director Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke's first feature, world premiering in the Critics ...

Thai writer-director Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke's first feature, world premiering in the Critics' Week lineup in Cannes, is a tale of marginalization and humans' relationship with the past.

A Useful Ghost fills a vacuum at Cannes. Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke talks about his endearingly wacky satire, the only Thai film at the festival this year. ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT.

Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke's debut film 'A Useful Ghost' premiered at Cannes 2025. Read our review. ... Welcoming a human-vacuum relationship into the family is a tougher proposition.

Based on a stage play of the same name which enjoyed a great run when it debuted back in 2010 (and has returned for a few special shows since), the legacy of Ghost Stories is far greater than one ...

A ghost-possessed vacuum cleaner might sound like standard horror fare, but in the hands of Thai director Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke, it transforms into a sly commentary on pollution, power ...

EXCLUSIVE: Thai cinema returns to Cannes parallel section Critics’ Week for the first time in many years this May with Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke’s intriguing romantic drama A Useful Ghost ...