Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Grief and ghosts aren’t new territory for any national cinema — and this is perhaps particularly true of Thailand. But, “A Useful ...

A woman dies, only to return in the form of a vacuum cleaner to stay close to, and intimate with, her husband. Yes, you read that right! Thai writer-director Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke’s A Useful ...

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 dynamics, ...

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, and ...

"I never want to scare people. I just want to be with you." Fandor has debuted the official US trailer for one of the year's best indie discoveries from around the world - a Thai film called A Useful ...

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A possessed vacuum cleaner sparks a revolution in “A Useful Ghost,” a satire that’s “Brazil” by way of Bangkok. The Grand Prix winner of last year’s Cannes Critics Week, filmmaker Ratchapoom ...

This made-with-Singapore production blends absurb comedy with sadder observations about class and privilege. Read more at ...

Grief and ghosts aren’t new territory for any national cinema — and this is perhaps particularly true of Thailand. But, “A Useful Ghost” is an entertaining and moving – if also somewhat sprawling – ...

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. By Georg ...