A Useful Ghost

(Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke, 2025, Thailand/France, 130 minutes)

March is mourning his wife Nat who has recently passed away due to dust pollution. He discovers her spirit has returned by possessing a vacuum cleaner. Named one of the ten best movies of 2025 by the Los Angeles Times, A Useful Ghost was a hit at last year’s Chicago International Film Festival and, more locally, was described by KMOV/The Take-Up film critic Joshua Ray as a cross between Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Roy Andersson.

In Thai with English subtitles.

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