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Joshua Polanski

Beam from the Booth (Substack)

Nov 3, 2025

It’s an impossible task to summarize human life in three hours. And that’s why Yi Yi is often considered one of the greatest films ever made: because Edward Yang tests the impossible.

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Yi Yi

(2000)

97%

91%

Joshua Polanski

Beam from the Booth (Substack)

Sep 17, 2025

Unlike the best political films, Sacrifice ironically finds itself on the wrong side of the status quo.

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Sacrifice

(2025)

35%

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Joshua Polanski

Beam from the Booth (Substack)

Sep 17, 2025

Nat’s possession of a vacuum—a symbol of “traditional” domestic gender roles—projects her caregiving intentions, although [Ratchapoom] Boonbunchachoke chooses to simply replicate rather than interrogate these roles.

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A Useful Ghost

(2025)

88%

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Beam from the Booth (Substack)