February 18, 2026

With more and more of us living single lives, I wonder just how far-fetched the idea of a laundromat-style approach to funerals might be? At least it's her son (Joël Hefti) who has put his money into the machine that will automate the entire process of cremation, and leave him with the contents of a small freezer bag to briefly memorialise. Then he - recruiting the aid of a girl who sells her services for such occasions to join him - engages in a… read the rest.

With more and more of us living single lives, I wonder just how far-fetched the idea of a laundromat-style approach to funerals might be? At least it's her son (Joël Hefti) who has put his money into the machine that will automate the entire process of cremation, and leave him with the contents of a small freezer bag to briefly memorialise. Then he - recruiting the aid of a girl who sells her services for such occasions to join him - engages in a sort of Siri/Alexa service before the remains are put into something akin to a coffee machine and then, well the clue is in the title. This appealed to me. Not least because aside from being quite darkly funny it also sends up the entire notion (and expense) of the elaborate ceremonies we often expect when someone dies. I did like the idea that you paid extra for the make up to be applied to the corpse before it’s incinerated - we never even see a body! Worth ten minutes, though perhaps not if you have been recently bereaved.

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