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Film Review: Carmen & Bolude (2025) - Australia Support my reviews by buying me a Coffee! https://buymeacoffee.com/neofilmblog Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critic Circle of Australia) I rated it 5/10 Support our reviews by buying from official DVDs / Blu Rays at NeoFilmShop.com There are films that arrive with their hearts proudly stitched onto their sleeves, beating with earnest purpose. "Carmen & Bolude" is such a film. Its mission – to celebrate the vibrant, messy, multicultural tapestry in the backdrop of contemporary Australia through the bond of two women from different backgrounds – is undeniably noble. Co-writers and stars Michela...

Film Review: Ancestry Road (2025) - Australia Support my reviews by buying me a Coffee! https://buymeacoffee.com/neofilmblog Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critic Circle of Australia) I rated it 7.5/10 Support our reviews by buying from official DVDs / Blu Rays at NeoFilmShop.com A Gravel Path Through the Heart - Glenn Triggs’s “Ancestry Road" is less a plotted narrative and more a sigh made visible, a gentle ache rendered in the dusty golds and deep greens of Tasmanian disguised as remote Scotland. This quiet, fiercely independent film, born from the director's own grief for his mother, trades intricate supernatural mechanics for...

Film Review: Westgate (2025) - Australia Support my reviews by buying me a Coffee! https://buymeacoffee.com/neofilmblog Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critic Circle of Australia) I rated it 8/10 Support our reviews by buying from official DVDs / Blu Rays at NeoFilmShop.com A Gritty Masterpiece Forged in Melbourne's Crucible - Adrian Ortega’s “Westgate” arrives like a freight train carrying the weight of history and the desperation of the present. Set in the sun-bleached, industrial heart of Footscray, Melbourne, circa 1999, it’s a film that doesn’t just depict struggle – it becomes struggle. It’s a bruising, breathless, and profoundly felt experience that...

Film Review: Pasa Faho (2025) - Australia Support my reviews by buying me a Coffee! https://buymeacoffee.com/neofilmblog Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critic Circle of Australia) I rated it 7/10 Support our reviews by buying from official DVDs / Blu Rays at NeoFilmShop.com A Quietly Radiant Tapestry of Heritage and Home - Kalu Oji’s debut feature, “Pasa Faho" (meaning "parts of a whole"), arrives like a warm breeze carrying the scent of distant soil mixed with Melbourne suburbia. It’s a film that eschews the polished sheen often associated with Australian cinema for something far more valuable: lived-in authenticity. Set amidst the...

Film Review: Fwends (2025) - Australia Support my reviews by buying me a Coffee! https://buymeacoffee.com/neofilmblog Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critic Circle of Australia) I rated it 7.5/10 Support our reviews by buying from official DVDs / Blu Rays at NeoFilmShop.com There is a particular, precious alchemy in the cinema that occurs when actors inhabit their roles so completely, and a director captures them with such unassuming grace, that the screen seems to dissolve. We aren't watching a performance; we're granted privileged access to a life. Sophie Somerville's remarkable debut feature, “Fwends”, achieves this delicate magic. It’s a film less...