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Review of The Skeleton Twins (2014)

By Rochelle Siemienowicz (68) for Kill Your Darlings (26) on 23 Oct 2017

The Skeleton Twins is just another little bittersweet indie dramedy, and it's not a perfect film. But it is worth your time…

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Review of Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

By Rochelle Siemienowicz (68) for The Neighbourhood Paper (Australia) (13) on 18 Oct 2017

It's a story about fathers and children, about memories and war. But it's the love story - problematic sexual politics and all - that feels so real…

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Review of The Look of Love (2013)

By Rochelle Siemienowicz (68) for The Big Issue (Australia) (5) on 14 Aug 2017

If [Michael Winterbottom] wanted to drain the Soho smut industry of all nostalgic glamour and fun, then he's succeeded…

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Review of Liberal Arts (2012)

By Rochelle Siemienowicz (68) for The Big Issue (Australia) (5) on 14 Aug 2017

There's nothing predictable about the way the romance unfolds…

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Review of Una (2017)

By Rochelle Siemienowicz (68) for sbs.com.au (697) on 21 Jun 2017

There's no denying this is uncomfortable, claustrophobic viewing, as it should be…

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Review of Wonder Woman (2017)

By Rochelle Siemienowicz (68) for sbs.com.au (697) on 31 May 2017

What makes Wonder Woman work so well is the character of Diana herself, who's written and performed with the kind of emotional intelligence…

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Review of Raw (2017)

By Rochelle Siemienowicz (68) for sbs.com.au (697) on 19 Apr 2017

This is intelligent, metaphorically rich horror that will have you pondering (and perhaps considering vegetarianism) long after you've left…

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Review of The Family (2016)

By Rochelle Siemienowicz (68) for sbs.com.au (697) on 02 Mar 2017

Seamless and intelligent editing by Jane Usher creates a mystery story that's gripping and moving, as well as visually poetic…

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Review of Fifty Shades Darker (2017)

By Rochelle Siemienowicz (68) for sbs.com.au (697) on 15 Feb 2017

Having elided the central and very interesting question of this unequal relationship, the film then throws multiple external threats into the…

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Review of Toni Erdmann (2016)

By Rochelle Siemienowicz (68) for sbs.com.au (697) on 03 Feb 2017

Long, fluid takes, naturalistic cinematography (by Patrick Orth) and bland, realistic set design (by Silke Fischer) allow all the focus to…

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Review of Red Dog: True Blue (2016)

By Rochelle Siemienowicz (68) for sbs.com.au (697) on 22 Dec 2016

The result is big, broad family-friendly fun; a good-looking but uneven story with moments of inspired craziness…

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Review of Paterson (2016)

By Rochelle Siemienowicz (68) for sbs.com.au (697) on 22 Dec 2016

A quiet miracle of a film, and a kind of sublime minimalist poem in itself…

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Review of Heart of a Dog (1988)

By Rochelle Siemienowicz (68) for sbs.com.au (697) on 21 Nov 2016

Fans of Anderson's work and those with an inquisitive spiritual hunger will find this a thoughtful and sincere gift…

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Review of Heart of a Dog (1976)

By Rochelle Siemienowicz (68) for sbs.com.au (697) on 21 Nov 2016

Fans of Anderson's work and those with an inquisitive spiritual hunger will find this a thoughtful and sincere gift…

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Review of Heart of a Dog (2015)

By Rochelle Siemienowicz (68) for sbs.com.au (697) on 21 Nov 2016

Fans of Anderson's work and those with an inquisitive spiritual hunger will find this a thoughtful and sincere gift…

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Review of Joe Cinque's Consolation (2016)

By Rochelle Siemienowicz (68) for sbs.com.au (697) on 11 Oct 2016

The middle-class undergraduate mentality of the 1990s is convincingly recreated, and the viewer can't help asking if they themselves would…

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Review of The Girl on the Train (2016)

By Rochelle Siemienowicz (68) for sbs.com.au (697) on 06 Oct 2016

Blunt manages to give her sad and messy character some humanity through smudged mascara and puffy lips, but the mechanical screenplay by Erin…

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Review of Equity (2016)

By Rochelle Siemienowicz (68) for sbs.com.au (697) on 28 Sep 2016

It's hard to think of a movie that passes the Bechdel Test with more flying colours than this smart and entertaining corporate thriller about…

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Review of Girl Asleep (2015)

By Rochelle Siemienowicz (68) for sbs.com.au (697) on 24 Aug 2016

[The] characters are so charming and funny, and the stylistic excesses handled with such aplomb, that this film (directed by theatre-maker…

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Review of Louder Than Bombs (2015)

By Rochelle Siemienowicz (68) for sbs.com.au (697) on 10 Aug 2016

[An] intelligent, aesthetically pleasing adult drama that feels casually, realistically international in its cast and themes…

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Rochelle Siemienowicz has written reviews for:

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Kill Your Darlings (26)
The Neighbourhood Paper (Australia) (13)
The Big Issue (Australia) (5)

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