Rochelle Siemienowicz

Rochelle Siemienowicz is a Melbourne writer and editor. Her first book Fallen, a memoir was published in 2014 and her second, Double Happiness, a novel, in 2024. She has a PhD in Australian cinema and was previously a journalist at ScreenHub and ArtsHub. ou can find her on Instagram: @Rochelle_Rochelle or at Substack where she writes a fortnightly newsletter, The Fool and the Queen.

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Watching the TV series that predicts Australia's future

Seeing reality cross over with sci fi in Stan's 'The Commons' was disturbing but not depressing for this apocalypse-shy viewer.

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Setting the tone for 'Australia Day': NITV leads the way

Channel Manager Tanya Orman invites all Australians to enjoy the Indigenous broadcaster's distinctive programming on this fraught national day.

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Climate emergency cinema smoked out but not cancelled

The pedal-powered outdoor cinema event at Melbourne's MPavillion had the first of three screenings postponed due to poor air quality.

Bombshell. Image: Lionsgate/Stan
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Is that it? Oscars Nominations 2020

Margot Robbie is the only Australian hope in the Oscars, in yet another year where issues of diversity seem ignored…

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Best Australian TV of 2019

Here's what the Screenhub critics liked best this year. Catch up during the long summer binge.

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Australian lineup for Palm Springs 2020

Two Australian films will premiere at this key festival: Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears and microbudget indie social…

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Selina Miles on directing Martha: A Picture Story

Finding her way to a film career through a love of street art, this director gives good advice to others…

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A Development Masterclass - Australian and International Perspectives at Screen Forever

A good grabby story is the common essential, but details are different when you're developing locally or internationally.

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Piloting a Program for Change: Women in Film & Television (WIFT) Australia

Designed to target gender-based violence and discrimination in the screen and games industries, the ScreenMATE Bystander Program runs in Melbourne…

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Just Hit Send: Christian White's top tips for authors and screenwriters

The bestselling novelist and screenwriter of 'Clickbait', Netflix's first Melbourne project, talks story structure, terrible first drafts and the myth…

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