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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Strictly Ballroom. Courtesy NFSA.
Features

Dementia-friendly screenings: NFSA leads the way

A new dementia-friendly screening program at the NFSA shows how to make movies at the cinema accessible and enjoyable for…

MIFF 2024 Award Winner Bright Horizons: Universal Language.
Industry News

MIFF 2024 award winners: Universal Language wins Bright Horizons

More than $250,000 in prize money has been awarded across six categories, with Australian winners including Flathead, Voice, Left Write…

RFDS Season 3 cast members with plane.
Industry News

RFDS Season 3 starts production in South Australia

The Logie-winning drama about Australia's Royal Flying Doctor Service is setting up a third season in South Australia.

Gogglebox Australia. Image: Paramount+.
Opinions & Analysis

Gogglebox Australia: why we love it and always will

The TV show about watching TV shows is democratic, repetitive and heartwarming – and now in its 20th season.

Alexs Stadermann, director of 200% Wolf.
Interviews

200% Wolf: seven quick questions with director Alexs Stadermann

Alexs Stadermann, the director of animated family films with an Australian accent, tells us why they matter.

Features

Despite Barbie, 2023 was not the Year of the Woman in film

White men are still the overwhelming majority on screen and behind the camera, according to the latest damning report by…

Addition, Teresa Palmer. Roadshow.
Industry News

Addition: adaptation of Toni Jordon's novel to premiere at TIFF 24

Teresa Palmer stars as a woman obsessed with numbers in Addition, an Australian romantic drama based on the best-selling novel.

Memoir of a Snail. Image: Madman.
Industry News

Memoir of a Snail, MIFF review: triumph of the human thumb-print

Adam Elliot's ‘Memoir of a Snail’ is gorgeously human, wonky and life-affirming.

Discussing menopause in Fleabag S2.
Opinions & Analysis

Menopause on screen: 5 moments that made me feel seen

You have to look hard to find menopause and women's midlife experiences on screen – beyond the jokes about hot…

Luke Bracey, Bryan Brown and Susie Porter. Image supplied.
Industry News

Bruce Beresford's Overture starts production in WA

Beresford's comedy drama, starring Luke Bracey, Bryan Brown and Susie Porter, is set to go in WA.

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