Rochelle Siemienowicz
Tomatometer-approved critic
These Final Hours (2013)
84%
3.5/5
“These Final Hours may be that rare beast -- a low budget Australian film that could satisfy a multiplex audience in search of an edge-of-the-seat thrill.” –
sbs.com.au
Apr 8, 2020
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Lady Bird (2017)
99%
4/5
“Lady Bird's depiction of the intense and difficult relationship between a commonsense mother and her whimsical daughter is pitch perfect in its mix of love, disappointment and resentment.” –
sbs.com.au
Feb 16, 2018
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Sweet Country (2017)
96%
“Sweet Country may inspire rage and shame in the viewer, but it's not an alienating film. With great confidence, Thornton invites his audience to enjoy a well-told tragic tale.” –
The Neighbourhood Paper (Australia)
Feb 7, 2018
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Phantom Thread (2017)
91%
“The entire film is an acting master-class. Precisely delivered epigrammatic dialogue is interspersed with looks and gestures that speak a thousand words yet never say too much” –
The Neighbourhood Paper (Australia)
Feb 7, 2018
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All the Money in the World (2017)
79%
4/5
“Minor quibbles aside, All the Money in the World is a well-structured, effective and engaging thriller that takes us deep inside the paradoxical and eternally fascinating psychology of the very rich.” –
sbs.com.au
Jan 3, 2018
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Call Me by Your Name (2017)
95%
4/5
“The biggest achievement of Call Me by Your Name is that it manages to depict something universal about first love and first loss...” –
sbs.com.au
Dec 27, 2017
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Suburbicon (2017)
27%
3/5
“Suburbicon feels obvious and lazy and sometimes downright nasty.” –
sbs.com.au
Nov 2, 2017
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Drinking Buddies (2013)
84%
“Surprisingly wise.” –
Kill Your Darlings
Oct 26, 2017
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Le Week-End (2013)
90%
“Beautifully written and performed, there are biting truths here that will resonate with anyone who's lived in a long term relationship.” –
Kill Your Darlings
Oct 26, 2017
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All Is Lost (2013)
95%
“Powerful.” –
Kill Your Darlings
Oct 25, 2017
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Nebraska (2013)
90%
“Nebraska manages to maintain a perky outlook, while still being bleakly realistic about ageing and the experience of living with persistent regrets and disappointments.” –
Kill Your Darlings
Oct 25, 2017
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The Past (2013)
92%
“A superb and engrossing relationship drama.” –
Kill Your Darlings
Oct 25, 2017
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Enough Said (2013)
95%
“Enough said hits all the right buttons.” –
Kill Your Darlings
Oct 25, 2017
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Muppets Most Wanted (2014)
80%
“Cheesy but heart-warming.” –
Kill Your Darlings
Oct 25, 2017
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The LEGO Movie (2014)
96%
“Colourful, inventive and action-packed.” –
Kill Your Darlings
Oct 25, 2017
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52 Tuesdays (2013)
90%
“The desire to look - at others and at oneself - is taken for granted as a natural and healthy one in 52 Tuesdays.” –
Kill Your Darlings
Oct 25, 2017
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Young & Beautiful (2013)
74%
“It made me squirm.” –
Kill Your Darlings
Oct 25, 2017
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Child's Pose (2013)
92%
“A gripping and thought-provoking drama that touches on the nature of grief and class corruption in the new Romania, the heart of Child's Pose is nevertheless its convincing study of a power struggle between mother and adult child.” –
Kill Your Darlings
Oct 25, 2017
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The Babadook (2014)
98%
“Jagged thrusts of dark humour pepper the scary stuff and will appeal to any less-than-perfect mother who has 'lost it' in the heat of the moment.” –
Kill Your Darlings
Oct 25, 2017
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Noah (2014)
75%
“This Noah, embodied by [Russel] Crowe, is a pure Aronofsky monster.” –
Kill Your Darlings
Oct 25, 2017
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Nymphomaniac: Volume I (2014)
76%
“The absurd (sometimes frankly adolescent and silly) digressions and increasingly complex interplay between Joe and her patient listener allow for an exploration of guilt, compulsion and the nature of evil, in ways we've never seen before.” –
Kill Your Darlings
Oct 25, 2017
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Nymphomaniac: Volume II (2013)
58%
“The most interesting pieces of art are often the messy, dirty ones; the canvases we're not sure whether to ridicule for their lunacy or embrace for their sheer, inspired originality.” –
Kill Your Darlings
Oct 25, 2017
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The Skeleton Twins (2014)
86%
“The Skeleton Twins is just another little bittersweet indie dramedy, and it's not a perfect film. But it is worth your time.” –
Kill Your Darlings
Oct 25, 2017
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Boyhood (2014)
97%
“Boyhood is a sublime meditation on childhood, parenting, and the passing of time.” –
Kill Your Darlings
Oct 25, 2017
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Force majeure (2014)
94%
“Bursts of intense Vivaldi underline the crisis as deadly serious, while also making fun of it. The way the conflict plays out in conversations between the couple and their friends over dinners and drinks is side-splittingly funny.” –
Kill Your Darlings
Oct 25, 2017
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