Sarah Ward

Sarah Ward is Concrete Playground's Editor — and also Film and TV Editor, Film and TV Critic, Arts and Entertainment Editor, and Brisbane Editor. If it's on a screen big or small, happening in Brisbane and southeast Queensland, or news of national and international interest — particularly arts and entertainment — then Sarah is across it.

Sarah has also been a film critic for ABC radio for over a decade. Covering all things cinema and television, Sarah has written for Screen International since 2015, and contributed to SBS, ACMI, AACTA, Birth.Movies.Death, Flicks, Senses of Cinema, ScreenHub, ArtsHub, Junkee, FilmInk, Lumina, Metro Magazine, Screen Education and more. Sarah's background includes managing, writing for, mentoring at, being on judging panels at and hosting Q&As at Australian film festivals, such as the Brisbane International Film Festival, Melbourne International Film Festival, Sydney Film Festival, Queensland Film Festival, Sydney Underground Film Festival, Brisbane Asia Pacific Film Festival and Gold Coast Film Festival.

Favourite cinema in Brisbane: Angelika Film Centre, which is a glorious new place to see a movie.

Favourite cinema in Sydney: Golden Age Cinema & Bar, the one cinema everyone needs to go to in Sydney if they only go to one cinema.

Favourite cinema in Melbourne: The Astor Theatre, and not just because of its history with cinema cats.

Event
British Film Festival 2022

Wed, 19 Oct - Wed, 16 Nov 2022
Select cinemas in Brisbane, Various locations

Brisbane's annual celebration of British cinema is back with films starring Paul Mescal, Olivia Colman, Lily James and Colin Farrell — and a big 'Bond' retrospective.

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British Film Festival 2022

Wed, 19 Oct - Wed, 16 Nov 2022
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations

Melbourne's annual celebration of British cinema is back with films starring Paul Mescal, Olivia Colman, Lily James and Colin Farrell — and a big 'Bond' retrospective.

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British Film Festival 2022

Wed, 19 Oct - Wed, 16 Nov 2022
Select cinemas in Sydney, Various locations

Sydney's annual celebration of British cinema is back with films starring Paul Mescal, Olivia Colman, Lily James and Colin Farrell — and a big 'Bond' retrospective.

Buy Tickets

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The Company Behind Japan's Strong Zero Is Bringing a New Double Grape -196 to Australia

Pretend you're in Tokyo with Suntory's new premix — you'll find it in bottle-os from late October.

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$1 Tacos for World Taco Day

Tue, 4 Oct, 2022
Various Brisbane venues, Brisbane

Celebrate World Taco Day for pocket change at this lively Tex Mex chain.

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$1 Tacos for World Taco Day

Tue, 4 Oct, 2022
El Camino Cantina Fitzroy, Fitzroy

Celebrate World Taco Day for pocket change at this lively Tex Mex chain.

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$1 Tacos for World Taco Day

Tue, 4 Oct, 2022
Various Sydney venues, Sydney

Celebrate World Taco Day for pocket change at this lively Tex Mex chain.

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Taika Waititi-Produced Comedy 'Reservation Dogs' Is One of TV's Most Moving and Thoughtful Must-Sees

The first season of this Indigenous North American-focused sitcom was extraordinary — and the second is just as remarkable.

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Caloundra Music Festival

Fri, 30 Sep - Sun, 2 Oct 2022
Kings Beach Amphitheatre, Kings Beach

Three days of live tunes are taking over Kings Beach Amphitheatre, including The Presets, Baker Boy, Client Liaison, Ben Lee and Art vs Science.

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Twelve Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in September

Make a couch date with an intriguing drama about Marilyn Monroe, a 'Hocus Pocus' sequel, Steve Carell's new thriller and an eerie horror movie about a viral internet challenge.

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Timothée Chalamet-Starring Cannibal Romance 'Bones and All' Now Has a Gloriously Bloody Full Trailer

Sink your teeth into the 'Call Me By Your Name' actor's latest collaboration with filmmaker Luca Guadagnino.

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Brisbane International Film Festival 2022

Thu, 27 Oct - Sun, 6 Nov 2022
Various cinemas in Brisbane

Brisbane movie lovers, it’s your time to shine — and to spend 11 days in a cinema watching 120 features, documentaries and shorts.

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Metamorphoses: A Static Vision Film Festival

Thu, 29 Sep - Sun, 2 Oct 2022
Pink Flamingo Cinema, Marrickville

Featuring the latest cinema experiment by 'Climax' director Gaspar Noé, plus Daft Punk's 'Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem', this four-day, 17-feature film festival ponders transformation.

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Night Noodle Markets 2022

Thu, 10 Nov - Sun, 27 Nov 2022
Birrarung Marr, Melbourne

The famed food fest is back to help you wrap up spring with 18 nights of hawker-style dishes, smoky aromas and live music.

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'Suzume no Tojimari' Is the Gorgeous New Must-See From the Director of 'Your Name' — and It Has a Trailer

After 'Your Name' and 'Weathering with You' became huge international successes, Makoto Shinkai's latest looks like another Japanese animated gem.

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The British Film Festival Has Unveiled Its Complete (and Characteristically Star-Studded) 2022 Program

Australia's annual celebration of British cinema is back with films starring Paul Mescal, Olivia Colman, Lily James, Colin Farrell, Bill Nighy and more.

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Airbnb Wants You to Run Amok, Amok, Amok Like the Sanderson Sisters in the 'Hocus Pocus' Cottage

Just in time for Halloween, this witchy stay in Salem, Massachusetts comes complete with broomsticks, bubbling cauldrons and spellbooks.

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Immersive 'Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power' and 'The Boys' Pop-Ups Are Coming to Melbourne

Feel like you're in Middle-earth, check out costumes from 'The Rings of Power', then play a challenge game to find vials of Compound V in The Seven Tower.

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Yonder Has Unveiled the Massive Three-Day Music and Arts Lineup for Its First Scenic Rim Festival

Catch everyone from Kenta Hayashi, Haiku Hands and Miles Brown to Yirinda, Girl and Girl and Tjaka this November.

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Event
Smile

Thu, 29 Sep - Wed, 19 Oct 2022
Various cinemas in Brisbane

A maniacal grin goes a long way in this predictable yet still convincingly unsettling horror film about trauma.

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