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.

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BrewDog Is Teaming Up with Australian Venue Co to Open More Beer Bars Across Australia

The Scottish brewery and Australian hospitality group are joining forces to expand BrewDog's craft beer bars across the country.

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Banjo's Bakery Cafe's Spaghetti Bolognese Pie Is the New Food Mashup You Know You Want to Try ASAP

Can't choose between a pie and spag bog? Now you don't have to.

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Event
Lina Rooftop's Sunday Brunch — Winter Edition

Sun, 28 Aug, 2022
Lina Rooftop, South Brisbane

Spend your wintry Sundays sipping bottomless bellinis, bloody marys and cocktail slushies on a South Brisbane rooftop.

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Netflix Has Just Dropped a New Trailer for Its Huge Page-to-Screen Fantasy Series 'The Sandman'

Based on Neil Gaiman's graphic novels, the series will follow a being called Dream — who is also the king of dreams.

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Sushi Room Is James Street's Luxe New Japanese Fine-Diner with Caviar Rolls and Wasabi Cocktails

Launching in mid-June, this seafood-heavy newcomer hails from the crew behind Hellenika and SK Steak & Oyster, is also doing omakase and enkai menus.

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Reclink Community Cup 2022

Sun, 31 Jul, 2022
Enoggera Memorial Park, Enoggera

Brisbane's annual musos vs journos charity AFL match is back for its sixth year.

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Event
85 Films in 85 Days

Sun, 24 Jul - Sun, 16 Oct 2022
Ritz Cinema, Randwick

To celebrate 85 years screening flicks, Randwick's Ritz Cinema is showing 85 movies over 85 days — one for each year, and in order.

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The Ritz Is Screening 85 Impressive Retro Films in 85 Days to Celebrate Its 85th Birthday

This 85-day film fest starts with the OG ‘A Star Is Born’, then screens a different movie from a different year every single day.

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Voco Has Just Opened Brisbane CBD's Newest Riverside Hotel with a Lounge Bar and Rooftop Pool

North Quay now has a new place to stay — and lap up those river views.

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The First Trailer for 'What We Do in the Shadows' Season Four Serves Up a Vampire Disco Dance-Off

Spun off from the beloved Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement-starring movie of the same name, this vamp sitcom keeps bringing the laughs on the small screen.

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The Films of Abbas Kiarostami

Thu, 9 Jun - Mon, 20 Jun 2022
ACMI, Melbourne

This ACMI retrospective is showcasing seven features and a selection of shorts by the late, great Iranian filmmaker

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Lune Has Added Bolognese and Bechamel-Filled Lasagne Pastries to Its Menu — But Only for June

You've only got until the end of the month to head to the world-famous croissanterie and tuck into these lasagne escargot.

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You Can Now Swim Around Underwater Sculptures and Coral at the Gold Coast's New Artificial Dive Site

Wonder Reef lets you dive down to 30 metres and swim around nine giant buoyant reef sculptures — all just a ten-minute boat trip from the Gold Coast Seaway.

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Five Guys George Street

383 George Street, Sydney

The cult-favourite US burger chain has opened its first Sydney CBD store.

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Woolworths and Big W Are Completely Ditching Reusable Plastic Bags

You'll still be able to buy recycled paper bags, but those thick plastic carriers are being phased out.

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Sydney Film Festival Has Just Added a Heap of Cannes Award-Winners to Its 2022 Program

Sydneysiders will now be able to see this year's Palme d'Or winner at SFF — and close out the fest with the latest from acclaimed Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda.

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The Third Season of 'The Boys' Is Still a Bloody Ace (and Very Bloody) Antidote to Superhero Fatigue

The page-to-screen caped crusader satire remains as smart, entertaining, gory and funny — and savvy — in its characteristically OTT third batch of episodes.

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The 'What If The Future Never Happened?' Trailer Turns Daniel Johns' Teen Years Into a Sci-Fi Film

The semi-autobiographical featurette stars Rasmus King, a dead ringer for the Aussie Silverchair muso in his teenage years, and ponders what might've happened if things turned out differently.

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Ex-Video Store Employee Quentin Tarantino Is Launching His Own Podcast About VHS Tapes

The acclaimed filmmaker is teaming up with his fellow ex-video store clerk-turned-director Roger Avary on 'The Video Archives', which is named after the Californian shop they worked at in the 80s.

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Forget Mixing: These New Aussie-Made Mimosas in a Can Will Level Up Your Brunch Game

The brainchild of two Brisbane communications professionals — and cocktail fans — these canned mimosas pair Aussie dry white wine with natural orange flavours, then carbonate it.

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