Sarah Ward

Name: Fast and Furious 9
Start: 2021-06-17
End: 2021-07-07
Location: Australia

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.

News
Victoria Is Set to Implement a Statewide Ban on Single-Use Plastics By 2023

Plastic straws, cutlery, plates, stirrers and polystyrene containers will be phased out under the Victorian Government's new plan.

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Event
Monet & Friends

Fri, 12 Mar - Tue, 6 Apr 2021
Royal Hall of Industries, Moore Park

It's from the same team as 'Van Gogh Alive' — and you'll be able to step through a heap of famed 19th- and early 20th-century artworks.

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Sunshine & Sunflower Day

Sat, 27 Mar, 2021
Scenic Rim Lucerne, Kalbar

Do yoga surrounded by golden petals, fly over the top of the field and learn to cook using the colourful plants.

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Victoria Is Reverting to the State's Pre-Christmas COVID-19 Rules From Midnight Tonight

You'll be able to have 30 people over to your house again, and gather in public in groups of 100.

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The $25 Dine & Discover Vouchers Have Been Rolled Out to Sydney's CBD and Northern Beaches

A trial phase been extended to 700 businesses and 125,000 customers across the Sydney CBD, northern beaches and Bega Valley.

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RSPCA Clothing Collective Pop-Up

Thu, 4 Mar - Sun, 28 Mar 2021
Addison Road Community Centre, Marrickville

Shop for new and secondhand threads for $5, with the proceeds going towards helping animals in need.

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A Tense New Trailer Has Just Dropped for the Long-Awaited Fourth Season of 'The Handmaid's Tale'

New episodes will start airing in the US in April — so cross your fingers they hit Down Under around the same time, too.

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A New Mural By Archibald Prize Winner Vincent Namatjira Has Been Unveiled in Circular Quay

Spanning 15 metres long, it's the acclaimed artist's largest ever artwork to date.

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Event
Saturday Morning Cartoons

Sat, 27 Feb, 2021
Netherworld, Fortitude Valley

Start your weekend with cartoons, cereal, arcade games and beer.

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Last of the Summer Sours

Thu, 25 Feb - Sun, 28 Feb 2021
Easy Times Brewing Company, Woolloongabba

See out the season with tart and tangy brews.

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Sunshine Coast Asian Food Festival 2021

Sat, 27 Feb, 2021
Spicers Tamarind Retreat, Maleny

Head to the hinterland to snack on Asian street food and wander through a rainforest.

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The New Movies You Can Watch at Australian Cinemas From February 25

Head to the flicks to see an ensemble drama starring Kate Winslet and Mia Wasikowska, an action-packed time loop flick and a documentary about Billie Eilish.

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Brisbane Has Been Named the Preferred Host of the 2032 Olympic Games

The International Olympic Committee will now enter into "targeted dialogue" with Australian authorities to discuss staging the games in more detail.

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Collingwood Yards Is Turning the Former TAFE Campus Into a Huge Creative Precinct

The 6500-square-metre site will span retail and hospitality tenants, rooftop and basement bars, galleries, and workshop and performance spaces.

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Brisbane Queer Film Festival 2021

Thu, 11 Mar - Sun, 21 Mar 2021
New Farm Cinemas, New Farm

Brisbane's LGBTQIA+ film festival turns 22 with an 11-day lineup of top-notch queer cinema.

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MQFF Together

Thu, 11 Mar - Sun, 21 Mar 2021
Various cinemas in Melbourne

After last year's event was interrupted by lockdowns, Melbourne's annual celebration of LGBTQIA+ cinema is back with a new in-cinema lineup.

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The Directors' Cuts

Fri, 26 Feb - Wed, 17 Mar 2021
Dendy Newtown, Newtown

Catch everything from 'Midsommar' to 'Blade Runner' exactly as the filmmakers behind them intended.

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Disney+ Has Just Added 600-Plus Movies and TV Shows As Part of Its New Star Expansion

You can now stream every episode of 'The X-Files' and 'Futurama', the TV spinoff to 'Love, Simon', every 'Alien' film, a new show from the 'Rick and Morty' team and more.

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Sydneysiders Will Be Able to Have 50 People Over to Their Homes From February 26

Dancing is back at weddings, too — and you'll be able to stand up to have a drink at the pub from March 17.

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Coles Will Stop Stocking Single-Use Plastic Tableware From July 1

It'll no longer sell disposable plastic plates, cups, bowls, straws and cutlery.

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