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.

News
Menulog Is Now Delivering Dishes from Snoop Dogg's 'From Crook to Cook' Cookbook

Including 'DOGGs in a blanket', 'Bow Wow brownies and ice cream' and, of course, gin and juice.

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Event
Sugar Republic Rainbow Walk — POSTPONED

Wed, 17 Jun - Fri, 31 Jul 2020
Degraves Subway Campbell Arcade, Melbourne

A brightly coloured art installation has popped up in this Melbourne underground arcade.

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Event
'Inception' Tenth Anniversary Season

Thu, 13 Aug - Wed, 2 Sep 2020
Various cinemas in Brisbane

Christopher Nolan's 2010 mind-bender is returning to the big screen.

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'Inception' Tenth Anniversary Season — POSTPONED

Thu, 16 Jul - Wed, 5 Aug 2020
Various cinemas in Melbourne

Christopher Nolan's 2010 mind-bender is returning to the big screen.

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'Inception' Tenth Anniversary Season

Thu, 13 Aug - Wed, 2 Sep 2020
Various cinemas in Sydney

Christopher Nolan's 2010 mind-bender is returning to the big screen.

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News
The US Version of 'What We Do in the Shadows' Is Bringing Its Second Season to Australian TV This Month

And it has been renewed for a third season, too.

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News
Alice Springs' Dazzling Parrtjima Festival Will Light Up the Red Centre in September

The Indigenous arts, culture and storytelling festival has been rescheduled from April.

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Event
Alliance Francaise French Film Festival 2020

Tue, 14 Jul - Tue, 4 Aug 2020
Select cinemas in Brisbane, Various locations

The fest is returning to finish screening its 2020 program — which features voodoo, space travel and twisty whodunnits.

Buy Tickets

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Event
Alliance Francaise French Film Festival 2020 — POSTPONED

Tue, 14 Jul - Tue, 4 Aug 2020
Various cinemas in Melbourne

The fest is returning to finish screening its 2020 program — which features voodoo, space travel and twisty whodunnits.

Buy Tickets

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News
Australian Borders Likely to Remain Closed to International Travel Until 2021

But a 'travel bubble' with New Zealand — potentially before next year — is still on the cards.

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Event
Alliance Francaise French Film Festival 2020

Tue, 14 Jul - Tue, 4 Aug 2020
Various cinemas in Sydney

The fest is returning to finish screening its 2020 program — which features voodoo, space travel and twisty whodunnits.

Buy Tickets

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Event
Ritz Cinemas Reopening Week

Wed, 1 Jul - Tue, 7 Jul 2020
Ritz Cinema, Randwick

The Randwick cinema is celebrating reopening with seven days of $10 movie tickets.

Buy Tickets

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News
Queensland Stadiums Will Be Able to Host Up to 2000 Fans from This Weekend

It's great news if you're a Brisbane Lions or Brisbane Broncos fan.

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Ten Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in June 2020

Cancel your plans to get stuck into Spike Lee's stellar new film, an eerie sci-fi thriller, plenty of vampire-fuelled laughs and a whole heap of 'Fast and Furious' movies.

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Riverbar and Kitchen's Winter Menu

Mon, 15 Jun - Mon, 31 Aug 2020
Riverbar & Kitchen, Brisbane

Embrace winter by the water — and by the fire pits — with pizza cob loaves and lychee mojito jugs.

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Sydney's Cinemas Will Start Reopening from July 1

Expect a lineup of new releases, old classics and movies that were screening when cinemas closed.

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Queensland Is Aiming to Reopen Its Border By July 10

If community transmission levels are low in Australia's southern states, the Queensland border could even open earlier.

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These Five Documentaries About Race and Injustice Are Streaming on YouTube for Free

Australian distributor Madman has made the five powerful films available for the month of June.

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More Than 50 Customers Will Be Allowed Inside Sydney Restaurants, Cafes and Pubs from July 1

And outdoor stadiums that can fit up to 40,000 people will be allowed to fill a quarter of their seats.

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Melbourne Restaurants, Cafes and Pubs Will Be Allowed to Have Up to 50 Customers from June 22

And so will cinemas, concert venues and theatres, too.

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