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
Mov'In Bed's Beach Cinema at Barangaroo Has Unveiled Its Lineup of Movies on Mattresses for February and March

Highlights screening atop 280 tonnes of sand include the 'Mean Girls' musical for Galentine's Day, Oscar nominees 'The Holdovers' and 'Killers of the Flower Moon', plus 'Clueless'.

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Event
GABS Hottest 100 Countdown Party

Sat, 27 Jan, 2024
Revel Brewing Co Rivermakers, Morningside

Find out which 100 craft beers have been voted Australia's best for 2023 while sipping along at a riverside brewery.

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News
Twenty-Four Exceptional Films by Indigenous Australian Filmmakers That You Can Stream Right Now

Celebrate Australia's First Nations filmmakers with these coming-of-age gems, Top End rom-coms, outback noirs, Aussie westerns and expressive dance flicks.

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Break Out the Sugar Honeycombs: 'Squid Game' Season Two Is Finally Set to Hit Netflix in 2024

2024 marks three years since the South Korean series first hit streaming and inspired a worldwide obsession — and it's finally returning for a second season.

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Event
The Art of Banksy: Without Limits

Wed, 24 Jan - Fri, 26 Apr 2024
Sydney Town Hall, Sydney

A huge Banksy exhibition filled with 160-plus artworks is on display in Sydney.

Buy Tickets

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Event
Frog's Hollow Saloon x Alice Takeovers and Parties

Multiple single dates
Various Brisbane venues, Brisbane

Three interstate bars are coming to Brisbane for one-night takeovers — and you can also hit up a bar rave and a bourbon-heavy second birthday party.

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News
Three Interstate Bars Are Coming to Brisbane for One-Night Takeovers of Frog's Hollow Saloon and Alice

Sip drinks from Sydney's Bar Planet, plus Cry Baby and Memphis Slim’s House Of Blues in Adelaide, without leaving the River City.

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Event
St Kilda Festival

Sat, 17 Feb - Sun, 18 Feb 2024
St Kilda Foreshore, St Kilda

The annual bayside festival is celebrating its 43rd year with help from Mallrat, Mo'Ju, Bag Raiders and Budjerah.

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News
St Kilda Festival's Huge (and Free) 2024 Lineup Is Here with Mallrat, Mo'Ju, Bag Raiders and Budjerah

The free summer event filled with music, entertainment, pop-ups, markets and more returns to the bayside suburb in February.

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Event
Triffid J's Hottest 100 Party

Sat, 27 Jan, 2024
The Triffid, Newstead

Listen to the top 100 tunes of 2023 over brews and countdown bingo in a leafy beer garden.

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News
'Oppenheimer', 'Poor Things' and 'Killers of the Flower Moon' Lead the 2024 Oscar Nominations

'Barbie' received eight nods, but Margot Robbie missed out for Best Actress and Greta Gerwig isn't among the Best Director contenders.

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Event
Anatomy of a Fall

Thu, 25 Jan - Wed, 21 Feb 2024
Various cinemas in Brisbane

2023's Palme d'Or-winner is a stunning exploration of truth and trust, as led by a complex performance by Oscar-nominee Sandra Hüller.

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Anatomy of a Fall

Thu, 25 Jan - Wed, 21 Feb 2024
Various cinemas in Melbourne

2023's Palme d'Or-winner is a stunning exploration of truth and trust, as led by a complex performance by Oscar-nominee Sandra Hüller.

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Anatomy of a Fall

Thu, 25 Jan - Wed, 21 Feb 2024
Various cinemas in Sydney

2023's Palme d'Or-winner is a stunning exploration of truth and trust, as led by a complex performance by Oscar-nominee Sandra Hüller.

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Mark Your Diary: Winter Feast, the Nude Solstice Swim, Night Shift and the Mona Gala Are All Returning in 2024

Dark Mofo is sitting this year out, but some of its key events will still be enticing everyone to Tasmania in June.

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News
Haunting in Hong Kong: Nicole Kidman-Led Miniseries 'Expats' Is Another Must-See From 'The Farewell' Director Lulu Wang

Following three American women living abroad, the six-part streaming series is based on the 2016 novel by Janice YK Lee.

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The Color Purple

Thu, 25 Jan - Wed, 14 Feb 2024
Various cinemas in Brisbane

The second movie based on Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel takes its cues from the Tony-winning Broadway musical adaptation, embracing hope amid its heartbreaking tale.

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The Color Purple

Thu, 25 Jan - Wed, 14 Feb 2024
Various cinemas in Melbourne

The second movie based on Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel takes its cues from the Tony-winning Broadway musical adaptation, embracing hope amid its heartbreaking tale.

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The Color Purple

Thu, 25 Jan - Wed, 14 Feb 2024
Various cinemas in Sydney

The second movie based on Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel takes its cues from the Tony-winning Broadway musical adaptation, embracing hope amid its heartbreaking tale.

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News
Now Open: South Brisbane Has Welcomed a New Modern Italian Restaurant That Takes Its Cues From Lake Como

Como serves up Euro summer vibes, spaghetti champagne lobster and a ten-option spritz range with drinks inspired by different regions of Italy.

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