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
When Joel Edgerton Asks You to Direct an Aussie Crime-Thriller: Chatting 'The Stranger' with Thomas M Wright

Based on the Daniel Morcombe case, but fictionalising the details and focusing on a police investigation, this Cannes-premiering Australian film wasn’t easy to make.

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News
Netflix's Creepy, Kooky and Spooky Full 'Wednesday' Trailer Is Here — Complete with Christina Ricci

This Tim Burton-directed series heads to high school with Wednesday Addams — and features Fred Armisen as Uncle Fester.

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News
So Exciting: 'Moulin Rouge! The Musical' Is Bringing Its Spectacular Stage Show to Brisbane in 2023

After proving an unsurprising hit in Melbourne and Sydney, the film-to-stage production will hit QPAC Theatre next May.

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Restaurant
Booze

5e Winn Street, Fortitude Valley

The Zoo crew has opened a bottle shop, takeaway pizza joint and coffee spot in Tym Guitars' old digs.

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News
Retro Nightclub Superfly Disco Has Brought Its Light-Up Dance Floor to Alhambra Lounge's Old Digs

Bust out your best 70s-style threads for a night of disco tunes, 'Theme From Shaft' cocktails and throwback fun.

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News
Netflix Is Bringing 'Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery' to the Big Screen So You Get Sleuthing in Cinemas

Can't wait to see this Daniel Craig-led whodunnit sequel in your streaming queue? It's heading to the silver screen first.

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Event
Muru

Thu, 13 Oct - Wed, 2 Nov 2022
Select cinemas in Brisbane, Various locations

Cliff Curtis turns in a weighty performance opposite Tāme Iti as himself in this bold, tense and potent response to the Tūhoe raids.

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Event
Ritapalooza at El Camino Cantina South Bank

Mon, 24 Oct - Sun, 27 Nov 2022
El Camino Cantina South Bank, South Brisbane

You'll find 24 different marg flavours and 'rita tasting paddles at this five-week festival, including Skittle, marshmallow and fairy bread.

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Event
Retrosweat Brisbane

Mon, 10 Oct, 2022
The Bombshell Burlesque Academy, Bowen Hills

Sydney's beloved 80s-themed workout is finally coming to Brisbane — for one night only.

Buy Tickets

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News
Retrosweat Is Bringing Its Gloriously 80s-Style Aerobics Class to Brisbane for the First Time

Bend, stretch and work up a sweat to 80s tunes with this Sydney favourite finally making its debut trip north.

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A Massive Dinosaur Exhibition Featuring the Largest-Known Land Animal Is Coming to Queensland Museum

Displaying fossils from South America, 'Dinosaurs of Patagonia' will feature 13 dino species.

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News
"Mushroom Kingdom, Here We Come": The First Trailer for 'The Super Mario Bros Movie' Is Here

Chris Pratt voices the Nintendo character in the new animated film, which also features Jack Black as Bowser and Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach.

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News
Check Back In: HBO Just Dropped the Sicily-Set Trailer for 'The White Lotus' Season Two

"It's just been a series of very bad decisions."

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Japanese Film Festival 2022

Fri, 11 Nov - Sun, 27 Nov 2022
Select cinemas in Brisbane, Various locations

Celebrate new and classic Japanese cinema with an animated flick about competitive gliding, an action-comedy giving assassins a kawaii spin and a documentary about four top Tokyo chefs.

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Australia's Annual Touring Japanese Film Festival Has Just Dropped Its Must-See 2022 Lineup

On the program: an animated flick about competitive gliding, an action-comedy giving assassins a kawaii spin and a documentary about four top Tokyo chefs.

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David Harbour Plays a 'John Wick'-Style Santa in the Action-Packed First Trailer for 'Violent Night'

Put this on your nice list this festive season.

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The Ritz-Carlton Is Opening a Luxe 150-Room Hotel with Three Bars and a Rooftop Pool on the Gold Coast

Come 2026, Australia will score its third hotel from the lavish chain — following the existing Perth site and Melbourne's soon-to-open outpost.

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Still Lives

Sun, 9 Oct 2022 - Sun, 12 Mar 2023
GOMA, South Brisbane

Filled with must-see movies such as 'Flux Gourmet', 'The Death of Mr Lazarescu' and 'The Lobster', this free GOMA film program muses on life, death and transformation.

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The Stranger

Thu, 6 Oct - Wed, 26 Oct 2022
Select cinemas in Brisbane, Various locations

Darkly primal, disquieting and deeply difficult to shake, this true-crime inspired Australian crime-thriller features phenomenal performances by Joel Edgerton and Sean Harris.

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Don't Worry Darling

Thu, 6 Oct - Wed, 26 Oct 2022
Various cinemas in Brisbane

Stunning to look at and featuring a phenomenal performance by Florence Pugh, Olivia Wilde's second film as a director always demands attention.

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Japanese Film Festival 2022

Australia's Annual Touring Japanese Film Festival Has Just Dropped Its Must-See 2022 Lineup

David Harbour Plays a 'John Wick'-Style Santa in the Action-Packed First Trailer for 'Violent Night'

The Ritz-Carlton Is Opening a Luxe 150-Room Hotel with Three Bars and a Rooftop Pool on the Gold Coast

Still Lives

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