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
'What We Do in the Shadows' Season Four Is As Bloody Fantastic As the Vampire Comedy Has Ever Been

This movie-to-TV undead comedy definitely doesn't suck.

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'The Resort' Is the New Comedy-Thriller Gem That'll Get You'll Sleuthing — and Dreaming of a Holiday

If ‘The White Lotus’ joined forces with ‘Only Murders in the Building’, it’d look a whole lot like this entertaining series, which savvily blends mystery and comedy.

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Ana de Armas Transforms Into Marilyn Monroe in the Haunting Trailer for Netflix Film 'Blonde'

The 'No Time to Die' star steps into the icon's shoes — and twirling frocks and diamonds, too — in this fictionalised biography.

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Event
'Drag Race Down Under' Viewing Parties

Sat, 30 Jul and Sat, 6 Aug 2022
The Wickham, Fortitude Valley

Watch 'RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under' season two on The Wickham's big screen over cocktails and share platters.

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This Pop-Up Barber Is Giving Melburnians Free Ryan Gosling-Style Goatees and Chris Evans Moustaches

Taking inspiration from Netflix flick 'The Gray Man', the Good Guy Goatee/Bad Bro Mo Barber Shop has set up shop in Fitzroy for three days.

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Coast Beach Bar & Kitchen Is Surfers Paradise's Glam New Dining Spot with Uninterrupted Ocean Views

As well as a 110-seat restaurant and 160-seat bar, the latest addition to the new Ocean by Meriton will feature a 2000-bottle wine cellar.

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Star Melbourne Chef Guy Grossi Is Opening an Amalfi-Inspired Restaurant Inside The Westin Brisbane

Set to open in spring or summer, Grossi's first Brisbane venture will be "really light, fun and breezy", with coastal Italian dishes and plenty of wine on the menu.

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Event
Whisky Whisky 2022

Sat, 24 Sep, 2022
Fish Lane, South Brisbane

Sip and sample more than 80 local and international whiskies in Fish Lane — and win whisky-themed prizes at the boozy claw machine.

Buy Tickets

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Wubba Lubba Dub Dub: 'Rick and Morty' Season Six Will Beam Into Your Streaming Queue This Spring

This September, it's time to get schwifty again.

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Nostalgia Alert: Gelato Messina Is Whipping Up a Honey Joy Version of Its Famed Cookie Pie

Get big tuckshop flashbacks with this indulgent dessert, which features a choc chip cookie base, vanilla custard and crunchy honey joys.

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Event
Jazz on the Green

Fri, 29 Jul - Sat, 30 Jul 2022
South Bank Parklands, Brisbane

Listen to free live jazz across two music-filled days at South Bank — and grab $12 mulled wines, spiked hot chocolates and warm buttered rum.

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Event
Murder Party

Thu, 28 Jul - Wed, 17 Aug 2022
Select cinemas in Brisbane, Various locations

If ‘Amelie’ and ‘Knives Out’ combined, the end result would look like this candy-coloured French whodunnit.

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Full Time

Thu, 28 Jul - Wed, 17 Aug 2022
Select cinemas in Brisbane, Various locations

This French standout turns a single mother and five-star hotel chambermaid's hectic daily routine into a relentless thriller.

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The Forgiven

Thu, 28 Jul - Wed, 17 Aug 2022
Various cinemas in Brisbane

This thorny satirical drama benefits from Ralph Fiennes at his best, playing a loathsome wealthy Londoner holidaying in Morocco and immersed in a tragedy.

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The New Movies You Can Watch at Australian Cinemas From July 28

Head to the flicks to see a Ralph Fiennes and Jessica Chastain-starring thriller, plus two recent French highlights.

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New Gold Coast Music Fest Springtime Wants You to Fling Paint-Filled Balloons with a Giant Slingshot

The new fest will take over Surfers Paradise for three days in September — and it has just added a new beachside skate plaza, too

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Calling All NPR Obsessives: David Sedaris Is Touring Australia Again in 2023

The NPR humorist and bestselling author is bringing his 'An Evening with David Sedaris' shows back Down Under.

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Kmart Has Unveiled All the New Boho and Beachy Homewares You'll Want to Fill Your House With ASAP

The Aussie department store's affordable August Living range goes heavy on pastel hues, natural materials and coloured glass.

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This Brisbane Cafe's Avocado on Toast Has Just Been Named the Best in Australia

Balmoral's Little Hideout Cafe features sliced avo on top of a grain sourdough, then paired with roast tomato aioli, whipped feta and beetroot hummus.

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You Can Now Spend a Night at the South Korean Estate Where BTS Filmed 'In the Soop' Thanks to Airbnb

Get a dream glow holidaying in the dynamite South Korean estate where BTS kicked back in season two of their reality show.

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The New Movies You Can Watch at Australian Cinemas From July 28

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This Brisbane Cafe's Avocado on Toast Has Just Been Named the Best in Australia

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