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.

Event
'Lazarus' Live-Stream

Fri, 8 Jan - Sun, 10 Jan 2021
Online

Celebrate David Bowie's birthday or mark the fifth anniversary of his death with a live-stream of one of his final projects.

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All-You-Can-Eat Meat and Cheese Boards

Fri, 1 Jan - Sun, 28 Feb 2021
Various Brisbane venues, Brisbane

Feast your way through unlimited German cheese, charcuterie and pretzels.

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The Trailer for Studio Ghibli's Long-Awaited New Movie 'Earwig and The Witch' Is Here

The new film arrives seven years after the Japanese animation house's last solo release.

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Lego's Cute New Floral Kits Let You Build Your Loved Ones a Bouquet That'll Last Forever

Or you can keep it for yourself — and build a bonsai tree, too.

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Fortitude Valley Is Now Home to Rooftop Cocktail Joint Cielo and Ground-Level Bar La Costa

And they're both pouring tipples from the team behind Sydney's highly acclaimed Maybe Sammy, which was named the 11th best bar in the world in 2020.

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Qantas Has Been Named the World's Safest Airline for 2021

The Aussie carrier has topped the list eight years in a row.

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Mark Wahlberg Is Opening 20 Wahlburgers Restaurants Across Australia and New Zealand

The burger chain is teaming up with United Cinemas, and opening eateries in theatres and at stand-alone locations in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane and New Zealand.

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Nutella Is Now Selling Chocolate Hazelnut-Filled Bars in Australian Supermarkets

You'll find them at supermarkets and convenience stories around the country — and they come in six-packs, too.

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Patricia Piccinini's 'Skywhale' Is Returning to the Skies in 2021 with a New Floating Companion

They'll both fly above the National Gallery of Australia on three separate dates, before touring the country.

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Botticelli to Van Gogh: Masterpieces from the National Gallery, London

Fri, 5 Mar - Mon, 14 Jun 2021
National Gallery of Australia, Parkes

It includes Van Gogh’s 'Sunflowers' — and it's the largest batch of works to venture beyond the United Kingdom in the gallery's history.

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Brisbane Festival 2021

Fri, 3 Sep - Sat, 25 Sep 2021
Various Brisbane venues, Brisbane

Brisbane's annual arts and culture festival returns — with the world premiere of 'Boy Swallows Universe'.

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Ten Excellent and Exciting New Films to Add to Your 2021 Must-See List

Including likely Oscar-nominees, long-awaited animated releases and big-name sequels — and Nicolas Cage's latest, too.

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Pieces of a Woman

Wed, 30 Dec 2020 - Wed, 20 Jan 2021
Select cinemas in Brisbane, Various locations

'The Crown' star Vanessa Kirby plays a woman coping with trauma in this raw and resonant drama.

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The Dry

Fri, 1 Jan - Sat, 23 Jan 2021
Various cinemas in Brisbane

The best-selling Aussie crime novel jumps to the big screen, and Eric Bana is superb as its conflicted central cop.

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The New Movies You Can Watch at Australian Cinemas From January 1 2021

Head to the flicks to see an Aussie crime thriller, a powerful drama about a woman dealing with tragedy, and the latest Milla Jovovich-starring video game adaptation.

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Will & Flow

59B Gardens Point Road, Brisbane City

Treasury Brisbane's all-day overwater bar serves up a seafood-heavy menu with coffee, spritzes and stellar river views.

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The 12 Best Straight-to-Streaming Films of 2020

Powerful dramas, gorgeous animation, twisty comedies, exceptional musicals — 2020's streaming lineup delivered them all.

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

Cancel your plans to get stuck into Pixar's latest masterpiece, Chadwick Boseman's last movie and a blistering new film anthology series.

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Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles

Sat, 26 Dec 2020 - Wed, 13 Jan 2021
Select cinemas in Brisbane, Various locations

This culinary documentary serves up glossy, gleaming eye candy for those with a sweet tooth, but it never feels like a full meal.

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The New Movies You Can Watch at Australian Cinemas From Boxing Day 2020

2020's holiday viewing spans superheroes, sublime dramas, documentaries about spectacular desserts, animated sequels and spy movies.

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The 12 Best Straight-to-Streaming Films of 2020

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

Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles

The New Movies You Can Watch at Australian Cinemas From Boxing Day 2020

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