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
The Scary of Sixty-First

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 - Wed, 5 Jan 2022
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations

'Succession' cast member turned first-time feature filmmaker Dasha Nekrasova takes this conspiracy-fuelled horror movie on a wild ride.

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Spider-Man: No Way Home

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 - Wed, 5 Jan 2022
Various cinemas in Melbourne

Everyone's favourite friendly neighbourhood web-slinger swings back into the Marvel Cinematic Universe to face a lineup of familiar villains.

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News
The New Movies You Can Watch at Australian Cinemas From December 16

Head to the flicks to see Spider-Man face a bevy of familiar baddies, Olivia Colman turn in another phenomenal performance and a wild NYC-set horror film that tussles with a headline-grabbing news story.

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Moonlight Cinema Has Released Its January Lineup So You Can Spend Summer Seeing Movies by Starlight

Pack a picnic, grab a beanbag, and catch 'No Time to Die', 'Scream' and 'Spencer'.

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Very Peri Is Pantone's "Inquisitive and Intriguing" 2022 Colour of the Year

The newly created colour combines "a dynamic periwinkle blue hue with a vivifying violet red undertone".

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Qantas Is Launching Direct Flights From Australia to Rome Just in Time for European Summer Getaways

The only direct service between Australia and continental Europe, the Perth–Rome flights will take off three times a week between June and October 2022.

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All About Women Is Expanding Its 2022 Program Across Two Days to Celebrate Its Tenth Anniversary

Grace Tame, Rosie Batty and Roxane Gay lead the festival's program, which'll take over the Sydney Opera House in March — and live-stream its sessions, too.

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Nicolas Cage Plays (and Parodies) Himself in the Trailer for 'The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent'

It's the role Nicolas Cage was born to play: himself.

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The Victorian Government Is Giving Away 250,000 Free Public Transport Travel Vouchers

Designed to get Melburnians heading into the city over summer, the vouchers can be used to travel to Christmas events, galleries and attractions, dining spots, performing arts venues and to go shopping.

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Acclaimed Bob Dylan Musical 'Girl From the North Country' Is Coming to Melbourne in 2022

A hit in West End and on Broadway, the production features music and lyrics by the iconic folk singer.

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Western Australia Will Reopen to the Rest of the Country (and the World) on February 5

WA will drop its hard border at 12.01am on Saturday, February 5, based on the expectation that 90 percent of residents over the age of 12 will be double-vaccinated by then.

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'Succession', 'The Power of the Dog' and 'Ted Lasso' Lead This Year's Golden Globe Nominations

'Belfast', 'Don't Look Up' and 'King Richard' also picked up multiple nods in the film categories, while 'Squid Game', 'The Great' and 'Hacks' popped up in the TV fields.

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'Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore' Just Conjured Up Its First Magical Trailer

Mads Mikkelsen joins the cast as the new Grindelwald, and Jude Law returns as the young Albus Dumbledore.

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Mona Foma 2022

Fri, 21 Jan - Sun, 30 Jan 2022
Various locations across Hobart and Launceston

Head to Tasmania's huge summer arts festival for icebergs, lasers, monster trucks, Midnight Oil, sonic sculptures and a tribute to video stores.

Buy Tickets

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The 12 Best Movies Hardly Anyone Saw in 2021

Forget the blockbusters — this year's under-appreciated gems include a stunning Chilean dance drama, multiple eerie horror flicks and Nicolas Cage on a quest for revenge.

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Virgin Is Selling Flights to and From Queensland From $59 Now That the Border Has Officially Reopened

The Sunshine State now allows double-vaccinated travellers to visit without quarantining — and double-jabbed Queenslanders to return home from interstate trips.

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My Chemical Romance Have Delayed Their First Aussie Tour in a Decade to 2023 and Added Extra Shows

You'll need to wait an extra year to grab your eyeliner and prepare to relive your teenage emo heyday.

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A Wes Anderson-Themed Bar Inspired by 'The French Dispatch' Has Popped Up at Cinema Nova

Stop by the photogenic Cafe Le Sans Blague to listen to French pop, eat pastries and feel like you've stepped into the film.

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The Trailer for New Aussie Fantasy Series 'Firebite' Gives Slaying Vampires an Indigenous Twist

Starring Rob Collins and Shantae Barnes-Cowan, and set in the South Australian desert, it's the latest project from acclaimed 'Sweet Country' filmmaker Warwick Thornton.

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Google Has Revealed All the Movies and TV Shows We've Been Searching for in 2021

If you binged 'Squid Game', then started obsessively searching for everything about the show you could find, you weren't alone.

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