Sarah Ward

Name: Sweet As
Start: 2023-06-01
End: 2023-06-21
Location: Melbourne

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
Fiji Is Reopening to Australian Tourists in November If You're Keen for a Tropical Getaway

Virgin Australia has also announced daily flights to Nadi from Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane from mid-December.

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News
Messina Has Turned a Heap of Its Most Popular Gelato Flavours Into Chocolates

The dessert brand is doing pick 'n' mix packs filled with gelato-inspired chocolates, including cone-ception, fairy bread and neapolitan varieties.

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News
Vegemite and Cheese Pizza Now Exists Thanks to Domino's New Limited-Edition Menu Addition

Slathering the yeasty spread across a pizza base, then adding mozzarella, the cheesy food mashup is only available for three weeks.

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News
Qantas' Direct Australia-to-London Flights Will Depart From Darwin When Overseas Travel Restarts

Until at least April 2022, the airline will fly out of the Northern Territory instead of Perth due to Western Australia's strict border rules.

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News
The Sidney Myer Music Bowl Is Hosting a Live Gig This Month to Test Melbourne's Reopening Settings

The Victorian Government will trial allowing a bigger crowd at the live music event, and at a number of smaller gigs around the same time — all featuring Victorian musicians.

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Guide
Five Exceptional TV Dramas That'll Let You Play Armchair Detective While You're Watching Along

Sleuth — and stream — your way through these top-notch whodunnits, crime sagas and mysteries.

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News
Removing Your Face Mask to Drink Alcohol in Public Is Now Allowed Again in Melbourne

Your lockdown-approved picnics can now include drinks, with the Victorian Government scrapping one of its strict mask rules.

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News
Australians with Severely Compromised Immune Systems Can Get a Third COVID-19 Jab From October 11

The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation has confirmed the booster shots for severely immunocompromised Aussies, which'll start being rolled out from October 11.

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News
Marvel and Disney+ Are Giving Kathryn Hahn Her Own Witchy 'WandaVision' Spinoff Series

After stealing every scene she was in in the MCU streaming series, Agatha Harkness is set to return in a new dark comedy.

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Event
Czech and Slovak Film Festival of Australia 2021

Thu, 7 Oct - Sat, 16 Oct 2021
Online

Watch new and classic Czech and Slovak films at home, with CaSFFA going virtual for 2021.

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News
Netflix Has Renewed 'The Witcher' for a Third Season Before Its Second Season Even Streams

The Henry Cavill-starring series returns this December after a two-year gap — and there's a third season, a second anime film, and a kids and family series in the works.

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Event
A Fire Inside

Fri, 29 Oct - Wed, 17 Nov 2021
Select cinemas in Brisbane, Various locations

This sensitive and poignant documentary revisits Australia's 2019–20 bushfires, paying tribute to the communities affected and exploring the aftermath.

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

Featuring music and lyrics by the iconic folk singer, the hit West End and Broadway production will make its Aussie debut at the 2022 Sydney Festival.

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Event
SFF On Demand

Fri, 12 Nov - Sun, 21 Nov 2021
Online

In addition to its in-cinema 2021 program, SFF is screening 69 films online across ten days.

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News
Sydney Film Festival Has Just Revealed Its Huge 233-Film Full Lineup for 2021

After being delayed from June to August and then to November, this year's Sydney Film Festival is back with a 12-day in-cinema program and a ten-day digital lineup.

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Event
Series Mania Melbourne 2021

Thu, 14 Oct - Sun, 17 Oct 2021
ACMI, Melbourne

The world's biggest TV festival is returning to Melbourne — and this year it's streaming its lineup for free.

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News
'Sex and the City' Spinoff Series 'And Just Like That...' Is Coming to Binge This December

The ten-episode follow-up stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon — and it's just dropped a sneak peek, too.

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News
This Helpful Interactive Map Shows Victoria's COVID-19 Vaccination Rates by Postcode

The Victorian Government maps lets Melburnians see the percentage of residents who've had the jab across the city and state.

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HBO Just Dropped the First Trailer for Its 'Game of Thrones' Prequel 'House of the Dragon'

The new series is set 300 years before its predecessor, and explores the story of House Targaryen.

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Port Arthur Drama 'Nitram' Will Be Available to Stream Via Stan in November

Caleb Landry Jones won the Cannes Film Festival's Best Actor prize for playing the haunting Australian film's lead role.

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