Sarah Ward

Name: Women Talking
Start: 2023-02-16
End: 2023-03-08
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
Victoria's State of Emergency Has Been Extended Until the End of January

It's the 11th time it has been renewed since the start of the pandemic.

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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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News
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 Melbourne, 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 - Wed, 20 Jan 2021
Various cinemas in Melbourne

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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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 Melbourne, 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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Nomadland

Thu, 4 Mar - Wed, 24 Mar 2021
Various cinemas in Melbourne

Featuring an exceptional performance by Frances McDormand, this deeply humanist road trip drama serves up a touching observational portrait of those that society happily overlooks.

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Wonder Woman 1984

Sat, 26 Dec 2020 - Wed, 13 Jan 2021
Various cinemas in Melbourne

Gal Gadot is once again charming and graceful as Diana Prince, but this meandering and muddled superhero sequel doesn't appreciate its true source of wonder.

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Grapest 5K Run 2021

Sat, 1 May, 2021
Leura Park Estate, Curlewis

Exercise and drinking combine for this wine-tasting fun run.

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Studio Ghibli's New Movie 'Earwig and The Witch' Will Hit Australian Cinemas in 2021

It's the Japanese animation house's first completely CGI movie — and it's directed by Goro Miyazaki, son of Hayao Miyazaki.

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SBS's Soothing New Doco Series Gets Famous Actors to Narrate Everything From Nature to Noodles

'A World of Calm' is based on the popular Calm app, and features the voices of Keanu Reeves, Idris Elba, Oscar Isaac and Nicole Kidman.

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Nicolas Cage Screams Expletives In the Full Trailer for Netflix's 'History of Swear Words'

It hits the streaming platform in January.

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Daniel Andrews-Themed 'Get On the Beers' Christmas Lights Are Currently Dazzling Melbourne

Because that's exactly the kind of thing 2020's festive season was always going to serve up.

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Dude, It's a Coen Brothers Retrospective

Fri, 15 Jan - Thu, 3 Jun 2021
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations

It's screening everything from 'The Big Lebowski' and 'Fargo' to 'No Country for Old Men' and 'Inside Llewyn Davis'.

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Take a Sneak Peek at Japan's New Super Nintendo Theme Park and Its 'Mario Kart' Ride

Super Nintendo World opens at Universal Studios in Osaka in February 2021.

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