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
Tenet

Thu, 12 Nov - Wed, 2 Dec 2020
Various cinemas in Melbourne

Christopher Nolan's long-awaited, mind-bending action-thriller is spectacular and entertaining — and also convoluted and laborious.

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News
Killjoy Drinks Is Australia's Soon-to-Launch Curated Online Store for Non-Alcoholic Beverages

It's set to launch in December — just in time for the festive season.

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News
Metro Melbourne Is Set to Further Ease Venue and Gathering Limits From November 22

Melburnians, prepare to spend some more time in more places with more people.

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Event
$6.50 Spritzes, Beers and Rosé

Wed, 28 Oct 2020 - Sun, 28 Feb 2021
Baby Pizza, Richmond

They're on offer from 12–5pm daily.

Book Now

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News
Deliveroo Is Delivering $1 Meals Across Australia This Week to Celebrate Its Fifth Birthday

And it isn't charging to bring them to your door, either.

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News
The Trailer for Christmas Rom-Com 'Happiest Season' Has Arrived to Give This Year Some Festive Cheer

It stars Kristen Stewart and Mackenzie Davis as a couple heading home for Christmas to meet the parents — who don't know that their daughter is gay.

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News
These Four Wine Venues Have Been Named Australia's Best by the 2020 Wineslinger Awards

Wine lovers in Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane and Geelong, rejoice.

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Event
Babyteeth

Mon, 9 Nov - Wed, 2 Dec 2020
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations

Featuring superb performances and arresting visuals, this raw, affecting and astute Australian drama is far more than just another teen cancer film.

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Event
Never Rarely Sometimes Always

Mon, 9 Nov - Wed, 2 Dec 2020
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations

Following a small-town teen's trip to NYC to obtain an abortion, this naturalistic drama proves as grim and gripping as it is empathetic and affecting.

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Event
Peninsula

Mon, 9 Nov - Sun, 22 Nov 2020
Various cinemas in Melbourne

South Korea's top-notch zombie franchise returns, with this frenetic thriller serving up a long-awaited sequel to 'Train to Busan'.

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Event
Les Misérables

Mon, 9 Nov - Sun, 22 Nov 2020
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations

Set in the banlieues of Paris, this Oscar-nominated French drama is a film of explosive emotional and visceral power.

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Event
Kajillionaire

Mon, 9 Nov - Sun, 22 Nov 2020
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations

Starring Evan Rachel Wood as a con artist, this comedy is one of the most distinctive, empathetic and engaging movies of the year.

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Event
Deerskin

Mon, 9 Nov - Sun, 22 Nov 2020
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations

This sublimely silly and sometimes savage horror-comedy follows one man's love for his new suede jacket — and his quest to ensure that it's the only jacket in existence.

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Event
The King of Staten Island

Mon, 9 Nov - Wed, 2 Dec 2020
Various cinemas in Melbourne

Pete Davidson commands attention in Judd Apatow's arrested development-fuelled comedy, which is loosely based on the 'Saturday Night Live' star's own life story.

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Event
Brazen Hussies

Mon, 9 Nov - Sun, 22 Nov 2020
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations

This important, impassioned and engaging documentary steps through Australia’s women’s liberation movement during the 60s and 70s.

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Event
MQFF Interrupted

Thu, 19 Nov - Mon, 30 Nov 2020
Online

MQFF is back for 2020 — with a mostly online program of top-notch queer cinema.

Buy Tickets

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News
Australia Might Soon Be Home to the Southern Hemisphere's Biggest Indoor-Outdoor Water Park

It's slated to open in Melbourne by 2024.

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Victoria's State of Emergency Has Been Extended Until December

But the State of Disaster has not been renewed — so it'll end tonight.

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Metro Melbourne's 25-Kilometre Rule and Regional Travel Ban Will Lift From Midnight Tonight

Premier Daniel Andrews has also outlined the next set of planned steps, which'll come into effect on November 22.

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These 18 Beers, Wines and Spirits Have Just Been Voted Australia's Favourite Local Drops

BWS asked Aussies to pick their top homegrown sips as part of its nationwide Local Luvvas initiative.

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