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.

News
Virgin Has Launched Bag Tracking to Help Fix One of the Most Annoying Things About Air Travel

The airline has been piloting the luggage-tracking tool since May, and has now rolled it out on almost 70-percent of domestic flights.

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The Weeknd Has Added Extra Dates to His 2023 Tour Down Under Before General Tickets Even Go on Sale

'The Idol' star will play second dates in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Auckland on his huge 'After Hours Til Dawn' tour.

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Event
Instant Warhol

Sat, 26 Aug - Sun, 22 Oct 2023
Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat Central

Andy Warhol's polaroid portraits are in the spotlight at this standout exhibition at the 2023 Ballarat International Foto Biennale.

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Wes Anderson's New Short Film 'The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar' Is Coming to Netflix in September

2023 is delivering not one but two new works by the beloved director: the already-released 'Asteroid City' and this 40-minute Roald Dahl adaptation.

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You Can Vote for Sam Kerr's Stunning Goal as the Women's World Cup's Best to Give the Matildas Another Win

The Australian captain is up against nine other ace strikes, including by England's Lauren James and Japan's Mina Tanaka.

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DoorDash's $1 Weekend

Fri, 25 Aug - Sun, 27 Aug 2023
Various Melbourne venues, Melbourne

Get cheap eats brought to your door for three days, including bites from Fishbowl, Lord of the Fries, Betty’s Burgers and San Churro.

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'Dune: Part Two' Now Won't Hit Cinemas Until March 2024 Amid Hollywood's Strikes

The first Timothée Chalamet-starring 'Dune' film was also delayed from 2020 to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The 'Cat Person' Trailer Turns the Viral 'New Yorker' Story Into a Nicholas Braun-Starring Dating Thriller

Kristen Roupenian's widely read 2017 tale leaps to the screen, with 'CODA' star Emilia Jones as a college student navigating a dating nightmare.

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Attenzione: The Italian Film Festival's 2023 Lineup Is Here and Filled with Europe-Set Must-Sees

Head to Italy from your cinema seat with a feast of films set everywhere from Milan, Puglia and the Italian Alps to Naples, Sicily, Tuscany and Rome.

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Italian Film Festival 2023

Thu, 21 Sep - Wed, 18 Oct 2023
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations

Attenzione: Melbourne's celebration of Italian cinema is back for another year of Europe-set big-screen must-sees.

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Louise Bourgeois' World-Famous Spider Sculpture 'Maman' Is Coming to Australia for the First Time

The iconic nine-metre-high, ten-metre-wide piece will be on display during the 2023–24 Sydney International Art Series.

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SXSW Sydney's Screen Festival Will Open with the Julia Garner-Starring Aussie Thriller 'The Royal Hotel'

Australian filmmaker Kitty Green reteams with the 'Inventing Anna' and 'Ozark' star after 'The Assistant' to launch the event's first screen fest Down Under.

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Event
National Cinema Day at Reading Cinemas

Sun, 27 Aug, 2023
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations

Head to the movies this Sunday for just $5 at any of the chain's cinemas across the country, or for $10 for Gold Lounge sessions.

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'Justified: City Primeval' Brings Timothy Olyphant and His Stetson Back for a Perfect TV Revival

Welcome back Deputy US Marshal Raylan Givens, this time in Detroit in a miniseries that has hit streaming eight years after the original 'Justified' wrapped up.

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Break Out the Cosmos: HBO Has Just Renewed 'And Just Like That...' for Season Three

The Sarah Jessica Parker-led series just needs another three seasons, then two movies, to match 'Sex and the City'.

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Sam Kerr Is Launching a Football School for Kids Because Everyone Wants to Be the Soccer Star Right Now

The Matildas captain isn't done inspiring the nation yet — and she has the next generation of football heroes in her sights.

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The First-Ever Angelika Film Centre Outside of the US Is Opening in Brisbane This Week

The arthouse cinema chain launched in New York in 1989 — and now it's bringing its movie-loving experience to an eight-screen site in Woolloongabba.

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Ms Lauryn Hill Is Touring Australia to Celebrate 25 Years Since 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill' Released

It's been a quarter-century since singer and rapper's only solo release, and she's hitting the Gold Coast, Melbourne and Sydney to mark the occasion.

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Jamie Oliver Is Hitting Sydney Opera House for an Australian-Exclusive Chat About His Career and Cooking

It's been eight years since the British chef's last soldout discussion at the iconic venue — and he's back with a new book to talk about.

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'& Juliet' Is Taking Its Olivier Award-Winning Shakespeare-Meets-Pop Spectacle to Sydney in 2024

Blending the Bard's greatest tragedy with pop songs by Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys, Robyn and more, this "what if?" take on 'Romeo and Juliet' is hitting the Harbour City.

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