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
Queer Screen Film Fest Online 2023

Wed, 23 Aug - Sun, 3 Sep 2023
Online

Stream along with this year's tenth-anniversary QSFF at home, including new queer highlights and retro standouts.

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Sydney's Queer Screen Film Fest Is Celebrating Ten Years with 30-Plus Movies and an Online Program

Whether you can head along in-person in Sydney or you'll be streaming from your couch, expect plenty of LGBTQIA+ cinema gems.

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A 14-Metre-Tall Inflatable Sphere That Breathes Is Popping Up Outside Melbourne's NGV This Summer

NGV’s 2023 Architecture Commission '(This is) Air' will expand with air, then release it, inhaling and exhaling all day.

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McDonald's Is Opening the World's First Fry-Thru in Australia — and It's Even Shaped Like Giant Fries

Would you like fries from that? A pop-up Macca's shaped like a five-metre-tall packet of fries is hitting Sydney for the Women's World Cup.

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'Jurassic World: The Exhibition' Is Roaring Into Sydney for the Dinosaur Franchise's 30th Anniversary

Walk through the famous gates and get up close to lifelike dinosaurs to celebrate three decades since 'Jurassic Park' first hit cinemas.

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Virgin's Latest Big Australian Flight Sale Is Slinging 500,000 Domestic Fares Starting From $49

Byron Bay, the Sunshine Coast, Cairns and Hobart, here you come — but you've only got a few days to nab a bargain.

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Immersive Experience 'Dinos Alive' Is Bringing Its Life-Sized Animatronic Dinosaurs to Australia

Welcome to... your next date with prehistoric creatures, including replicas of tyrannosaurus rex, stegosaurus and velociraptors.

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The 15 Best Straight-to-Streaming Movies of 2023 So Far

Watching flicks on the couch has delivered Oscar-nominees, unsettling horror gems, delightful walk-and-talk rom-coms and more across 2023's first half.

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The 15 Best Returning TV Shows of 2023 So Far

Whether you love feuding families, stardom-chasing siblings, survival-of-the-fittest thrillers or savage satires of history, this year's best returning series have kept delivering.

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The Bush Spa Is Back: Riverside Festival Strawberry Fields Has Unveiled Its Impressive 2023 Lineup

Todd Terje, house pioneer Moodymann and Fred again's besties Joy Anonymous lead the dance-heavy lineup.

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Three Australian Wineries Were Just Named in the World's Best 50 Vineyards for 2023

South Australia's d'Arenberg, Henschke and Penfolds Magill Estate have all been recognised as top wine destinations — but New Zealand's Rippon was named the best in Australasia.

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Playing Detective, Parodying Genres and Loving Murder-Mysteries: Sam Richardson Talks 'The Afterparty'

He has two Emmy nominations for 'Ted Lasso'. He loves getting ridiculous in 'I Think You Should Leave'. And he’s revelling in the sleuth life in an Apple TV+ gem.

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Event
Planetarium Nights — Pink Floyd's 'The Dark Side of the Moon'

Fri, 14 Jul 2023, Fri, 21 Jul 2023 and
Scienceworks, Spotswood

Stare up at the fulldome screen with a drink in your hand and an iconic album providing the soundtrack.

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Pinot Palooza 2023

Fri, 27 Oct - Sat, 28 Oct 2023
The Timber Yard, Port Melbourne

Red wine fans, rejoice: this vino festival is showcasing 50-plus wineries over two spring days at The Timber Yard.

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Red Wine Fans, Rejoice: Pinot Palooza Will Showcase 50-Plus Wineries When It Tours Australia in 2023

Australia's huge pinot party is turning 11 with top-notch tipples from Australia, New Zealand and beyond — and a new stop in Perth.

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Hooray for HBO: 'Succession', 'The Last of Us' and 'The White Lotus' Lead 2023's Emmy Nominations

It's a great day to be a cast member on one of the three HBO hits, which picked up the US cable network 74 nominations.

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Steven Soderbergh's Twisty New Miniseries 'Full Circle' Is an All-Round Compelling Crime-Thriller

Fresh from 'Magic Mike's Last Dance', the prolific filmmaker directs, lenses and edits every episode of this starry must-watch show.

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Carmen

Thu, 13 Jul - Wed, 2 Aug 2023
Various cinemas in Melbourne

Paul Mescal's next feat is a stunning dance-driven drama that reimagines an iconic opera, was shot in Australia and marks choreographer Benjamin Millepied’s directing debut.

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Genre-Bending Whodunnit 'The Afterparty' Is Still One of Streaming's Funniest Murder-Mysteries in Season Two

There’s a new death and a mostly new cast, but sleuthing your way through this Apple TV+ comedy remains a treat.

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"Once a Rebel, Always a Rebel": The Full Trailer for New 'Star Wars' Series 'Ahsoka' Is Here

Rosario Dawson, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Lars Mikkelsen star in this spinoff from 'The Mandalorian', which hits Disney+ in August.

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Queer Screen Film Fest Online 2023

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Playing Detective, Parodying Genres and Loving Murder-Mysteries: Sam Richardson Talks 'The Afterparty'

Planetarium Nights — Pink Floyd's 'The Dark Side of the Moon'

Pinot Palooza 2023

Red Wine Fans, Rejoice: Pinot Palooza Will Showcase 50-Plus Wineries When It Tours Australia in 2023

Hooray for HBO: 'Succession', 'The Last of Us' and 'The White Lotus' Lead 2023's Emmy Nominations

Steven Soderbergh's Twisty New Miniseries 'Full Circle' Is an All-Round Compelling Crime-Thriller

Carmen

Genre-Bending Whodunnit 'The Afterparty' Is Still One of Streaming's Funniest Murder-Mysteries in Season Two

"Once a Rebel, Always a Rebel": The Full Trailer for New 'Star Wars' Series 'Ahsoka' Is Here

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