Sarah Ward

Sarah Ward is Concrete Playground's Editor — and also Film and TV Editor, Film and TV Critic, 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 and hosting Q&As at Australian film festivals, including the Brisbane International Film Festival, Melbourne International Film Festival, Sydney Film Festival, Queensland Film Festival and Sydney Underground 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
Laneway Festival Is Finally Set to Make a Comeback in 2023

After sitting out the last couple of years due to the pandemic, the beloved music festival has already started locking in bands for its 2023 events.

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Event
Badu Gili: Wonder Women 2022

Thursday, February 3 - Thursday, March 31, 2022
Sydney Opera House, Sydney

This year's projection series will display an all-female lineup with live performances and a pop-up bar on hand.

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Western Australia Will Reopen Its Domestic and International Borders on March 3

After postponing its plan to ditch its hard border in February, WA will finally reopen to the rest of the country — and the world — in March.

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The Second Season of 'Notting Hill'-Style Rom-Com 'Starstruck' Is Just As Much of a Gem As the First

Prepare to fall head over heels for season two of Rose Matafeo’s smart, heartfelt and gloriously relatable rom-com sitcom.

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Hottest 100 Victors and Noted Rainbow Aficionados The Wiggles Will Perform at the Mardi Gras Parade

For the first time ever, The Wiggles will perform at the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade — on a lineup headlined by Savage Garden's Darren Hayes.

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'Stranger Things' Season Four Will Hit Netflix in May — But the Show Will End After Season Five

The Netflix hit will drop its fourth season in two batches, arriving on May 27 and July 1 — but after season five, it'll wrap up its 80s sci-fi mysteries.

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Event
Transitions Film Festival 2022

Friday, February 18 - Sunday, March 13, 2022
Online

Watch your way through documentaries and dramas about the future of the planet, changing technologies and our evolving world.

Buy Tickets

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Parrtjima — A Festival in Light Is Back for 2022 to Shower Alice Springs with Dazzling Installations

Luminous arches, tunnels and projections will light up the First Nations art and culture festival, which uses the 300-million-year-old MacDonnell Ranges as a backdrop.

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Thank You, Thank You Very Much: The First Trailer for Baz Luhrmann's Elvis Presley Biopic Is Here

Here’s one for the money: nine years after ‘The Great Gatsby’, the Australian director returns to the big screen with an Aussie-shot film about the king of rock 'n' roll.

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Mark Wahlberg's Wahlburgers Burger Chain Has Just Opened Its First Australian Outpost in Sydney

Co-owned with his brothers, the Hollywood actor's burger empire has already scored its own reality TV show — and now it's open in Sydney, with more locations in Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane to follow.

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Taika Waititi and Rhys Darby's Pirate Parody 'Our Flag Means Death' Has Dropped Its Full Trailer

The swashbuckling HBO sitcom takes very loose inspiration from a real-life 18th-century gentleman turned would-be pirate.

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NSW Is Ditching Hospitality Density Limits, Reopening Dance Floors and Relaxing Mask Rules

With decreasing community transmission and hospital admission numbers, the NSW Government is loosening rules around heading out in two phases — starting on Friday, February 18.

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Semi Permanent Has Unveiled Its Biggest Creativity and Design Program Ever for Its 20th-Anniversary Fest

The design-focused event will take over Carriageworks for three days this autumn, complete with talks, workshops, and a new art and design book fair.

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Event
Quo Vadis, Aida?

Thursday, February 17 - Wednesday, March 9, 2022
Select cinemas in Sydney, Various locations

Following a woman's quest to save her family during the Bosnian War, this 2021 Oscar nominee is taut, rigorous, resonant and unforgettable.

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Event
Uncharted

Thursday, February 17 - Wednesday, March 9, 2022
Various cinemas in Sydney

A committed Tom Holland makes this by-the-numbers archaeology-meets-swashbuckling game-to-film adaptation watchable enough.

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Flee

Thursday, February 17 - Wednesday, March 9, 2022
Select cinemas in Sydney, Various locations

The first film to be nominated for Oscars for Best International Feature, Best Documentary and Best Animated Feature simultaneously, this animated biographical documentary about an Afghan refugee is innovative and astonishing.

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News
The New Movies You Can Watch at Australian Cinemas From February 17

Head to the flicks to see Joaquin Phoenix's latest awards-worthy performance, a long-awaited video game-to-big screen adaptation and a history-making animated documentary.

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C'mon C'mon

Thursday, February 17 - Wednesday, March 9, 2022
Select cinemas in Sydney, Various locations

Featuring an awards-worthy performance by Joaquin Phoenix and tender direction by 'Beginners' helmer Mike Mills, this intimate black-and-white drama is one of 2022's most moving films so far.

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Vivid Has Announced the First Luminous Installations That'll Be Brightening Up Its 2022 Lineup

The light, music and art-filled festival has also placed countdown clocks around the city, marking the days until the event returns after a two-year pandemic-enforced hiatus.

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'Jurassic World' by Brickman

Saturday, March 5 - Sunday, May 29, 2022
Australian Museum, Darlinghurst

Lego finds a way — with more than 50 dinosaurs, props and scenes from the movie built out of the popular plastic bricks.

Buy Tickets

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