Sarah Ward

Name: Haunted Mansion
Start: 2023-08-31
End: 2023-09-20
Location: Sydney

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
Palace Cinemas' $9 Student Saver Day

Wed, 4 Jan, 2023
Palace Cinemas Sydney, Sydney

The cinema chain is treating students to $9 tickets every Wednesday.

Buy Tickets

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News
Billy Joel Is Coming to Australia This Summer Just for One Huge Concert at the MCG

The Piano Man is heading Down Under to play one show in Melbourne, featuring everything from 'Uptown Girl' to 'We Didn't Start the Fire'.

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New South Wales' Gondwana Rainforests Are Set to Score a New 46-Kilometre Multi-Day Walking Track

$56.4 million is being put towards the new track, which'll also include a new rainforest centre, four low-impact walkers’ hut precincts, camping areas and three suspension bridges.

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News
Eighteen New Movies You Can Watch in June That Have Been Fast-Tracked From Cinemas to Streaming

Escape the winter cold with Sandra Bullock’s latest rom-com, Nicolas Cage playing Nicolas Cage and a haunting sci-fi drama about androids — all from your couch.

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The Aboriginal Flag Will Fly Permanently on the Sydney Harbour Bridge by the End of 2022

The New South Wales Government will commit $25 million in the 2022–23 NSW budget to installing a third flagpole atop the bridge before the year is out.

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Acclaimed Belgian Drama 'Close' Has Just Won the 2022 Sydney Film Festival Prize

Fresh from nabbing the Grand Prix at this year's Cannes Film Festival, Lukas Dhont's sophomore feature about a teenage friendship has picked up SFF's biggest award.

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News
HBO Has Renewed Rose Matafeo's Delightful Rom-Com Sitcom 'Starstruck' for a Third Season

The charming 'Notting Hill'-style series will return for another round of smartly updated and subverted romantic comedy tropes.

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Thirteen Weird, Wild and Wonderful Nicolas Cage Double Features to Stream

One actor, 26 films and so many facial expressions — this is the movie marathon you didn’t know you needed.

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It Looks Like HBO Might Be Making a New 'Game of Thrones' Sequel Series About Jon Snow

Now you know something: Kit Harington is reported to be returning to his most famous role.

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Bill Hader's 'Barry' Is the One of Most Gripping Shows on TV — and It Just Keeps Getting Better

Even more phenomenal than its first two seasons, the hit HBO show’s third batch of episodes is available to stream in full now.

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Sydney Is Getting a 91-Kilometre Waterfront Walking Track From the Opera House to Parramatta

Dubbed the Parramatta to Sydney Foreshore Link, it'll sprawl through 18 suburbs and become one of the city's longest transport connections.

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Netflix Is Turning Stage Hit 'Matilda the Musical' Into a Movie — and Here's the First Trailer

Roald Dahl's beloved story leaps from the page and stage back to the screen, with Emma Thompson as the villainous Miss Trunchbull.

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Harry Styles Navigates a Love Triangle in the Teaser for 'Carol'-Style Period Drama 'My Policeman'

The former One Direction member has two new movies hitting screens before 2022 is out, both set in the 1950s.

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Event
Men

Thu, 16 Jun - Wed, 6 Jul 2022
Select cinemas in Sydney, Various locations

'Ex Machina' and 'Annihilation' filmmaker Alex Garland returns with a #MeToo horror film that's both blatant and piercing.

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Event
Lightyear

Thu, 16 Jun - Wed, 6 Jul 2022
Various cinemas in Sydney

This Buzz Lightyear origin story doesn't soar to infinity and beyond, but it benefits from lively voice work and a scene-stealing robot cat.

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The New Movies You Can Watch at Australian Cinemas From June 16

Head to the flicks to see Pixar's new Buzz Lightyear-focused 'Toy Story' spinoff and the new eerie film from 'Ex Machina' filmmaker Alex Garland.

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Magnums and Movies 2022

Multiple single dates
Restaurant Hubert, Sydney

Restaurant Hubert is dedicating eight decadent evenings to cinema and super-sized vino — with curated one-off desserts from Gelato Messina.

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Hear My Eyes: 'Chopper'

Sat, 27 Aug, 2022
City Recital Hall, Sydney

Catch the Eric Bana-starring gem back on the big screen — with a brand-new, completely original score played live.

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Hear My Eyes Is Bringing Aussie Classic 'Chopper' Back to the Big Screen with an All-New Live Score

Catch the Eric Bana-starring gem at this year's Melbourne International Film Festival — and then at Sydney's City Recital Hall.

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Everyday We're Truffling — Truffle Month 2022

Fri, 1 Jul - Sun, 31 Jul 2022
Various Sydney venues, Sydney

Salt Meats Cheese is serving up a truffled-filled menu throughout July, including truffle baked brie, truffle gnocchi and truffle pizza.

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