Sarah Ward

Name: Past Lives
Start: 2023-08-31
End: 2023-09-27
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
Nude Tuesday

Thu, 23 Jun - Wed, 13 Jul 2022
Select cinemas in Sydney, Various locations

Spoken only in gibberish, and unafraid to bare all, this New Zealand sex comedy starring Jackie van Beek, Jemaine Clement and Damon Herriman is revelatory several times over.

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News
Everyone's a Person of Interest in the Latest 'Only Murders in the Building' Season Two Trailer

Murder-mystery fans, rejoice — it’s almost time to get sleuthing again.

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Sydney Film Festival Just Added Four More Days of Screenings to Its Already Huge 2022 Program

Can't fit all your SFF viewing into the fest's official 12 days? You've now got four more, with 15 films getting post-festival encore sessions.

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TISM, Bring Me the Horizon, The Amity Affliction, NOFX and Millencolin Lead Good Things' 2022 Lineup

Aussie legends TISM will play their first live gigs in 19 years when Good Times heads to Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane this summer.

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Top Dog Film Festival 2022

Sun, 14 Aug and Sun, 21 Aug 2022
Select cinemas in Sydney, Various locations

Sydney's mini film festival dedicated to dogs is back for another bark.

Buy Tickets

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'L'Hotel' Is the Cabaret, Circus and Burlesque Show Turning Sydney Opera House Into a French Hotel

This immersive dinner theatre experience takes its theming seriously, and comes to Sydney after a sold-out run at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival.

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Netflix Has Greenlit a 'Squid Game' Reality Competition TV Show Because Of Course It Has

Making the hit South Korean thriller a reality — without the murder — 'Squid Game: The Challenge' will see 456 players compete to win $4.56 million.

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Blessed Be the Dystopian Dramas: 'The Handmaid's Tale' Will Drop Its Fifth Season This Spring

The Emmy-winning Elisabeth Moss-starring series will return mid-September, stepping back into June's life after season four's climactic events.

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Ten Movies You Really Need to See at the 2022 Sydney Film Festival — or Track Down Afterwards

This year's Sydney Film Festival highlights span everything from nude comedies and Elvis biopics to animated rock operas and savage horror flicks.

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News
'The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent' and Its Nic Cage Chaos Has Been Fast-Tracked to Digital

Spend your next at-home movie night watching Nicolas Cage play Nicolas Cage.

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Event
Feeling 22

Wed, 22 Jun - Sun, 16 Oct 2022
AGNSW, Sydney

AGNSW is relaunching its huge free cinema program to celebrate 22 years of screenings.

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AGNSW Is Relaunching Its Huge Free Cinema Program to Celebrate 22 Years of Screenings

Watch your way through 30-plus films from the past 22 years in AGNSW's 340-seat theatre, which is back up and running after a pandemic pause.

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'Star Wars' Just Topped the ABC Classic 100 Countdown of the Best Film, TV and Game Scores

The force was strong with this countdown — and you've now got 100 iconic soundtracks to listen to.

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Green Light: Netflix Just Dropped the First Teaser Trailer for 'Squid Game' Season Two

Creator Hwang Dong-hyuk has confirmed that Seong Gi-hun will be back for 'Squid Game' season two — and so will the Front Man.

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HBO's Brilliant New Meta Miniseries 'Irma Vep' Is a Bold Film-to-TV Remake About a Film-to-TV Remake

Instantly one of 2022’s best new shows, this smart and savvy eight-part film-industry satire stars Alicia Vikander as a huge Hollywood actor making a new series in France.

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Disney+'s 'Ms Marvel' Loves the MCU More Than You — and It's a Whole Lot of Infectiously Joyous Fun

Marvel’s first Muslim superhero headlines an engaging and entertaining coming-of-age streaming series — the MCU's seventh in 18 months — that’s steeped in fandom.

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Japan Has Officially Reopened to Tourists From Down Under — But Only As Part of Package Tours

To make the trip, you'll need to wear masks everywhere, have private medical insurance to cover your visit and be chaperoned during your whole stay.

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Four Pillars Is Releasing Its First Booze-Free Range for Cocktails Without the Hangover

Four Pillars' new Bandwagon range comes in two varieties, serving up alcohol-free versions of the acclaimed distillery's Rare Dry Gin and Bloody Shiraz Gin.

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"You Can't Stop This Now": Here's Your First Sneak Peek at 'Stranger Things' Season Four Volume Two

Netflix won't drop the last two episodes in 'Stranger Things' season four until July 1 — but it has just released a first teaser trailer.

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Creepy Clouds Are Just the Beginning in the Full Trailer for Jordan Peele's New Horror Epic 'Nope'

The 'Get Out' and 'Us' filmmaker is back with another eerie thriller that'll have you looking up.

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Creepy Clouds Are Just the Beginning in the Full Trailer for Jordan Peele's New Horror Epic 'Nope'

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