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.

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Say Cheers to 2021's Hottest 100 Aussie Craft Beers

Canberra's Bentspoke took out the GABS Hottest 100 Aussie Craft Beers poll for the second year in a row with its Crankshaft American IPA.

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'Yellowjackets' Is the Absolute Best New Show of the Past Few Months — and It'll Be Back for Season Two

Plane crashes, teen cannibals, lingering trauma — this must-watch series has it all.

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Netflix Has Officially Confirmed That 'Squid Game' Is Coming Back for a Second Season

Squid goals unlocked: 2021's huge South Korean streaming hit will keep spinning its savage story.

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Western Australia Has Postponed Reopening Its Borders to the Rest of the Country (and the World)

Due to the COVID-19 situation in the rest of Australia, WA is indefinitely delaying its plans to drop its hard border.

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Airbnb Wants You to Spend a Year Living Rent-Free in a Gorgeous Sicily Townhouse

The house-sharing platform is giving one person the chance to spend 12 months living rent-free in the rural village of Sambuca.

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Belle

Thu, 20 Jan - Wed, 9 Feb 2022
Select cinemas in Sydney, Various locations

Taking 'Beauty and the Beast' into cyberspace, this vivid and inventive Japanese animation serves up a bold and dazzling take on the familiar fairytale.

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Nightmare Alley

Thu, 20 Jan - Wed, 9 Feb 2022
Various cinemas in Sydney

Starring Bradley Cooper and Cate Blanchett, this mesmerisingly dark carnival noir is one of filmmaker Guillermo del Toro's very best features.

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Spencer

Thu, 20 Jan - Wed, 9 Feb 2022
Various cinemas in Sydney

Kristen Stewart turns in a career-best performance as the People's Princess in this bold and enthralling slice-of-life biopic.

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The New Movies You Can Watch at Australian Cinemas From January 20

Head to the flicks to see Kristen Stewart play Princess Diana, a gloriously dark carnival noir and a bold Japanese animated take on 'Beauty and the Beast'.

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Regional Queensland's Man-Made Surf Lake Is Set to Expand and Open Its Waves to the Public

Whether you're a first-time surfer or a pro, you might be able to hang ten at Surf Lakes Yeppoon within 12–18 months — and eat, drink and glamp as well.

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Amazon's New 'Lord of the Rings' TV Series Finally Has a Full Title Ahead of Its September Premiere

Add 'The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power' to your 2022 must-watch list.

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Slim's Is Australia's New 50s and 60s-Inspired Burger Chain From Ex-Betty's Staff Members

Now open in Marrickville in Sydney with more stores to come around the country, it serves up classic burgs and ice cream sundaes in retro-styled digs.

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Mardi Gras Film Festival Online 2022

Thu, 17 Feb - Thu, 3 Mar 2022
Online

Can't make it to this year's MGFF in person? You can also watch along from home.

Buy Tickets

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Taika Waititi and Rhys Darby Set Sail in the First Trailer for Pirate Comedy 'Our Flag Means Death'

Darby plays an aristocrat who leaves his life of privilege to become a pirate, while Waititi features as Blackbeard.

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Mardi Gras Film Festival 2022

Thu, 17 Feb - Thu, 3 Mar 2022
Select cinemas in Sydney, Various locations

This year's LGBTQIA+-focused festival will screen 119 films from 37 countries to Sydney audiences.

Buy Tickets

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Sydney's Mardi Gras Film Festival Has Announced Its Hefty In-Cinema and Online 2022 Lineup

Both on the big screen in Sydney and to audiences watching from home around the country, the festival will screen 119 films from 37 countries.

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Marvel's New Oscar Isaac-Starring Disney+ Series 'Moon Knight' Just Dropped Its Twisty First Trailer

Set to hit streaming in March, the MCU's first TV show of 2022 stars Isaac as an ex-marine who grapples with new powers.

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'The Godfather' Is Hitting Cinemas for Its 50th Anniversary to Give You a Movie Offer You Can't Refuse

You'll be able to check out a newly restored version of Francis Ford Coppola's mafia masterpiece on the big screen to celebrate the movie's half-century milestone.

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Sunset Cinema St Ives 2022

Wed, 19 Jan - Sat, 12 Mar 2022
St Ives Showground, St Ives

Cinema under the stars is returning to St Ives Showground with a 20-film lineup.

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Europa! Europa

Fri, 4 Feb - Sun, 27 Feb 2022
Ritz Cinema, Randwick

Screening at the Ritz in Randwick in February, Sydney's newest film festival is all about the latest and greatest in European cinema.

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