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.

News
Mov'In Outdoor Bed Cinema Is Taking Its Mattresses to the Beach at Barangaroo This Summer

From January–April, 150 beds will be set up at Barangaroo’s Harbour Park atop 280 tonnes of sand.

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Meet Australia's New Big Thing: A 14-Metre-Tall Inflatable Sphere That Breathes Air Has Popped Up in Melbourne

Developed by Nic Brunsdon with ENESS, '(This is) Air' is NGV’s 2023 Architecture Commission, inhaling and exhaling in the NGV Garden until June.

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'Wellington Paranormal' Is Living on with a Companion Podcast Hosted by O'Leary and Minogue

Been missing this 'What We Do in the Shadows' spinoff? The show's stars are now reliving their experiences, complete with the same banter.

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Uproar

Thu, 30 Nov - Wed, 20 Dec 2023
Various cinemas in Sydney

'Hunt for the Wilderpeople' favourite Julian Dennison leads this powerful coming-of-age charmer about community, belonging and standing up for what you believe in.

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Leave the World Behind

Thu, 23 Nov - Wed, 20 Dec 2023
Various cinemas in Sydney

After 'Mr Robot', writer/director Sam Esmail gets paranoid again, this time with Julia Roberts- and Mahershala Ali-led families stuck on Long Island when a communications outage strikes.

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Napoleon

Thu, 23 Nov - Wed, 13 Dec 2023
Various cinemas in Sydney

There's more than a dash of humour in Ridley Scott and Joaquin Phoenix's take on the French military star-turned-emperor, which marks the pair's first collaboration since 'Gladiator'.

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Sydney's First-Ever 25Hours Hotel Will Finally Arrive on Oxford Street in 2024

A 109-room hotel boasting a rooftop bar with views of the city skyline is coming to a heritage-listed Paddington building.

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First Films 2023

Fri, 24 Nov - Sun, 26 Nov 2023
Golden Age Cinema & Bar, Surry Hills

Golden Age's returning three-day film festival celebrates impressive debut features from emerging directors.

Buy Tickets

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Cute Shit: Japan's Pastel-Hued Kawaii Poop Museum Experience Is Coming to Australia This Summer

Melbourne is about to be filled with "max unko kawaii" — the maximum cuteness of poop.

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More Dystopian Nightmares Are on the Way: 'Black Mirror' Has Been Renewed for Season Seven

Charlie Brooker's anthology sci-fi series has more horror stories about humanity's use of technology in its future.

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Brie Larson Cooks Up a Stellar Performance in Charming Page-to-Screen Drama 'Lessons in Chemistry'

The Oscar-winner gets her best role in years in this adaptation of Bonnie Garmus' bestseller about a chemistry genius who becomes a TV cooking show host, and a feminist hero.

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Event
Cat Person

Thu, 23 Nov - Wed, 13 Dec 2023
Various cinemas in Sydney

Kristen Roupenian's viral short story reaches the screen, enlisting 'CODA' lead Emilia Jones and 'Succession' star Nicholas Braun to explore the complications of modern dating.

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Oh Yeah, 'Fargo' Is Still a Twisty Treat in the Crime Caper's Jon Hamm- and Juno Temple-Led Fifth Season

You betcha this small-screen take on the Coen brothers' big-screen masterpiece keeps proving one of the best film-to-TV adaptations there is.

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David Attenborough's 'Planet Earth III' Will Hit the Small Screen Down Under Before November Is Out

You'll be able to screen and stream the beloved broadcaster's latest nature documentary series from Sunday, November 26.

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Christina Aguilera: Always Live 2023

Sat, 25 Nov, 2023
Flemington Racecourse, Flemington

The 'Dirrty', 'Genie in a Bottle' and 'What a Girl Wants' singer is coming to Melbourne for a one-night-only Australian show.

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You Can Now Slip, Slop, Slap and Smell Like Gelato Thanks to Messina and Standard Procedure's New Sunscreen

Beach trips and ice creams have always gone hand in hand — but mango, pineapple and vanilla gelato-scented SPF50+ is new.

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Australia's Top 55 Wine Venues for 2023 Have Been Named by the Wineslinger Awards

Normally only 50 vino spots are chosen each year, but 2023's votes couldn't be split — and 19 venues were named for the first time.

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Marshmallow Laser Feast: Works of Nature

Thu, 23 Nov 2023 - Sun, 14 Apr 2024
ACMI, Melbourne

This spectacular world-premiere experimental digital exhibition about nature is taking over Melbourne's ACMI.

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The Royal Hotel

Thu, 23 Nov - Wed, 13 Dec 2023
Various cinemas in Sydney

Australian filmmaker Kitty Green reteams with Julia Garner after 'The Assistant' for another excellent thriller with real-life parallels, this time set in an Aussie outback pub.

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Jacob Elordi Is Returning to Australia to Star in Five-Part Drama Series 'The Narrow Road to the Deep North'

Based on Richard Flanagan’s Booker Prize-winning novel of the same name, the Prime Video series hails from 'Snowtown' and 'Nitram' collaborators Justin Kurzel and Shaun Grant.

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You Can Now Slip, Slop, Slap and Smell Like Gelato Thanks to Messina and Standard Procedure's New Sunscreen

Australia's Top 55 Wine Venues for 2023 Have Been Named by the Wineslinger Awards

Marshmallow Laser Feast: Works of Nature

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Jacob Elordi Is Returning to Australia to Star in Five-Part Drama Series 'The Narrow Road to the Deep North'

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