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.

Event
Monster Fest 2023

Fri, 27 Oct - Sun, 29 Oct 2023
Event Cinemas George Street, Sydney

Calling all genre fans: this ode to weird and wonderful cinema is unleashing 2023's batch of strange and surreal flicks in the lead up to Halloween.

Buy Tickets

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Calling All Genre Fans: Monster Fest Is Unleashing 2023's Wave of Strange and Surreal Films Throughout October

Among the highlights: a horror-comedy set in one of the last video stores and a Norwegian flick about a gnome uprising.

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Marvel's Huge New Exhibition Celebrates the Company's 85-Year History — and It's World-Premiering in NZ

If you want to check out 'Marvel: Earth's Mightiest Exhibition', you'll need to head to Wellington.

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'Tis the Season: Messina Is Bringing Back Its Chocolate Advent Calendars to Make Christmas Extra Delicious

Spend the first 24 days of December eating your way through gingerbread men, fruit mince tart choccies, pastry-choc clusters and more.

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Sunset Cinema Bondi 2023

Fri, 17 Nov - Sat, 23 Dec 2023
Bondi Pavilion, Bondi Beach

This outdoor picture palace is hitting Bondi Beach from November with 'Jaws', 'Barbie' and a heap of Christmas movies.

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Sunset Cinema Is Hitting Bondi Beach From November with 'Jaws', 'Barbie' and a Heap of Christmas Movies

Bondi Pavilion is becoming an openair picture palace to see out spring and welcome in summer with movies under the stars.

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'Loki' Remains One of Marvel's Standout Streaming Shows in Its Lively and Entertaining Second Season

This returning Tom Hiddleston-starring stint of time-hopping trickery also benefits from adding 'Everywhere All At Once' Oscar-winner Ke Huy Quan to its cast.

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Nicole Kidman, Jason Clarke and Filmmaker Phillip Noyce Just Joined SXSW Sydney's Speaker Lineup

Kidman will chat about her production company, which has been behind 'Big Little Lies' and 'The Undoing', while Clarke and Noyce will share Hollywood tales.

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'Love Actually' in Concert 2023

Sat, 16 Dec, 2023
ICC Sydney, Sydney

Revisit the classic Christmas-themed British rom-com with a live score — because to ‘Love Actually’ fans, this full orchestra-backed screening is perfect.

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If You Really Love Christmas, You'll Want to See 'Love Actually' in Concert Down Under This Festive Season

To ‘Love Actually’ fans, this full orchestra-backed screening is perfect — and it's back for another year.

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Event
British Film Festival 2023

Wed, 1 Nov - Wed, 29 Nov 2023
Select cinemas in Sydney, Various locations

Catch movies featuring Olivia Colman, Ian McKellen, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Helen Mirren and Anthony Hopkins — and a new Alfred Hitchcock documentary.

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Olivia Colman, Ian McKellen, Alfred Hitchcock: They're All on the 2023 British Film Festival Lineup

Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Helen Mirren and Anthony Hopkins all also have movies in the touring cinema celebration's program.

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Zach Bryan's First-Ever Australian Gig Has Been Moved to a Bigger Venue Before Tickets Even Go on Sale

The country music superstar will now take his Melbourne-exclusive concert to Flemington Racecourse.

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Ibiza-Born Dance Music Festival Don't Let Daddy Know Is Coming to Australia for the First Time in 2024

More than a decade after starting in Spain, this dance music fest is heading Down Under with AFROJACK, Timmy Trumpet, MORTEN and Sub Zero Project.

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Cobweb

Thu, 5 Oct - Wed, 25 Oct 2023
Select cinemas in Sydney, Various locations

'Parasite' and 'Broker' star Song Kang-ho plays a director chasing the perfect ending in this entertaining 70s-set filmmaking ode and farce.

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News
Crime Capers Don't Get Much More Charming Than Netflix's Suave Omar Sy-Starring Standout 'Lupin'

Slick, stylish, twisty and thrillingly entertaining, this heist series about everyone's favourite French gentleman thief is back for a third easy binge.

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The Exorcist: Believer

Thu, 5 Oct - Wed, 25 Oct 2023
Various cinemas in Sydney

After 'Halloween', filmmaker David Gordon Green takes on 'The Exorcist' franchise 50 years after the iconic Oscar-nominated first movie, but with by-the-numbers results.

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News
Rhys Darby and Taika Waititi's Pirate Rom-Com 'Our Flag Means Death' Keeps Sailing Sweetly in Season Two

After proving one of the standout new shows of 2022, the queer seafaring sitcom is back for a second voyage — and it's just as charming.

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Shayda

Thu, 5 Oct - Wed, 25 Oct 2023
Various cinemas in Sydney

Iranian Australian filmmaker Noora Niasari makes a powerful feature debut with this moving mother-daughter tale set in a women's shelter.

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News
A Huge Interactive NBA Exhibition That Bounces Through Basketball History Is Coming to Australia

Making its Australian debut in Brisbane, this basketball showcase will take over two levels, sprawl across 1000 square metres and feature 20 themed sections.

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Sarah Ward

Monster Fest 2023

Calling All Genre Fans: Monster Fest Is Unleashing 2023's Wave of Strange and Surreal Films Throughout October

Marvel's Huge New Exhibition Celebrates the Company's 85-Year History — and It's World-Premiering in NZ

'Tis the Season: Messina Is Bringing Back Its Chocolate Advent Calendars to Make Christmas Extra Delicious

Sunset Cinema Bondi 2023

Sunset Cinema Is Hitting Bondi Beach From November with 'Jaws', 'Barbie' and a Heap of Christmas Movies

'Loki' Remains One of Marvel's Standout Streaming Shows in Its Lively and Entertaining Second Season

Nicole Kidman, Jason Clarke and Filmmaker Phillip Noyce Just Joined SXSW Sydney's Speaker Lineup

'Love Actually' in Concert 2023

If You Really Love Christmas, You'll Want to See 'Love Actually' in Concert Down Under This Festive Season

British Film Festival 2023

Olivia Colman, Ian McKellen, Alfred Hitchcock: They're All on the 2023 British Film Festival Lineup

Zach Bryan's First-Ever Australian Gig Has Been Moved to a Bigger Venue Before Tickets Even Go on Sale

Ibiza-Born Dance Music Festival Don't Let Daddy Know Is Coming to Australia for the First Time in 2024

Cobweb

Crime Capers Don't Get Much More Charming Than Netflix's Suave Omar Sy-Starring Standout 'Lupin'

The Exorcist: Believer

Rhys Darby and Taika Waititi's Pirate Rom-Com 'Our Flag Means Death' Keeps Sailing Sweetly in Season Two

Shayda

A Huge Interactive NBA Exhibition That Bounces Through Basketball History Is Coming to Australia

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