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
Oktoberfest in the Gardens Is Back for 2023 with Another Round of Big Bavarian Celebrations

This one-day German party features food stalls, roving performers, rides, sideshows and a silent disco.

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News
'War on Waste' Has Set Up a Fast Fashion Graveyard at Splendour to Highlight Textiles in Landfill

The Byron Bay festival now boasts Lizzo, Flume, Mumford & Sons and a cemetery calling attention to fashion waste.

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Event
Talk to Me

Thu, 27 Jul - Wed, 16 Aug 2023
Various cinemas in Sydney

Australian twins Danny and Michael Philippou, aka RackaRacka, cross over from YouTube videos to the big screen with this super-creepy instant horror gem.

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News
Getting Paul Mescal Dancing in the Australian Desert: Benjamin Millepied Chats Reimagining 'Carmen'

In the acclaimed dancer-turned-filmmaker's hands, outback town Broken Hill backdrops a brand-new take on the classic opera.

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News
Replicas of Central Perk, That Orange Couch and the 'Friends' Fountain Are Popping Up in Australia

This might make your day, your week, your month and even your year.

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News
Pizza Hut Is Giving Away 200 Free Pizzas for Every Single Goal Scored During the Women's World Cup

For each goal that the Matildas kick, there'll be 600 free pizzas on offer.

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News
Sydney Fringe 2023 Just Added 'Drag Race Down Under' Winner Spankie Jackzon and Reimagined Radiohead Tunes

A recreation of 'Titanic', absurdist Polish theatre, then a dance piece about love and a game with the grim reaper are also on this year's lineup.

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Event
Winghaus Women's World Cup

Thu, 20 Jul - Sun, 20 Aug 2023
Various Sydney venues, Sydney

Feast your way through the football frenzy with chicken salt, maple bacon, salsa brava and curry ketchup wings.

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News
'The Lion King' in Concert with a Live Orchestra Is Coming to Australia for the Film's 30th Anniversary

Disney's animated stroll through the jungle is the latest film returning to the big screen with a live orchestra, this time playing Hans Zimmer's score and Elton John and Tim Rice's songs.

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Event
Oppenheimer

Thu, 20 Jul - Wed, 16 Aug 2023
Various cinemas in Sydney

Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr are extraordinary in Christopher Nolan's striking atomic-bomb thriller.

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Event
Barbie

Thu, 20 Jul - Wed, 23 Aug 2023
Various cinemas in Sydney

Playing with dolls proves inventive, hilarious, intelligent and delightful for Greta Gerwig, Margot Robbie and a scene-stealing Ryan Gosling.

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News
'The Bear' Serves Up Another Course of Sublime TV in the Hit Dramedy's Sizzling Second Season

Yes chef — the best new show of 2022 is finally back, and it's just as appetising and intense as ever.

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News
'The Dry' Sequel 'Force of Nature' Is No Longer Hitting Cinemas in August Due to the Actors' Strike

You'll have to wait a little longer to see Eric Bana return as detective Aaron Falk, with a new release date not yet confirmed.

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24-Hour Pilates for Mental Health

Sat, 22 Jul - Sun, 23 Jul 2023
Various Sydney venues, Sydney

These Sydney studios are hosting pilates classes for 24 hours to raise money for Lifeline's 24/7 support services.

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Queer Screen Film Fest Online 2023

Wed, 23 Aug - Sun, 3 Sep 2023
Online

Stream along with this year's tenth-anniversary QSFF at home, including new queer highlights and retro standouts.

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Sydney's Queer Screen Film Fest Is Celebrating Ten Years with 30-Plus Movies and an Online Program

Whether you can head along in-person in Sydney or you'll be streaming from your couch, expect plenty of LGBTQIA+ cinema gems.

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Queer Screen Film Fest 2023

Wed, 23 Aug - Sun, 27 Aug 2023
Event Cinemas George Street, Sydney

This LGBTQIA+ film festival is celebrating a decade of flicks with 30-plus titles, including this year's Queer Palm-winner and a crowd-pleasing comedy about loving the stage.

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Flowers in Hell: A Korean Cinema Retrospective

Wed, 19 Jul - Sun, 22 Oct 2023
AGNSW, Sydney

Watch your way through Korean cinema's standouts, spanning more than seven decades of exceptional films.

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A 14-Metre-Tall Inflatable Sphere That Breathes Is Popping Up Outside Melbourne's NGV This Summer

NGV’s 2023 Architecture Commission '(This is) Air' will expand with air, then release it, inhaling and exhaling all day.

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McDonald's Is Opening the World's First Fry-Thru in Australia — and It's Even Shaped Like Giant Fries

Would you like fries from that? A pop-up Macca's shaped like a five-metre-tall packet of fries is hitting Sydney for the Women's World Cup.

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