Sarah Ward

Name: 'River' Live in Concert with the Australian Chamber Orchestra
Start: 2024-02-03
End: 2024-02-05
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
An Evening with Alison Roman

Tue, 9 May, 2023
Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House, Sydney

Viral recipe queen Alison Roman is coming to Sydney for the first time to chat about home cooking.

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First Nations Film Festival 2023 — National Reconciliation Week

Tue, 30 May - Sat, 3 Jun 2023
Online

FanForce TV is showcasing Indigenous Australian cinema for the fifth year in a row at this online film fest.

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Dark Mofo Has Just Added Three-Day Theatre-Meets-Rave Performance 'TRANCE' to Its Huge 2023 Program

The Tasmanian festival also scored a blend of sonic meditation and storytelling, plus a bigger show from Trentemøller.

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'Dead Ringers' Is As Much of a Body-Horror Masterpiece As a Series As It Was As a David Cronenberg Film

Arriving 35 years after the movie, this six-part miniseries also delivers two astonishing performances by Rachel Weisz.

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Nun-Versus-AI Series 'Mrs Davis' Is 2023's Most Wildly Ridiculous and Entertaining New Show So Far

Starring 'GLOW' alum Betty Gilpin, this happily OTT series battles an algorithm — and never feels like it was spat out by one.

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Vin Diesel and Jason Momoa Fight Furiously Over Family in the Latest High-Octane 'Fast X' Trailer

Brie Larson also joins the cast in the cars-and-crime franchise's tenth flick, which hits cinemas in May.

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You Definitely Won't Be Livestreaming Frank Ocean at Coachella This Weekend Because He Just Dropped Out

On the fest's first weekend, Ocean's set wasn't available to watch online. On its second weekend, he won't be on the bill at all.

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'Twilight' Is the Latest Big Movie Franchise That's Making the Leap to TV Just Like Everything Else

Sparkly vampires are sinking their fangs into the small screen with a TV version of 'The Twilight Saga' on the way.

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Event
The Giants

Thu, 20 Apr - Wed, 10 May 2023
Select cinemas in Sydney, Various locations

Filled with gorgeous forest cinematography, this rousing documentary celebrates former Greens senator Bob Brown and the landscape that he's spent five decades fighting to protect.

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Beau Is Afraid

Thu, 20 Apr - Wed, 10 May 2023
Various cinemas in Sydney

Ari Aster brings a new guilt-dripping nightmare to the screen, and the darkest of comedies as well, with help from a game Joaquin Phoenix.

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Turn Around, Bright Eyes: Everything You Need to Know About Thursday's Solar Eclipse Across Australia

If you're in the Ningaloo region, you'll witness a total eclipse. For the rest of the country, it's a partial eclipse.

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Australia's Seafood King Josh Niland Will Release His Third Cookbook 'Fish Butchery' This Winter

Make some room on your kitchen shelves next to the Sydney chef's 'The Whole Fish Cookbook' and 'Take One Fish'.

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Illuminate Adelaide Is Back for 2023 with Art and Light Installations, Yothu Yindi and Oneohtrix Point Never

Make plans to visit the South Australian capital — the City of Churches' winter arts, music and light festival has just dropped a dazzling lineup.

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"More Adventure, More Danger and More Dinosaurs": The Trailer for 'Prehistoric Planet' Season Two Is Here

David Attenborough's spectacular dino documentary series returns in May with a new batch of ancient creatures.

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Evil Dead Rise

Thu, 20 Apr - Wed, 10 May 2023
Various cinemas in Sydney

Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell are just executive producers on the fifth 'Evil Dead' movie, but this bloody gorefest doesn't miss them.

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Virgin's Next Big Sale Is All About Return Flights to a Heap of Holiday-Worthy Island Destinations

Bali, Fiji, Samoa and Vanuatu, here you come.

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HBO's New "Bad Pop Girl" Drama 'The Idol' Starring The Weeknd Will Hit Your Streaming Queue in June

'Euphoria' creator Sam Levinson dives into the music industry, with Lily-Rose Depp, Dan Levy and BLACKPINK's Jennie also featuring.

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In Focus: Wes Anderson

Multiple single dates
Palace Central Cinemas, Chippendale

Palace Central is devoting Thursday nights in May and June to cinema's pastel- and symmetry-loving filmmaker.

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Jane Campion: Her Way

Wed, 7 Jun - Sun, 18 Jun 2023
Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney

Sydney Film Festival is celebrating Oscar-winning director Jane Campion in its 2023 retrospective.

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Jane Campion Will Chat Through Her Career with David Stratton at the 2023 Sydney Film Festival

SFF, ACMI and the NFSA will also devote their screens to a retrospective showcasing the New Zealand-born filmmaker and screenwriter's work.

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Evil Dead Rise

Virgin's Next Big Sale Is All About Return Flights to a Heap of Holiday-Worthy Island Destinations

HBO's New "Bad Pop Girl" Drama 'The Idol' Starring The Weeknd Will Hit Your Streaming Queue in June

In Focus: Wes Anderson

Jane Campion: Her Way

Jane Campion Will Chat Through Her Career with David Stratton at the 2023 Sydney Film Festival

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