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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Ten Stellar Movies From 2020 That You Need to Catch Up On

Cinemas have been closed for months, but this year has still thrown up plenty of big-screen gems — here's what you need to see.

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The First Trailer for 'The Handmaid's Tale' Season Four Teases Rebellion, Revolution and an Uprising

"Blessed be the squad."

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Ten Exceptional New TV Shows From 2020 That You Need to Catch Up On

This year has served up plenty of new must-see TV so far — here's what you need to stream.

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These Five Documentaries About Race and Injustice Are Streaming on YouTube for Free

Australian distributor Madman has made the five powerful films available for the month of June.

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Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams Enter Eurovision in New Netflix Comedy 'The Story of Fire Saga'

It follows two Icelandic singers chasing their Europop dream.

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The Full Trailer for HBO's Golden State Killer Docuseries 'I'll Be Gone in the Dark' Is Here

The true-crime series is based on Michelle McNamara's book of the same name.

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Coachella Has Completely Cancelled Its 2020 Festival

The huge Californian music festival will now return in April 2021.

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The Excellent First Teaser Trailer for 'Bill & Ted Face the Music' Is Here

Party on, dudes.

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Studio Ghibli Is Making Its First Completely CG-Animated Film, 'Aya and the Witch'

It'll screen on Japanese TV this year — fingers crossed it makes its way Down Under then, too.

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Jordan Peele's New HBO Series 'Lovecraft Country' Explores Both Supernatural and Real-Life Terrors

The new drama is based on the 2016 novel of the same name — and it's set in 50s-era America.

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Charlize Theron Leads a Team of Immortal Warriors in the First Trailer for Netflix's 'The Old Guard'

The 'Atomic Blonde' and 'Mad Max: Fury Road' star is back in action mode in the new streaming film.

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You Can Now Take an Online Tour of Japan's Adorable Studio Ghibli Museum

No one can physically step inside at the moment, but you can roam through the gorgeous site virtually.

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Greece Will Reopen to Tourists from Down Under from Mid-June

The European country will allow visitors to enter from 29 nations, including Australia and New Zealand.

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Your Next Japanese Holiday Could Be Partly Paid for By the Japanese Government

The Japan Tourism Agency has announced a program that'll subsidise a portion of tourists' travel expenses, to come into effect when the country reopens its borders.

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'James and the Giant Peach' with Taika and Friends

Fri, 15 May - Sat, 6 Jun 2020
Online

Listen to the filmmaker read through the Roald Dahl classic — with help from Chris Hemsworth, Cate Blanchett, Benedict Cumberbatch, Meryl Streep and more.

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Dark Comedy 'The Great' Is the Satirical Take on Russian History You Didn't Know You Needed

The acerbically funny period-set series stars Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult — and it lives up to its name.

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The New Trailer for Christopher Nolan's 'Tenet' Is Here with Time-Twisting Thrills Aplenty

And it just might be the first blockbuster to hit the big screen when cinemas reopen.

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The First Trailer for Spike Lee's New Vietnam War Heist Thriller 'Da 5 Bloods' Is Here

The film stars Chadwick Boseman and follows four African American veterans who head back to Saigon decades after the conflict.

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IKEA Has Released Pillow Fort Instructions So You Can Go Kidulting In Your Lounge Room

Spend your self-isolation time turning your everyday IKEA objects into forts — with instructions available for six different styles.

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It Looks Like Netflix Is Bringing 'Tiger King' Back for a Second Series

It won't be about Joe Exotic, though — instead, it'll focus on the 2003 mauling attack at a Siegfried and Roy show.

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