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
David Lynch Interrogating a Monkey Might Be the Strangest Thing You Can Add to Your Netflix Queue Right Now

It's part of the director's surreal new short film 'What Did Jack Do?'.

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Nicole Kidman Gets Caught Up in a Murder Mystery in The Twisty First Teaser for HBO's 'The Undoing'

Also starring Hugh Grant, it's scripted by 'Big Little Lies' producer and screenwriter David E. Kelley.

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You'll Soon Be Able to Stream 21 Studio Ghibli Films on Netflix

Getting spirited away, spending time with Totoro and chasing a moving castle will soon be as easy as clicking a few buttons.

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Event
Just Mercy

This rousing true-crime story about an African American man on death row features excellent performances by Michael B Jordan and Jamie Foxx.

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David Attenborough's Latest Nature Documentary Will Screen in Cinemas Down Under

It focuses on humanity's impact on the natural world — and it'll hit the big screen for one night only.

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Muji Has Designed Its First One-Storey Flat-Pack House

As well as a bedroom, living area and kitchen, the new prefab house — Muji's first in five years — features an outdoor deck.

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Teamlab Is Opening Another Vivid and Kaleidoscopic Digital-Only Art Museum

Officially opening in March in Macao, the labyrinth-like site will sprawl over 5000 square metres.

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Spotify Is Now Creating Personalised Playlists for Pets

Have a pet iguana or hamster? It'll make a playlist for them, too.

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Daniel Radcliffe Fights for Survival with Guns Bolted to His Hands in the OTT Trailer for 'Guns Akimbo'

The film also stars 'Ready or Not' actor Samara Weaving and 'Flight of the Conchords' favourite Rhys Darby.

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'Mindhunter' and Its Creepy True-Crime Thrills Might Not Be Returning for a Third Season

The David Fincher-produced Netflix show has released its cast from the contracts, which doesn't bode well for a third season.

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Event
Bombshell

Thu, 16 Jan - Wed, 5 Feb 2020
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

There's a vital story at the heart of this dramatisation of Fox News' sexual harassment scandal, but this star-studded drama is an empty shell of a #MeToo movie.

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The Biggest Little Farm

Thu, 16 Jan - Wed, 5 Feb 2020
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

This insightful documentary about a Californian couple’s efforts to start an eco-conscious farm will inspire you to pack up and live on the land.

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1917

Thu, 9 Jan - Wed, 29 Jan 2020
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

Gripping, urgent and strikingly shot, this First World War drama follows two soldiers as they venture through enemy territory.

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Japan's Multi-Level Super Nintendo Theme Park Is Set to Open This Year with a 'Mario Kart' Ride

Opening before this year's Tokyo Olympics, the park will also feature a Yoshi ride, a Mushroom Kingdom and Bowser’s Castle.

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Jared Leto Turns Into a Vampire in the First Trailer for 'Spider-Man' Spinoff 'Morbius'

The character is the second 'Spider-Man' villain to get their own movie — and this one ties into the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

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'Joker' Leads the Way to This Year's Oscars with 11 Nominations

And 'Parasite' has made history as the first South Korean movie to ever earn a nomination in the Oscars' 92-year history.

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Event
Ocean Film Festival World Tour 2020

Sat, 7 Nov - Sun, 8 Nov 2020
SkyCity Theatre, Auckland

Dive into a festival filled with sea-focused cinema.

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Studio Ghibli Is Working On Two New Animated Films This Year

They'll mark the Japanese animation studio's first movies since 2016 co-production 'The Red Turtle' — and one is being directed by Hayao Miyazaki.

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'Fantastic Beasts' Is Being Turned Into a Huge 'Harry Potter'-Themed Natural History Exhibition

It'll showcase items from JK Rowling's Wizarding World alongside real-life creatures, specimens and artefacts — and it's set to tour the world.

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Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn Serves Up Colourful Crime Chaos in the New Trailer for 'Birds of Prey'

The 'Suicide Squad' spinoff also stars Ewan McGregor, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jurnee Smollett-Bell and Rosie Perez.

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Ocean Film Festival World Tour 2020

Studio Ghibli Is Working On Two New Animated Films This Year

'Fantastic Beasts' Is Being Turned Into a Huge 'Harry Potter'-Themed Natural History Exhibition

Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn Serves Up Colourful Crime Chaos in the New Trailer for 'Birds of Prey'

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