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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True History of the Kelly Gang

Ned Kelly returns to the big screen in a bold, brutal masterpiece that re-imagines and re-interrogates the notorious Aussie bushranger's place in the country's history.

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'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' Quiz Night

Tue, 25 Feb, 2020
The Bluestone Room, Auckland

Show your love for the Nine-Nine crew at this dedicated trivia night.

Buy Tickets

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The New Trailer for Marvel's Long-Awaited 'The New Mutants' Turns 'X-Men' Into a Horror Film

The film was shot back in 2017 and is finally hitting the big screen this year.

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Ten Golden Globe-Winning Films and TV Shows to Add to Your 2020 Must-Watch List

If you're going to binge watch something this year, make sure it's one of these top-notch titles.

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Little Women

The classic American novel gets a sharp, savvy and soulful new adaptation, with Greta Gerwig at the helm and Saoirse Ronan leading the cast.

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The Action-Packed Full Trailer for Jordan Peele's New Nazi-Fighting Series 'Hunters' Is Here

Set in the 70s and inspired by true events, it stars Al Pacino as the leader of a vigilante squad determined to rid the US of escaped Nazis.

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BrewDog Is Opening the World's First Alcohol-Free Craft Beer Bar

It's the brewery's first bar of its kind, too — and all 15 of its taps will pour booze-free craft brews.

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Netflix Sinks Its Teeth Into a Gothic Horror Classic In the Bloody and Brooding Trailer for 'Dracula'

Created by the team behind 'Sherlock', the new three-part series drops this weekend.

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Qantas Has Been Named the World's Safest Airline for 2020

The Aussie carrier has topped the list seven years in a row.

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The First Trailer for 'A Quiet Place Part II' Delivers More Silence, Monsters and Kick-Ass Emily Blunt

The sequel to the 2018 horror hit also features Cillian Murphy and Djimon Hounsou.

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Ten Films You Need to See in 2020

Get ready for the long-awaited 'Bill & Ted Face the Music' to an 'Inception'-like flick and Sofia Coppola's new film starring Bill Murray.

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Cats

This nightmarish, nonsensical musical is a catastrophe — even with its all-star cast.

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Australia Is Now Home to the Southern Hemisphere's First Museum of Underwater Art

The first two artworks have just been installed off Townsville, with four locations planned across the Great Barrier Reef.

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'The Woman in the Window' Is the Next Twisty Page-Turner to Get the Big-Screen Treatment

Based on the psychological mystery novel of the same name, it stars Amy Adams, Julianne Moore, Gary Oldman and Anthony Mackie.

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The World's First Fully Electric Commercial Aircraft Has Completed Its First Test Flight

The six-passenger seaplane took off from Vancouver.

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Sweden's Ice Hotel Has Revealed Its Latest Batch of Frosty and Imaginative Artist-Created Rooms

The hotel's 30th annual incarnation features a golden room, an icy kaleidoscope and a frosty depiction of Santorini.

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The Ten Best Films of 2019

This year we reviewed close to 150 films — and this devious South Korean masterpiece and hard-to-watch Australian thriller are among the absolute best.

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The Mind-Bending Trailer for Christopher Nolan's 'Tenet' Is Here with Big 'Inception' Vibes

It stars 'BlacKkKlansman' breakout John David Washington, as well as Robert Pattinson, Michael Caine and Aussie actor Elizabeth Debicki.

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The Ten Best New TV Shows of 2019

From melancholy animation and offbeat sketch comedies to a grim drama based on a real-life tragedy.

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This New 'Twin Peaks' Virtual Reality Game Will Immerse You in a Place Both Wonderful and Strange

Wander through the world created by David Lynch and Mark Frost — not only hanging out in the show's famous settings, but solving escape room-style puzzles.

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