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
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.

Buy Tickets

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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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This New Museum of Hangovers Pays Tribute to Big, Blurry and Boozy Nights Out

You can also share your own hangover story with the Croatian site — and it might end up in its collection.

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'The Nanny' Is Being Turned Into a Broadway Musical

The hit 90s sitcom is being adapted for the stage by original star Fran Drescher, co-creator Peter Marc Jacobson and 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend' talent Rachel Bloom.

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'Better Call Saul' Has Released Two Intriguing Teasers for Its Eagerly Anticipated Fifth Season

The 'Breaking Bad' prequel will start screening new episodes from February.

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'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' Has Just Dropped an 80s-Style Trailer for Its Cool Cool Cool Seventh Season

Crafted to look like grainy VHS footage, the just-released 80s-style trailer picks up where the series' sixth season left off.

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Award-Winning Korean Thriller 'Parasite' Is Being Turned Into a HBO TV Series

Director Bong Joon-ho has teamed up with the US network to take the film — which was one of last year's best — to the small screen.

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Event
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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Little Women

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

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