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
Like Winter, a Game of Thrones Prequel Series Is Coming

HBO has ordered a pilot for a potential spin-off, set thousands of years before the current series.

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IKEA Is the Latest Company Pledging to Ban Single-Use Plastics

And by 2030, all of its products will be made with renewable and recycled materials.

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Event
My Friend Dahmer

Thu, 31 May - Wed, 11 Jul 2018
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

This look into the teenage years of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is critically lacking in nuance and depth.

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Five Films from Cannes 2018 We Can't Wait to See in New Zealand

Some of them may already be on their way to our cinemas; others we'll have to cross our fingers for.

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This Luggage Range Lets You Travel With Your Own Office, Bed and Even a Kitchen

For those keen on taking a piece of home away with them, or close enough to it.

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You'll Be Able to Indulge Your Love of Star Wars at a Theme Park From 2019

Visitors will be able wander around a remote outpost of the galaxy, drink blue milk at a cantina, hop onto a star destroyer, and — most importantly — fly the Millennium Falcon.

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Artist Mike Parr Will Spend 72 Hours Buried Under a Hobart Road During Dark Mofo

He'll descend into a box measuring just 4.5 metres by 1.7 metres by 2.2 metres for three days, with traffic driving over the top.

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This New Harry Potter Tour Lets You Dress Up in Authentic Hogwarts Robes

Londoners can pick their house colours and pop on a robe that featured in one of the movies.

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A New HBO Documentary Series Will Revisit the Case Against Serial's Adnan Syed

It's being made by the director of true crime doco 'West of Memphis' and will have a score by Nick Cave.

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Event
Tully

Thu, 10 May - Wed, 20 Jun 2018
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

A smart, amusing, empathetic look at motherhood from the team behind Young Adult and Juno.

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Japan's Kaleidoscopic New Digital-Only Art Museum Is Your Next Reason to Visit Tokyo

Featuring a forest filled with lamps that respond to human interaction and a virtual tea party that pairs your hot beverage with digital blooming flowers.

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Event
A Quiet Place

Thu, 5 Apr - Wed, 23 May 2018
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

Directed by John Krasinski and starring a formidable Emily Blunt, this almost entirely dialogue-free horror flick speaks volumes.

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Unsane

Thu, 10 May - Wed, 20 Jun 2018
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

This iPhone-shot thriller serves up a savage take on society's treatment of women.

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News
This Environmentally Conscious Search Engine Turns Your Online Queries Into New Trees

Ecosia invests at least 80 percent of its profits into planting trees around the world.

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The World's Longest Non-Stop Commercial Flight Is Set to Launch by the End of This Year

The 19-hour flight from Singapore to New York will take to the skies by the end of the year.

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The US TV Remake of 'What We Do in the Shadows' Is Officially Happening

Ten episodes will air in early-to-mid 2019.

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New York's Latest Over-the-Top Food Museum Will Celebrate All Things Pizza

It'll feature a pizza cave, pizza fun house or pizza beach, plus interactive pizza exhibits and pizza games.

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Studio Ghibli's Magical Theme Park Will Now Open in 2022

The park will spirit visitors away into the Ghibli universe, featuring attractions from 'My Neighbour Totoro', 'Kiki's Delivery Service' and 'Howl's Moving Castle'.

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News
Five Pieces of Homework to Do Before 'The Handmaid's Tale' Drops Its Second Season

The second season will premiere on Lightbox this week — if it's been a while since you binged the first, here's what you can do to catch up.

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