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.

Event
Love & Friendship

Thu, 21 Jul - Wed, 21 Sep 2016
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

This Jane Austen adaptation is an utter delight.

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Event
Sing Street

Thu, 14 Jul - Wed, 7 Sep 2016
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

This Irish teen musical is authentic, infectious and enormously endearing.

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Event
Lights Out

Thu, 21 Jul - Wed, 28 Sep 2016
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

A predictable but effective horror flick.

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News
Suicide Squad Fans Are Actually Trying to Shut Down Rotten Tomatoes

At the time of writing, this petition has 17,614 signatures protesting against the site.

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News
How to Adapt Jane Austen for 2016 with Love and Friendship's Whit Stillman

"I hated the title Lady Susan, it wasn't Jane Austen's title."

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News
Edinburgh Festival Programs Controversial Opera, Then Offers Refunds Before It Opens

Programmed unseen, Christophe Honoré's 'Così fan tutte' has been slammed for "volatile, violent racism".

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News
The Ten Best Winter Cabins You Can Escape To

Nestle into a fireplace-flanked hideaway far, far away from mobile phone coverage.

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Event
The BFG

Thu, 30 Jun - Wed, 31 Aug 2016
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

The BFG may be big and whimsical, but it never fully captures the genuine touch of its source material.

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Event
Goldstone

A modern Australian classic.

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Finding Dory

Thu, 23 Jun - Wed, 24 Aug 2016
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

Joyful and sweet, if a little bit familiar.

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Event
Money Monster

Thu, 2 Jun - Wed, 27 Jul 2016
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

George Clooney, Julia Roberts and Jack O'Connell excel in this urgent, edge-of-your-seat thriller.

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Alice Through the Looking Glass

Thu, 26 May - Wed, 13 Jul 2016
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

The financially motivated follow-up is seriously uninspired.

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X-Men: Apocalypse

Thu, 26 May - Wed, 6 Jul 2016
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

The latest X-Men movie suffers from a lacklustre villain, but the rest of the cast fires on all cylinders.

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Eddie the Eagle

Wed, 20 Apr - Wed, 6 Jul 2016
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

A lovably cheesy tale of real world sporting triumph.

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The Angry Birds Movie

Thu, 12 May - Wed, 6 Jul 2016
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

Should have made a Candy Crush movie instead.

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The Man Who Knew Infinity

Thu, 5 May - Wed, 22 Jun 2016
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

This conventional biopic is enlivened by the quality of its performances.

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Florence Foster Jenkins

Thu, 5 May - Wed, 22 Jun 2016
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

This funny, charming biopic hits all the right notes.

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Mother's Day

Thu, 28 Apr - Wed, 15 Jun 2016
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

A clichéd and agonisingly unfunny comedy that totally wastes its ensemble cast.

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Event
Bad Neighbours 2

Thu, 12 May - Wed, 15 Jun 2016
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

A funny if rather familiar comic sequel with a satisfyingly progressive attitude.

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News
How The Jungle Book Director Jon Favreau Took Disney Beyond the Bare Necessities

We chat talking animals and tracking down Bill Murray with the actor-turned-director.

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