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
I Am Greta

Fri, 16 Oct - Wed, 4 Nov 2020
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

This rousing documentary chronicles Greta Thunberg's ascension from Swedish schoolgirl to one of the world's best-known environmental activists.

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News
You Can Now Search for Songs via Google Just By Humming, Whistling or Singing a Tune

It solves a problem we've all experienced: getting a ditty stuck in your head, but having absolutely no idea what it is.

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News
Star-Studded HBO Fantasy Series 'His Dark Materials' Will Return to TV Screens Next Month

And it has a new trailer.

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News
Femflix Is the New Streaming Service Dedicated to Films and Shows Made By, Starring and About Women

It's available Down Under now, featuring films such as '52 Tuesdays', 'Tracks', 'Suffragette' and 'Julieta'.

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Event
Savage

Tue, 1 Sep - Wed, 21 Oct 2020
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

Following a gang member's troubled childhood, tumultuous adolescence and brutal adult years, this weighty New Zealand drama benefits from a strong lead performance.

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News
You Can Now Add Ziplining Into a Life-Sized Godzilla Statue to Your Post-Pandemic Travel List

The new Japanese theme park attraction stretches across 120 metres in length — and also features a Godzilla museum and Godzilla-themed food.

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News
Nicolas Cage Fights Ninjas From Space in the Trailer for OTT New Action Movie 'Jiu Jitsu'

The film follows a team of fighters forced to face off against alien invaders for control of earth.

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News
The Full Trailer for 'The Crown' Season Four Teases a Famed Wedding, Dark Dramas and Troubled Times

It also offers a glimpse of Gillian Anderson as Margaret Thatcher, too.

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News
Japan's Multi-Level Super Nintendo Theme Park (and Its 'Mario Kart' Ride) Will Now Open in Early 2021

It'll also feature the world's first Mario cafe, which is opening this month ahead of the rest of the park.

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Event
Urban Wine Walk Ponsonby 2020

Sat, 7 Nov, 2020
Ponsonby

Take your love of wine to the streets on this self-guided stroll between Auckland bars.

Buy Tickets

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Event
Miss Juneteenth

Thu, 8 Oct - Wed, 28 Oct 2020
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

Focusing on a mother encouraging her daughter to enter a beauty pageant for Black American teens, this keenly observed drama proves both tender and thoughtful.

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Event
Antebellum

Wed, 28 Oct - Sun, 15 Nov 2020
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

Despite Janelle Monáe's best efforts, this horror film about US race relations resembles M Night Shyamalan's lesser works more than Jordan Peele's 'Get Out' or 'Us'.

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News
'Flowers Bombing Home' Is the New Teamlab Artwork That You Can View and Participate In At Home

Check out the live-stream — or draw your own flowers, upload them, and they'll be added to the kaleidoscopic project.

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News
Stephen King's Unsettling Plague Thriller 'The Stand' Is Returning to TV and It Has a Trailer

The new nine-part mini-series stars James Marsden, Whoopi Goldberg, Amber Heard and Alexander Skarsgård.

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News
Pixar's Next Film 'Soul' Is Skipping Cinemas and Going Straight to Disney+ This Christmas

Featuring the voices of Jamie Foxx and Tina Fey, it follows an aspiring jazz musician who falls down a manhole and into the afterlife.

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News
'She Dies Tomorrow' Is the Anxiety-Inducing New Viral Thriller That Couldn't Feel More Relevant

The absolute must-see movie was made before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, but proves immensely timely.

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Event
The Trial of the Chicago 7

Thu, 1 Oct - Thu, 22 Oct 2020
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

Recreating a still-relevant chapter of US history, Aaron Sorkin's latest film pairs the writer/director's usual flourishes with a top-notch cast.

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News
David Attenborough's New Nature Documentary 'A Life On Our Planet' Is Coming to Your Streaming Queue

The impassioned new doco looks back at the changing state of the planet across the broadcaster's seven-decade career — and ponders what the future might hold for the natural world.

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The First Trailer for 'The Witches' Brings Roald Dahl's Childhood Classic Back to the Screen

This version stars Anne Hathaway as the Grand High Witch — and features Stanley Tucci and Octavia Spencer, too.

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New Zealanders Will Be Able to Travel to Australia from Mid-October as Part of a One-Way Bubble

To start, New Zealanders will be allowed to visit NSW and the NT — and won't have to quarantine on arrival.

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