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
Amazon Has Finally Revealed What Its New 'Lord of the Rings' TV Series Will Be About

The new five-season show won't just rehash the films.

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The Planet Just Experienced Its Equal Warmest Year in Recorded History

2020 tied with 2016 — and the past six years are the hottest six on record, too.

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Nicolas Cage Tries to Survive a Possessed Fun Park in the Trailer for 'Willy's Wonderland'

In his latest OTT role, he battles demonic animatronic mascots.

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Sally Rooney's First Novel Since 'Normal People' Will Hit Bookstores This Year

You'll be able to read the Irish author's first book in three years this September.

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Event
All-You-Can-Eat Meat and Cheese Boards

Fri, 1 Jan - Sun, 31 Jan 2021
The Bavarian Newmarket, Auckland

Feast your way through unlimited German cheese, charcuterie and pretzels.

Buy Tickets

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The Tense Full Trailer for 'Snowpiercer' Season Two Teases Another Onboard Civil War

Sean Bean joins the cast — and it'll start streaming Down Under later in January.

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Netflix Has Revealed All the Star-Studded New Movies It'll Be Streaming in 2021

The streaming platform has dropped a trailer that runs through its packed slate for the year, too.

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Event
Summerland

Thu, 7 Jan - Wed, 27 Jan 2021
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

This this primarily World War II-set drama is mostly straightforward, but boasts memorable work from Gemma Arterton and a potent undercurrent of subversion.

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HBO Is Reviving 'Sex and the City' Via a New Ten-Episode Spinoff Series

Called 'And Just Like That...", it'll star Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon.

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Netflix Has Dropped the Trailer for Sultry Zendaya-Starring Romantic Drama 'Malcolm & Marie'

Co-starring John David Washington, the film is written and directed by 'Euphoria' creator Sam Levinson.

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Event
Promising Young Woman

Thu, 7 Jan - Wed, 27 Jan 2021
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

Carey Mulligan is fierce and formidable in this brilliant, blistering and bubblegum-hued take on the rape-revenge genre.

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News
Ten Excellent and Exciting New Films to Add to Your 2021 Must-See List

Including likely Oscar-nominees, long-awaited animated releases and big-name sequels — and Nicolas Cage's latest, too.

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The Dry

Fri, 1 Jan - Wed, 20 Jan 2021
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

The best-selling Aussie crime novel jumps to the big screen, and Eric Bana is superb as its conflicted central cop.

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The Trailer for Studio Ghibli's Long-Awaited New Movie 'Earwig and The Witch' Is Here

The new film arrives seven years after the Japanese animation house's last solo release.

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Event
An American Pickle

Seth Rogen stars opposite himself in this affable, sometimes thoughtful but mostly forgettable fish-out-of-water comedy.

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The Ten Best Straight-to-Streaming Films of 2020

Powerful dramas, gorgeous animation, twisty comedies, exceptional musicals — 2020's streaming lineup delivered them all.

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Event
'Lazarus' Live-Stream

Fri, 8 Jan - Sun, 10 Jan 2021
Online

Celebrate David Bowie's birthday or mark the fifth anniversary of his death with a live-stream of one of his final projects.

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Qantas Has Been Named the World's Safest Airline for 2021

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

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Mark Wahlberg Is Opening 20 Wahlburgers Restaurants Across Australia and New Zealand

The burger chain is teaming up with United Cinemas, and opening eateries in theatres and at stand-alone locations in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane and New Zealand.

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Nicolas Cage Screams Expletives In the Full Trailer for Netflix's 'History of Swear Words'

It hits the streaming platform in January.

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