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
Misbehaviour

Thu, 26 Nov - Wed, 9 Dec 2020
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

Based on a true story, this spirited crowd-pleaser heads to the 1970 Miss World Pageant as it's targeted by women’s liberation movement protestors.

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Happiest Season

Thu, 26 Nov - Wed, 9 Dec 2020
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

Starring Kristen Stewart and Mackenzie Davis, this festive rom-com gives its well-worn genre a much-needed queer focus.

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Possessor

Thu, 26 Nov - Wed, 16 Dec 2020
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

This nightmarish horror film about corporate-fuelled assassination via literal body snatching is one of 2020's most visceral and memorable movies.

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American Utopia

Thu, 26 Nov - Wed, 9 Dec 2020
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

Thanks to this Spike Lee-directed movie, watching a phenomenal David Byrne concert film is no longer a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

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Mank

Thu, 19 Nov - Wed, 9 Dec 2020
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

Six years after 'Gone Girl', David Fincher returns with a ravishing and icy drama about 'Citizen Kane' screenwriter Herman J Mankiewicz.

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Monsoon

Thu, 19 Nov - Wed, 9 Dec 2020
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

'Crazy Rich Asians' star Henry Golding turns in a quietly potent performance in this homecoming drama, playing a Vietnamese-born man returning to Saigon for the first time in decades.

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News
A Supremely Festive Mariah Carey Christmas Special Is Coming to Apple TV+ Next Month

The beloved singer will sing, dance and get merry alongside Tiffany Haddish, Billy Eichner, Ariana Grande, Jennifer Hudson and Snoop Dogg.

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News
'Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House of Fun' Is the Side-Splitting Absurdist Comedy Gem This Hectic Year Needs

It's available on Netflix now — and you'll want to binge it all in one go.

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Quentin Tarantino Is Turning 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' Into Your Next Must-Read Novel

If you loved the Leonardo DiCaprio-starring movie, you'll soon be able to read Tarantino's novelisation — which'll mark his first fiction book.

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News
The Historic Leonids Meteor Shower Is Soaring Through the Sky This Week

Head outside and look up.

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Event
Freaky

Thu, 12 Nov - Wed, 2 Dec 2020
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

'Freaky Friday' meets 'Friday the 13th' in this sometimes entertaining, sometimes standard horror-comedy from the director of 'Happy Death Day'.

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These Underwater Expeditions Will Let You Explore and Document the Current State of the Titanic

Because everyone's fascination with the historic wreck will go on.

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Marvel's First Disney+ Series 'WandaVision' Will Hit Your Streaming Queue in January

The sitcom-style show focuses on the suburban lives of Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) and Vision (Paul Bettany).

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Netflix Must-See 'The Queen's Gambit' Is the Involving Chess Thriller You Didn't Know You Needed

The 50s and 60s-set seven-part series is stylish, twisty and inventive — and features a superb lead performance.

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The Trailer for Christmas Rom-Com 'Happiest Season' Has Arrived to Give This Year Some Festive Cheer

It stars Kristen Stewart and Mackenzie Davis as a couple heading home for Christmas to meet the parents — who don't know that their daughter is gay.

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Event
Radioactive

There's much that's standard about this Marie Curie biopic — but it isn't without its interesting, probing and thoughtful elements.

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Australia Might Soon Be Home to the Southern Hemisphere's Biggest Indoor-Outdoor Water Park

It's slated to open in Melbourne by 2024.

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Andy Samberg's New Time-Loop Rom-Com 'Palm Springs' Will Hit Streaming Down Under This Month

The 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' star plays a man forced to attend the same wedding over and over in this must-see Sundance hit.

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Short-Form Streaming Service Quibi Will Shut Down in December Less Than Eight Months After Launching

Its bite-sized format — streaming movies and shows in ten-minute portions — failed to attract an audience.

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Event
The Craft: Legacy

Thu, 29 Oct - Wed, 18 Nov 2020
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

This 24-years-later sequel pays tribute to its predecessor and brings its teen witches into the 21st century, but still feel like the remnants left someone's cauldron.

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