Sarah Ward

Name: High Ground
Start: 2021-01-28
End: 2021-02-17
Location: Australia

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
This Is What Metro Melbourne's Five-Step Roadmap Out of COVID-19 Lockdown Looks Like

Restrictions will slowly start easing from 11.59pm on September 13, but life won't be returning to normal just yet.

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Event
In Fabric: A Long Weekend for Fashion Victims and Film Fetishists

Fri, 11 Sep - Mon, 14 Sep 2020
Online

Watch this standout flick about a haunted dress, catch a live chat with the director and listen to a masterclass about the consumption-driven nature of fashion.

Buy Tickets

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News
The First Teaser Trailer for Netflix's 'The Haunting of Bly Manor' Is Filled with Creepy Dolls

The follow-up to 2018's 'The Haunting of Hill House' will hit the streaming platform this October.

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News
You'll Soon Be Able to Catch a Ferry from Howard Smith Wharves to North Stradbroke Island

The first of three new pontoons designed to connect the Brisbane CBD with Moreton Bay is due to open before the end of 2020.

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News
'Raph's Mean Cuisine' Is the Melbourne-Made Online Cooking Show Showcasing 80s Food Favourites

It's hosted by Beatbox Kitchen, All Day Donuts and Juanita Peaches' Raph Rashid — and everything from apricot chicken to Mars bar slice is on the menu.

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News
Teamlab Is Opening Its Next Dazzling Permanent Digital Art Museum in Europe

From 2024, the art collective's new venture will sprawl across a 3000-square-metre space in Utrecht in The Netherlands.

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News
The Second Season of Tense Netflix Anthology 'Criminal' Puts Kit Harington Under Interrogation

The claustrophobic, cat-and-mouse-style show takes place entirely in police interrogation rooms — and it's back for another round.

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Event
Isolation Trivia: 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' Edition

Sun, 6 Sep, 2020
Online

Show your love for the Nine-Nine crew at this dedicated online trivia night.

Book Now

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News
The Stirring and Visually Spectacular New 'Mulan' Is One of Disney's Better Live-Action Remakes

Instead of talking dragons and cricket sidekicks, this straight-to-streaming version revisits the Chinese legend in a rousing and vibrant way.

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Event
Happy Pops' First Birthday

Sat, 12 Sep, 2020
Happy Pops, South Brisbane

Noosa's beloved gelato-on-a-stick joint is celebrating a year of slinging ice creams at South Bank.

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Bar
Illegal Tender Rum Co

Illyarrie Road, Springfield

WA's rum distillery makes just 3000 bottles a month

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Bar
Whipper Snapper Distillery

139 Kensington Street, East Perth

The East Perth whiskey aficionados using a WWII-era recipe and all WA-grown grains.

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News
The 'No Time to Die' Trailer Promises Multiple Villains, 00 Agents and Spectacular Action Scenes

After being delayed due to COVID-19, the latest Bond film — Daniel Craig's fifth — will hit cinemas in November.

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News
'Lovecraft Country' Is the Must-See New HBO Series Exploring US Race Relations Through Horror

In other words, it’s a typical Jordan Peele project — and it’s typically excellent.

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Event
The New Mutants

Thu, 3 Sep - Wed, 23 Sep 2020
Various cinemas in Brisbane

This long-delayed 'X-Men' spinoff mashes up teen, horror and superhero tropes in an oppressively generic fashion.

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The New Mutants

Thu, 3 Sep - Wed, 23 Sep 2020
Various cinemas in Sydney

This long-delayed 'X-Men' spinoff mashes up teen, horror and superhero tropes in an oppressively generic fashion.

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Event
Queer Screen Film Fest 2020

Thu, 17 Sep - Sun, 27 Sep 2020
Online

This year's queer cinema celebration is virtual and national — or, if you're in Sydney, you can head to the drive-in.

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The New Movies You Can Watch at Australian Cinemas From September 3

Head to the flicks to see a horror-themed spin on 'X-Men', a visually sumptuous Chinese drama or a faith-driven true tale.

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BIGSOUND 2020 Has Scrapped Its Physical Plans and Will Now Go Ahead as a Virtual Festival

The free event will stream across two days in October.

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Flim-Flam Redux

Multiple single dates
Art Gallery of New South Wales Domain Theatre (Lower Level 3), The Domain

AGNSW's latest free film series is all about fakes, scams and fabricated realities.

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