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.

  • Annabelle
    Event

    Annabelle

    Thu, 2 Oct - Wed, 5 Nov 2014

    Various cinemas in Brisbane

    Prepare for haunted horror cliches centred on a possessed porcelain plaything.

  • Annabelle
    Event

    Annabelle

    Thu, 2 Oct - Wed, 5 Nov 2014

    Various cinemas in Melbourne

    Prepare for haunted horror cliches centred on a possessed porcelain plaything.

  • Annabelle
    Event

    Annabelle

    Thu, 2 Oct - Wed, 5 Nov 2014

    Various cinemas in Sydney

    Prepare for haunted horror cliches centred on a possessed porcelain plaything.

  • Hollywood Games Night
    Event

    Hollywood Games Night

    Wed, 12 Nov, 2014

    New Farm Cinemas, New Farm

    Fancy some board game fun with your film-going?

  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest – Brisbane Arts Theatre
    Event

    One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest – Brisbane Arts Theatre

    Sat, 4 Oct - Sat, 1 Nov 2014

    Brisbane Arts Theatre, Brisbane

    The classic novel and Oscar-winning film becomes Brisbane Arts Theatre's latest play.

    Buy Tickets
  • Forbidden Hollywood: The Wild Days of Pre-Code Cinema
    Event

    Forbidden Hollywood: The Wild Days of Pre-Code Cinema

    Fri, 26 Sep - Sun, 2 Nov 2014

    Take a look back through cinema's subversive past.

  • Jim McEwan Whisky Experience
    Event

    Jim McEwan Whisky Experience

    Sat, 4 Oct, 2014

    The Gresham, Brisbane

    A whisky master talks you through a tasting, including the experimental drop distilled from the most heavily peated barley possible.

  • Spring Hill Alive Festival 2014
    Event

    Spring Hill Alive Festival 2014

    Sat, 4 Oct, 2014

    Boundary Street, Spring Hill

    Spring Hill Alive Festival is bringing revelry back to the CBD's outskirts. Take advantage of the increasingly warm Brisbane weather with a pool party followed by a 'dive-in' movie at the Spring Hill Baths.

  • News

    Five Life Lessons We Can Learn from Dance Movies

    You learn more than just the running man when you watch All The Dance Movies.

  • The Boxtrolls
    Event

    The Boxtrolls

    Thu, 18 Sep - Wed, 29 Oct 2014

    Various cinemas in Melbourne

    Stitching together the sensibilities of Tim Burton and Roald Dahl, The Boxtrolls is a warm and witty excursion through the weird and wonderful.

  • The Boxtrolls
    Event

    The Boxtrolls

    Thu, 18 Sep - Wed, 29 Oct 2014

    Various cinemas in Brisbane

    Stitching together the sensibilities of Tim Burton and Roald Dahl, The Boxtrolls is a warm and witty excursion through the weird and wonderful.

  • The Boxtrolls
    Event

    The Boxtrolls

    Thu, 18 Sep - Wed, 29 Oct 2014

    Various cinemas in Sydney

    Stitching together the sensibilities of Tim Burton and Roald Dahl, The Boxtrolls is a warm and witty excursion through the weird and wonderful.

  • The Little Death
    Event

    The Little Death

    Thu, 25 Sep - Wed, 22 Oct 2014

    Select cinemas in Sydney, Various locations

    A Love Actually for sex, kink and fetishes.

  • The Little Death
    Event

    The Little Death

    Thu, 25 Sep - Mon, 22 Sep 2014

    Select cinemas in Brisbane, Various locations

    A Love Actually for sex, kink and fetishes.

  • The Little Death
    Event

    The Little Death

    Thu, 25 Sep - Wed, 22 Oct 2014

    A Love Actually for sex, kink and fetishes.

  • We Are the Best!
    Event

    We Are the Best!

    Thu, 18 Sep - Wed, 15 Oct 2014

    Select cinemas in Sydney, Various locations

    The spirit of Swedish punk filters through an astute and involving female coming-of-age film.

  • We Are the Best!
    Event

    We Are the Best!

    Thu, 18 Sep - Wed, 15 Oct 2014

    Select cinemas in Brisbane, Various locations

    The spirit of Swedish punk filters through an astute and involving female coming-of-age film.

  • We Are the Best!
    Event

    We Are the Best!

    Thu, 18 Sep - Wed, 15 Oct 2014

    The spirit of Swedish punk filters through an astute and involving female coming-of-age film.

  • Jodorowsky’s Dune
    Event

    Jodorowsky’s Dune

    Thu, 18 Sep - Wed, 8 Oct 2014

    Cinema Nova, Carlton

    Hear about the never-completed cult film that might have changed cinema history.

  • Jodorowsky’s Dune
    Event

    Jodorowsky’s Dune

    Thu, 18 Sep - Wed, 8 Oct 2014

    Dendy Newtown, Newtown

    Hear about the never-completed cult film that might have changed cinema history.

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