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
The Action-Packed Full Trailer for Jordan Peele's New Nazi-Fighting Series 'Hunters' Is Here

Set in the 70s and inspired by true events, it stars Al Pacino as the leader of a vigilante squad determined to rid the US of escaped Nazis.

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BrewDog Is Opening the World's First Alcohol-Free Craft Beer Bar

It's the brewery's first bar of its kind, too — and all 15 of its taps will pour booze-free craft brews.

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Netflix Sinks Its Teeth Into a Gothic Horror Classic In the Bloody and Brooding Trailer for 'Dracula'

Created by the team behind 'Sherlock', the new three-part series drops this weekend.

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Urban Wine Walk Melbourne Summer 2020

Sat, 8 Feb, 2020
Various locations across Melbourne, Melbourne

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

Buy Tickets

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Qantas Has Been Named the World's Safest Airline for 2020

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

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The First Trailer for 'A Quiet Place Part II' Delivers More Silence, Monsters and Kick-Ass Emily Blunt

The sequel to the 2018 horror hit also features Cillian Murphy and Djimon Hounsou.

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Ten Films You Need to See in 2020

Get ready for the long-awaited 'Bill & Ted Face the Music' to an 'Inception'-like flick and Sofia Coppola's new film starring Bill Murray.

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Little Women

Wed, 1 Jan - Wed, 29 Jan 2020
Various cinemas in Melbourne

The classic American novel gets a sharp, savvy and soulful new adaptation, with Greta Gerwig at the helm and Saoirse Ronan leading the cast.

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Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Thu, 26 Dec 2019 - Wed, 15 Jan 2020
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations

This lush period-set romance from ‘Girlhood’ director Celine Sciamma was one of 2019's very best films.

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Australia Is Now Home to the Southern Hemisphere's First Museum of Underwater Art

The first two artworks have just been installed off Townsville, with four locations planned across the Great Barrier Reef.

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Indie Spirits Tasting 2020 — CANCELLED

Sun, 23 Aug, 2020
The Craft & Co, Collingwood

One day. More than 100 boutique spirits.

Buy Tickets

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You Can Now Stream Every Episode of '30 Rock' on Stan

All seven seasons of Tina Fey's hilarious sitcom have just hit the Australian streaming platform.

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'The Woman in the Window' Is the Next Twisty Page-Turner to Get the Big-Screen Treatment

Based on the psychological mystery novel of the same name, it stars Amy Adams, Julianne Moore, Gary Oldman and Anthony Mackie.

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The World's First Fully Electric Commercial Aircraft Has Completed Its First Test Flight

The six-passenger seaplane took off from Vancouver.

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Australia's First Set of Indigenous Emojis Are Now Available to Download

Available on Android and iOS, the 90 new Indigemoji stickers include the Aboriginal flag, a boomerang and Australian animals.

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Sweden's Ice Hotel Has Revealed Its Latest Batch of Frosty and Imaginative Artist-Created Rooms

The hotel's 30th annual incarnation features a golden room, an icy kaleidoscope and a frosty depiction of Santorini.

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Sorry We Missed You

Thu, 26 Dec 2019 - Wed, 15 Jan 2020
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations

Bleak and empathetic in equal measure, the latest impassioned film by British great Ken Loach explores the reality of the gig economy.

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The Truth

Thu, 26 Dec 2019 - Wed, 15 Jan 2020
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations

After winning the Palme d'Or for 'Shoplifters', Hirokazu Kore-eda returns with a characteristically perceptive family drama set in France.

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The Ten Best Films of 2019

This year we reviewed close to 150 films — and this devious South Korean masterpiece and hard-to-watch Australian thriller are among the absolute best.

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Jojo Rabbit

Thu, 26 Dec 2019 - Wed, 15 Jan 2020
Various cinemas in Melbourne

Taika Waititi's “anti-hate satire” has laughs, heart and barbs, but it doesn't completely hit all the right notes.

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