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
You Will Soon Be Able to Glamp in a Vineyard on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula All Year-Round

Rosebud's Blue Range Estate Wines will reopen its luxury glamping ground in October.

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Southeast Queensland Is Getting a New Waterside Reggae Festival Headlined by Shaggy and Sean Paul

New Zealand's One Love Festival is making its Australian debut on the Gold Coast in 2020.

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New Netflix Thriller 'The I-Land' Serves Up a Survival-of-the-Fittest Battle on a Tropical Island

It looks like 'Lost' meets 'The Hunger Games' — and it drops this month.

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Qantas Will Run Trial Flights Direct From the East Coast to New York and London By the End of 2019

The aim is to start running non-stop commercial flights from Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane by 2022.

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Event
'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' Trivia

Sun, 8 Sep, 2019
Welcome to Thornbury, Northcote

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

Book Now

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More Than 150,000 Tulips Will Line the Yarra River Tomorrow to See in Spring

And they're up for grabs.

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Anna Kendrick Is Here to Save Christmas In the Trailer for Disney's New Festive Comedy 'Noelle'

The Disney+ film also stars Bill Hader as a very reluctant new Santa.

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Taste-Testing New Gelato Flavours Is a Real Thing You Can Get Paid to Do

Gelatissimo will pay one gelato-lover $500 for four hours work — and scoop of plenty of frosty desserts, too.

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Five Must-See Films at the 2019 Lavazza Italian Film Festival

From a cross-cultural romantic comedy to a harrowing exploration of child trafficking trade in southern Italy.

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Event
Bathe-In Cinema at Peninsula Hot Springs

Multiple single dates
Peninsula Hot Springs, Fingal

Soak in the hot springs under the stars and in front of the big screen

Buy Tickets

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Event
Kursk

Thu, 29 Aug - Wed, 25 Sep 2019
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations

Matthias Schoenaerts, Léa Seydoux and Colin Firth star in this tense and moving recreation of the 2000 Kursk submarine disaster.

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Event
Amazing Grace

Thu, 29 Aug - Wed, 25 Sep 2019
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations

This stunning concert documentary finally makes its way to the big screen — 47 years after it was shot.

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Event
Dogman

Thu, 29 Aug - Wed, 25 Sep 2019
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations

Inspired by a true tale, this thoughtful Italian crime drama follows a dog groomer's tussles with the Neapolitan underworld.

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A Life-Size, Custom-Made Lego Version of Your Dog Is a Thing You Could Own

Legoland is offering one lucky dog owner across Australia exactly that.

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Event
The Nightingale

Thu, 29 Aug - Wed, 25 Sep 2019
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations

In her follow-up to 'The Babadook', Jennifer Kent serves up a searing and stunning tale of violence and revenge in colonial Tasmania.

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Event
The Kitchen

Thu, 29 Aug - Wed, 25 Sep 2019
Various cinemas in Melbourne

Melissa McCarthy, Elisabeth Moss and Tiffany Haddish can't lift this average mob drama.

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News
You Can Watch Close to 7000 Movies and TV Shows for Free on New Streaming Service Tubi

It launches in Australia this weekend with lots of horror and retro flicks.

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Joaquin Phoenix Is an Utterly Terrifying Clown in the Final Creepy 'Joker' Trailer

He's unhinged and ready to wreak havoc on Gotham City — and Australian cinemas this spring.

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Dogapalooza 2019

Sun, 10 Nov, 2019
Burnley Park, Burnley

The music event of every pet lover's dreams is back.

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'Evil Dead' in Concert

Thu, 31 Oct, 2019
Palais Theatre, St Kilda

A Halloween screening of the 80s horror flick — complete with a live orchestra.

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