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
Jungle Collective Indoor Plant Sale 2019

Sat, 8 Jun - Sun, 9 Jun 2019
The Jungle Collective, Abbotsford

Browse for greenery at this leafy party inside an Abbotsford warehouse.

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News
You Can Now Head to a Galaxy Far, Far Away at Disney's First 'Star Wars' Theme Park Zone

Disneyland's Galaxy's Edge has thrown open its intergalactic doors, with another set to launch at Disney World in August.

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Event
Freddie Mercury Festival

Sun, 9 Jun, 2019
Welcome to Thornbury, Northcote

This dedicated Queen party will rock you.

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News
The Visually Stunning First Trailer for Netflix's 'Dark Crystal' Prequel Series Is Here

The streaming platform steps back into the story first told in Jim Henson's 1982 film.

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Event
Melbourne Music Bus Tour 2019

Multiple single dates
Arts Centre Melbourne, Melbourne

Take a bus ride through Melbourne's music history.

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News
NASA Will Start Launching Rockets From Australia in 2020

The US organisation is setting up temporary launch facilities at the Arnhem Space Centre in the Northern Territory.

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News
HBO's Chilling and Horrifying 'Chernobyl' Is the Next Powerful Drama Screaming for a Binge-Watch

It's as masterful as it is haunting and shocking.

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Event
Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Thu, 30 May - Wed, 26 Jun 2019
Various cinemas in Melbourne

Battling beasties can't save this by-the-numbers kaiju film, which favours its bland human squabbles over its massive monster mash.

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Event
Rocketman

Thu, 30 May - Wed, 26 Jun 2019
Various cinemas in Melbourne

Elton John gets the biopic treatment in this gloriously vivid musical, complete with a spot-on performance by Taron Egerton.

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News
Melbourne International Film Festival Has Revealed Its First 2019 Films

A 14-hour epic, Ai Weiwei's latest doco and a new zombie comedy starring Oscar-winner Lupita Nyong'o — and that's just in the first announcement.

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News
Bong Joon-ho's 'Parasite' Has Won the Palme d'Or at This Year's Cannes Film Festival

The 'Okja' and 'Snowpiercer' filmmaker made history, becoming the first Korean director to nab Cannes' top award.

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Restaurant
Grounds of Arcadia - CLOSED

The Hellenic Museum, 280 William Street, Melbourne

A Greek restaurant inside an award-winning silver cube in the courtyard of The Hellenic Museum.

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News
Arnold Schwarzenegger Is Back (Again) with the First Teaser for 'Terminator: Dark Fate'

And so are Linda Hamilton and James Cameron

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News
'The Babadook' Director Jennifer Kent Returns with Her Brutal New Film, 'The Nightingale'

Five years after her debut hit, the Australian filmmaker returns with a different kind of horror.

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You Can Now Order an Uber Submarine to Explore the Depths of the Great Barrier Reef

You can now get a 'scUber' on demand — if you've got a spare $3000.

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2040

Thu, 23 May - Wed, 19 Jun 2019
Various cinemas in Melbourne

The director of That Sugar Film returns with a passionate, upbeat plea for the future of our planet.

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Aladdin

Thu, 23 May - Wed, 19 Jun 2019
Various cinemas in Melbourne

This live-action remake is suitably nostalgic and features a terrific cast, but never tries to soar on its own magic carpet.

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Skating At Festival St Kilda 2019

Fri, 21 Jun - Sun, 14 Jul 2019
Acland Street, St Kilda

St Kilda's winter wonderland returns.

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The Full Trailer Has Dropped for Quentin Tarantino's Star-Studded 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'

It charts the end of Hollywood's golden age and the Manson Family murders — and features everyone from Brad Pitt to Al Pacino, Leonardo DiCaprio to Margot Robbie.

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German Film Festival 2019

Thu, 23 May - Sun, 9 Jun 2019
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations

Showcasing the best new movies from the country that gave us 'Metropolis', 'Das Boot', 'Run Lola Run' and Werner Herzog.

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