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
Watch the Trailer for Netflix's New Australian-Made Dystopian Sci-Fi Thriller 'I Am Mother'

Rose Byrne voices a maternal robot in this new movie, which was shot in Adelaide and screened at Sundance.

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Event
Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson Live with 'The Dawn Wall'

Sat, 20 Jul, 2019
The Astor Theatre, St Kilda

Two of the world's best climbers are coming to Australia to chat about their high-flying careers.

Buy Tickets

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Palace Has Launched Its Luxe New Premium Cinema Experience in Melbourne

Palace Platinum has launched at the Como in South Yarra.

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The US TV Version of 'What We Do in the Shadows' Has Been Renewed for a Second Season

You'll be able to sink your fangs into ten more episodes in 2020.

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News
The World's First Zero-Waste Flight Soared Across Australian Skies This Week

Flying from Adelaide to Sydney, 34 kilograms of waste were saved.

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Melbourne Just Shivered Through Its Coldest and Wettest Day of the Year

Winter is coming.

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News
The Full Trailer for the Star-Studded Second Season of 'Big Little Lies' Has Just Dropped

This time around, Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Laura Dern, Shailene Woodley and Zoë Kravitz face off against Meryl Streep.

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Dylan Moran Is Bringing His New Comedy Show to Australia

The 'Black Books' star is touring the country for two months between October and December.

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The First Creepy 'IT: Chapter Two' Trailer Has Arrived to Reignite Your Clown Phobias

27 years later, Pennywise is back — and this time he's terrifying Jessica Chastain, Bill Hader and James McAvoy.

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Event
All Is True

Thu, 9 May - Wed, 5 Jun 2019
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations

Starring as well as directing, Kenneth Branagh explores William Shakespeare's retirement years in this thoughtful drama.

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The Hustle

Thu, 9 May - Wed, 5 Jun 2019
Various cinemas in Melbourne

Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson can't save this gender-swapped con-artist remake, which just ends up scamming itself.

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News
Ten Years After the Movie, the First Teaser for the New 'Watchmen' TV Series Is Here

With 'Game of Thrones' finishing, HBO hopes this will be its next pop culture phenomenon.

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The New 'Spider-Man: Far From Home' Trailer Picks Up Where 'Avengers: Endgame' Left Off

It even comes with a spoiler warning from star Tom Holland.

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News
SBS Is Launching a New Free-to-Air Channel Showing World Movies 24 Hours a Day

It launches on July 1, and will screen more than 700 movies each year.

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Event
Human Rights Arts and Film Festival 2019

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

Melbourne's showcase of human rights-focused films, art and performances is back.

Buy Tickets

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News
Check Out the Trailer for 'Crawl', the New Killer Alligator Movie Snapping Its Way Into Cinemas

Taking place in Florida just as a huge hurricane hits, it pits a father and daughter against a creature with quite the bite.

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Event
Yandell Walton: Shifting Surrounds

Sat, 4 May - Sat, 20 Jul 2019
The Substation, Newport

This immersive digital installation explores the planet's shifting environments, as sparked by climate change.

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Stradbroke Island Is Now Home to a Scenic New Mountain Bushwalking Trail

New beachside cabins, eco-tents, glamping and safari tents are coming, too.

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Hulu's 'Fyre Fraud' Documentary Is Finally Screening in Australia

You've seen Netflix's doco — now the other Fyre Festival film finally makes its way to Aussie screens.

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'Magic Mike' Is Being Turned Into a Stage Musical

It's due to premiere in the US in November, and is eyeing off a Broadway run.

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