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
Suspiria

Thu, 8 Nov - Wed, 19 Dec 2018
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations

This glorious and gory remake of the 1977 original is a twitchy, witchy delight.

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Boy Erased

Thu, 8 Nov - Wed, 19 Dec 2018
Various cinemas in Melbourne

Joel Edgerton directs a sensitive and somber drama about the impact of gay conversion therapy, as based on a true story.

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The Girl in the Spider's Web

Thu, 8 Nov - Wed, 19 Dec 2018
Various cinemas in Melbourne

Lisbeth Salander is back in this bland and routine instalment in the Dragon Tattoo franchise.

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This Immersive 'Dirty Dancing' Experience Will Give You the Time of Your Life

Underground Cinema will let you check into Kellerman's Mountain House for Swayze-style painting classes, volleyball games and dance lessons.

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Russian Resurrection Film Festival 2018

Mon, 5 Nov - Sun, 18 Nov 2018
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations

Australia's annual celebration of Russian cinema celebrates its 15th year.

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Sugar Republic 2019

Sun, 10 Feb - Mon, 20 May 2019
Myer Melbourne, Melbourne

The pop-up dessert museum returns with 12 new dessert-filled rooms, a retro candy store and a sweet-themed cafe.

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A Collection of 100 Famous Picasso Pieces Is Coming to Victoria

Dive deeper into the Spanish artist's output when this travelling exhibition comes to the Ballarat Art Gallery.

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The First Clips of the US TV Remake of 'What We Do in the Shadows' Are Here

Ten episodes will air in early-to-mid 2019.

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Event
Campout Cinema

Sat, 1 Dec, 2018
Bush Hideouts, Trawool

An overnight camping trip with food trucks, a bar and a screening of two truly terrifying Aussie films.

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Wildlife

Thu, 1 Nov - Wed, 12 Dec 2018
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations

Actor Paul Dano directs this meticulous and emotionally affecting marital drama, with Carey Mulligan putting in a dynamite performance as an unhappy small-town housewife.

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Bohemian Rhapsody

Thu, 1 Nov - Wed, 12 Dec 2018
Various cinemas in Melbourne

This superficial but still engaging Queen biopic is lifted by Rami Malek's supersonic performance as Freddie Mercury.

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Wings of Glory's Third Birthday

Sat, 17 Nov, 2018
Wings of Glory South Melbourne, South Melbourne

Get in on the celebrations with three hours of 30-cent wings.

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How 'Halloween' and 'Get Out' Producer Jason Blum Helped Bring Horror Back to the Big Screen

Been enjoying the recent resurgence in big-screen scary movies? You have this guy to thank.

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'Best F(r)iends: Volume Two' Q&A with Greg Sestero

Tue, 11 Dec, 2018
Cinema Nova Carlton, Carlton

Cinema Nova screens the second part of Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero's new movie, with Sestero is attendance.

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Netflix's New 'Dogs' Docuseries Is All About Adorable Canines from Around the World

One episode explores life in a dog sanctuary in the Costa Rican rainforest, another relays the tale of a Siberian Husky trapped in Syria. Grab the tissues.

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The 13 Scariest, Spookiest and Most Unsettling Horror Movies of 2018

Start planning a Halloween movie marathon — these are the best horror films of the year so far.

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Childish Gambino Has Cancelled His Upcoming Australian Tour

Promoter Live Nation is working to reschedule the US hip hop star's Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Canberra dates.

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You Can Now Take a Flight on the World's First Craft Beer Airline

Yes, it's all about drinking craft brews at 30,000 feet.

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Europe Is Set to Do the World's Oceans a Solid By Banning Several Single-Use Plastic Items

The EU is planning to phase out plastic cutlery, plates, stirrers and straws, as well as cotton buds and balloon sticks, by 2021.

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Five Must-See Films at the 2018 British Film Festival

From a Scottish teen-zombie-musical-comedy to a tragic drama about Oscar Wilde’s final days and Idris Elba’s directorial debut.

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