Sarah Ward

Name: The Black Phone
Start: 2022-07-21
End: 2022-08-10
Location: Melbourne

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 Can Now Snack on Vegemite-Flavoured Popcorn for Some Reason

Pair your next cinema trip with this certain-to-be-polarising snack.

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News
Brisbane Festival Is Throwing a Free Garden Wedding for Eight LGBTIQ Couples

And if you're looking to tie the knot in September, it could be you.

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News
A Massive New Surf Park Is Set to Make Waves in Regional Australia

It's slated to be up and running by August, and boasts Aussie surfers Mark Occhilupo and Barton Lynch as its ambassadors.

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Event
Urban Wine Walk Melbourne

Sat, 13 Oct, 2018
Various locations across Melbourne, Melbourne

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

Buy Tickets

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Event
Mary Shelley

Thu, 5 Jul - Wed, 15 Aug 2018
Various cinemas in Melbourne

The story behind the world's greatest horror story, anchored by a brilliant lead performance.

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Event
Best F(r)iends: Volume One

Thu, 5 Jul - Thu, 19 Jul 2018
Cinema Nova, Carlton

The stars of The Room are back, but can lightning strike twice?

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Event
Dogapalooza 2018

Sun, 11 Nov, 2018
Burnley Park, Burnley

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

Buy Tickets

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News
The Cast of 'Twin Peaks' Is Coming to Australia

Five of the series' stars head down under to chat doppelgängers, David Lynch and life inside the Black Lodge.

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Event
Sugar Republic

Sat, 23 Jun - Fri, 17 Aug 2018
MacRobertson's Confectionery Factory, Fitzroy

A pop-up dessert museum where you can jump into a pink ball pit, climb inside a gumball machine and help yourself to lollies, ice cream and sweet snacks.

Buy Tickets

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News
This New Finnish Taxi Service Will Only Accept Payment By Singing

Forget cash or cards — this shuttle lets you croon tunes to get around town.

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News
The Longest Lunar Eclipse of the Century Will Be Visible in Australia This Month

It'll span 103 minutes — and there won't be another one this long until the 2100s.

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News
New South Wales' South Coast Is Set to Score a Huge New Bushland Art Gallery

The new Shoalhaven facility will house more than $43 million worth of art, including pieces by Pablo Picasso, Francisco Goya, Brett Whiteley and Arthur Boyd.

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The Trailer for 'What We Do in the Shadows' TV Spinoff 'Wellington Paranormal' Is Here

"Think Mulder & Scully but in a country where nothing happens."

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Ten Things We Learned Chatting with Greg Sestero About 'The Room', Tommy Wiseau and 'Best F(r)iends'

The new film is based on the time Tommy Wiseau thought Sestero was going to kill him.

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MIFF Will Feature a Whopping 43 Films From Cannes in Its 2018 Lineup

Including the Palme d'Or winner, Gaspar Noé's latest and a film based on a Haruki Murakami short story.

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Event
Adrift

Thu, 28 Jun - Wed, 8 Aug 2018
Various cinemas in Melbourne

Putting in a committed and spirited performance, Shailene Woodley does her best to keep this unremarkable disaster drama afloat.

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Sicario: Day of the Soldado

Thu, 28 Jun - Wed, 8 Aug 2018
Various cinemas in Melbourne

This sequel looks the part but lacks the humanity of its predecessor.

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Tiny Dog Festival

Sat, 30 Jun, 2018
Welcome to Thornbury, Northcote

Celebrating pint-sized pooches over a few pints.

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Astor Spooktacular: 40 Years of Halloween

Sat, 27 Oct, 2018
The Astor Theatre, St Kilda

Michael Myers slashes his way through the Astor during the Chapel Street cinema's annual halloween marathon.

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Victoria Will Ban Single-Use Plastic Bags from 2019

That makes NSW the only state that hasn't committed to reducing the use of plastic bags.

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