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
Best F(r)iends Q&A with Greg Sestero

Thu, 21 Jun, 2018
Cinema Nova, Carlton

Cinema Nova will screen the new movie from The Room's Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero at this one-off event.

Buy Tickets

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News
A Look Inside GOMA's Weird and Wonderful 'Patricia Piccinini: Curious Affection' Exhibition

Installations of a field of 3000 flowers, alien-like mushrooms and vast array of peculiar yet beautiful creatures will let you explore the intricacies of the acclaimed artist's mind.

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Event
Tully

Thu, 10 May - Wed, 20 Jun 2018
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations

A smart, amusing, empathetic look at motherhood from the team behind 'Young Adult' and 'Juno'.

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News
Mudgee's Luxe Hillside Glamping Retreat Has Expanded

Off the grid accommodation for those who don't want to go completely back to basics.

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News
Client Liaison Have Launched Their Own Curated Music Festival

For their next venture, the duo are masterminding a full-scale music festival that'll tour the country this winter.

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Japan's Kaleidoscopic New Digital-Only Art Museum Is Your Next Reason to Visit Tokyo

Featuring a forest filled with lamps that respond to human interaction and a virtual tea party that pairs your hot beverage with digital blooming flowers.

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News
This Super Slender Melbourne Tower Could Soon Be Australia's Tallest Building

The soaring residential tower will form part of the Royal Society of Victoria's new science precinct.

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Event
Chappaquiddick

Thu, 10 May - Wed, 20 Jun 2018
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations

This timely drama dives into a scandalous chapter in US political history.

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Event
On Body and Soul

Thu, 10 May - Wed, 20 Jun 2018
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations

A surreal romance about life, love and loneliness.

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News
Sydney Film Festival's Full Jam-Packed 2018 Program Is Here

With New Zealand comedies, Sundance hits and no fewer than 326 films screening across 12 days, this year's SFF is panning out to be a big one.

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Event
American Essentials Film Festival 2018

Thu, 10 May - Sun, 20 May 2018
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations

Featuring Nicolas Cage's latest horror-comedy, a focus on classic LA-set flicks and a mob drama straight from Cannes.

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This Environmentally Conscious Search Engine Turns Your Online Queries Into New Trees

Ecosia invests at least 80 percent of its profits into planting trees around the world.

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Round She Goes Fashion Market

Sun, 3 Jun 2018, Sun, 12 Aug 2018 and Sun, 14 Oct 2018
Coburg Town Hall, Coburg

The indoor market dedicated to women's fashion is back.

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Sydney and Brisbane Have Been Named Among the World's Top Ten Foodie Destinations to Watch

Queenstown in Tasmania also made the TripAdvisor list.

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2001: A Space Odyssey 50th Anniversary Season

Thu, 7 Jun - Sun, 24 Jun 2018
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations

Fifty years after it was first released, the beloved sci-fi classic returns to cinemas in its original 70mm form.

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The World's Longest Non-Stop Commercial Flight Is Set to Launch by the End of This Year

The 19-hour flight from Singapore to New York will take to the skies by the end of the year.

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The US TV Remake of 'What We Do in the Shadows' Is Officially Happening

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

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Breath

Thu, 3 May - Wed, 13 Jun 2018
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations

Simon Baker jumps behind the camera in this soulful and assured adaptation of Tim Winton's award-winning novel.

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Sydney Will Soon Be Home to a New Masterplanned Community Called Gilead

A new development in Sydney's far southwest unfortunately shares its name with the recently popularised dystopian setting of 'The Handmaid's Tale'.

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Human Rights Arts and Film Festival 2018

Thu, 3 May - Thu, 17 May 2018
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations

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

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