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
OctoberFeast Night Market

Thu, 24 Oct, 2019
Mosman Square and Village Green, Mosman

Eat your way through a fairy-lit international food market.

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News
Queensland's Mon Repos Turtle Centre Is Set to Reopen After a $22 Million Redevelopment

It's relaunching just in time for this year's turtle season.

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News
Archie Rose's New Limited-Edition Gins Pay Boozy Tribute to the Sydney Opera House

And you can sip the two tipples at the harbourside landmark's bars and restaurants, too.

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News
HBO Has Dropped the Tense Full Trailer for Its Next Big Fantasy Series, 'His Dark Materials'

It stars James McAvoy, Ruth Wilson, Lin-Manuel Miranda and 'Logan' scene-stealer Dafne Keen — and it's based on Philip Pullman's award-winning young adult novels.

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Event
Betty's Beach Party

Wed, 9 Oct, 2019
Betty's Burgers & Concrete Co North Sydney, North Sydney

The Shake Shack-style burger joint is launching its newest store — and giving away 1000 free burgers.

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News
Uluru's Incredible 'Field of Light' Installation Has Been Extended Indefinitely

A huge success since it first launched in 2016, Bruce Munro’s immersive installation will keep lighting up the Red Centre.

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Event
Joker

Thu, 3 Oct - Wed, 6 Nov 2019
Various cinemas in Sydney

Joaquin Phoenix is in stunning form as Gotham’s clown prince of crime, but this nightmarish film often proves as thematically muddled as it is striking.

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Event
Birds of Passage

Thu, 3 Oct - Wed, 23 Oct 2019
Select cinemas in Sydney, Various locations

Engrossing from start to finish, this distinctive Colombian drug drama doubles as a breathtaking study of the country's Wayúu culture.

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News
One of Australia's Most Beautiful Beaches Has Been Washed Away

Coastal erosion has seen Stockton Beach gradually lose its coveted patch of sand over the last decade — but a recent storm has closed the beach almost entirely.

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Event
Japanese Film Festival 2019 Classics Program

Wed, 2 Oct - Wed, 23 Oct 2019
Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney

Watch free horror classics in the lead up to this year's Japanese Film Festival.

Book Now

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News
Margot Robbie Returns as Harley Quinn in the Trailer for Her Own 'Suicide Squad' Spin-Off

After stealing the show in 'Suicide Squad', Robbie looks set to unleash colourful crime chaos in the star-studded 'Birds of Prey'.

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Event
Hans Zimmer Live

Sat, 5 Oct, 2019
Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney Olympic Park

Hear 'The Lion King', 'Pirates of the Caribbean' and 'Blue Planet II' performed by a live orchestra and a full band.

Buy Tickets

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News
'Stranger Things' Has Thankfully Just Been Renewed for a Fourth Season

It's leaving Hawkins behind and plunging deep into the Upside Down, too.

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Event
Bong Joon-ho Retrospective

Fri, 27 Sep - Sat, 28 Sep 2019
Dendy Opera Quays, Sydney

A free two-day film festival revisiting the 'Parasite' director's past hits.

Book Now

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Event
'Maleficent: Mistress of Evil' at The Grounds

Fri, 27 Sep - Sun, 3 Nov 2019
The Grounds of Alexandria, Alexandria

Wander through eerie laneways of black roses, dark forest and green mist at The Grounds' latest pop-up.

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Event
The Goldfinch

Thu, 26 Sep - Wed, 16 Oct 2019
Various cinemas in Sydney

Despite seemingly boasting all the right elements, this book-to-screen adaptation mirrors its namesake and fails to fly.

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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

Thu, 26 Sep - Wed, 16 Oct 2019
Various cinemas in Sydney

The popular children's book series gets the big-screen treatment — with bumps, jumps and something meaningful to say.

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News
You Can Now Play 'Mario Kart' on Your Phone So Say Goodbye to Productivity

You can race around the streets of Tokyo, hurl shells under the Arc de Triomphe and slide on banana peels on Broadway.

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Ride Like a Girl

Thu, 26 Sep - Wed, 16 Oct 2019
Various cinemas in Sydney

It tells the true tale of Michelle Payne's historic Melbourne Cup win, but this is an overly straightforward and generic biopic.

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Jesse Pinkman Is Back in the First Full Trailer for Netflix's 'El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie'

The movie-length sequel to the hit series drops this October.

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