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
Cheese Lovers Festival

Sat, 25 Jun, 2016
The Sebel Kirkton Park Hunter Valley, Pokolbin

The Hunter Valley's brand new, dedicated cheese event. Count. Us. In.

Buy Tickets

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Event
Warcraft: The Beginning

Thu, 16 Jun - Wed, 17 Aug 2016
Various cinemas in Sydney

This derivative fantasy adaptation feels like a bunch of video game cutscenes strung together.

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Me Before You

Thu, 16 Jun - Wed, 10 Aug 2016
Various cinemas in Sydney

A sub par tear-jerker.

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Five Must-See Films to Catch at Palace Cinemas' New Documentary Festival

Hot Docs is here with boxing epics, cave diving nail-biters and an exploration on Chuck Norris.

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Event
Hot Docs at Palace Cinemas

Tue, 21 Jun - Sun, 3 Jul 2016
Palace Verona, Paddington

Get your documentary fix at this brand new Canadian import.

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The Conjuring 2

Thu, 9 Jun - Wed, 10 Aug 2016
Various cinemas in Sydney

This familiar sequel still manages to be both frightening and fun.

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Baron Samedi at Taylor's Rooftop

Wed, 8 Jun - Sat, 2 Jul 2016
Taylor's Rooftop, Sydney

Enter a rooftop world of music, mystery and Haitian Voodoo.

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Now You See Me 2

Thu, 2 Jun - Wed, 27 Jul 2016
Various cinemas in Sydney

This unnecessary sequel quickly wears thin.

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Sydney Film Festival 2016

Wed, 8 Jun - Sun, 19 Jun 2016
Various cinemas in Sydney

If you need us during June, we'll be holed up in a dark room.

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Five Jam-Packed Itineraries for Couples Getaways in the Blue Mountains

Take a little road trip, just the two of you.

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Baron Samedi Is Hosting a Tonne of Winter Rum Pop-Ups

Rum will come together with live music at venues across Melbourne and Sydney.

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Sydney Film Festival Has Added a Host of Cannes Titles to Their 2016 Lineup

Starting with Jim Jarmusch's latest feature with Adam Driver.

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Event
Queen of the Desert

Thu, 2 Jun - Wed, 27 Jul 2016
Select cinemas in Sydney, Various locations

Nicole Kidman, James Franco and Robert Pattinson can't salvage this disappointing historical drama.

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Money Monster

Thu, 2 Jun - Wed, 27 Jul 2016
Various cinemas in Sydney

George Clooney, Julia Roberts and Jack O'Connell excel in this urgent, edge-of-your-seat thriller.

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The Rewriters: How Barry Patenaude Became One of Australia's Most Kickass Illustrators

Meet the Brisbane artist whose illustrations have everyone from the Biennale of Sydney to Concrete Playground lining up.

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Alice Through the Looking Glass

Thu, 26 May - Wed, 13 Jul 2016
Various cinemas in Sydney

This financially motivated follow-up is seriously uninspired.

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Hunt For The Wilderpeople's Taika Waititi Talks Buddy Comedies and Taking On Thor

"The one thing that everyone relates to the most? Family dynamics. I don't relate to bank robbers."

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Criminal

Thu, 19 May - Wed, 29 Jun 2016
Select cinemas in Sydney, Various locations

A clumsy action flick that would feel more at home in the nineties.

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Five Pieces of Homework to Do Before Sydney Film Festival's Scorsese Retrospective

Get watching, reading and cooking his mother's meatballs.

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Essential Scorsese: Selected by David Stratton

Sat, 11 Jun - Sun, 19 Jun 2016

From Taxi Driver to Goodfellas.

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