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.

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Nicolas Cage Plays Dracula in the Glorious First Trailer for Horror-Comedy 'Renfield'

More than three decades after screaming “I’m a vampire! I’m a vampire! I’m a vampire!” in 'Vampire's Kiss', Cage plays the most famous bloodsucker there is.

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Netflix Heist Thriller 'Kaleidoscope' Is Ridiculously Easy to Binge No Matter Which Order You Watch It In

Choose your own way through this eight-part series, which stars ‘Breaking Bad’ and ‘Better Call Saul’ alum Giancarlo Esposito.

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Awards Season Alert: The 2023 Golden Globes Will Stream Live in Australia Via Stan

Come Wednesday, January 11, you can stream the red carpet arrivals and the ceremony — with Jerrod Carmichael on hosting duties.

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HBO Might Not Be Making Quite as Many 'Game of Thrones' Spinoffs After All

Author George RR Martin reports that a couple of HBO's previously floated new 'Game of Thrones'-related series have been shelved.

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Kim Petras Has Just Joined the Lineup for Sydney WorldPride's Huge Rainbow Republic Closing Concert

The German pop star joins MUNA, G Flip, Keiynan Lonsdale, Peach PRC, Alter Boy, BVT and Vetta Borne.

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Lego's Stunning New 'Great Wave' Set Will Let You Recreate Hokusai's Masterpiece at Home

Hang an iconic Japanese artwork on your wall — made out of plastic bricks.

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Gripping Murder-Mystery 'Black Snow' Is Streaming's First Must-See New Australian Series of 2023

Travis Fimmel leads this North Queensland-set thriller, which jumps between 1994 and 2019 to investigate a shock murder of an Australian South Sea Islander teenager.

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Twelve Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in December

Make a couch date with the new 'Knives Out' whodunnit, Annie Murphy's latest gem, a steamy romance and an ace Aussie rom-com sitcom.

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The New Movies You Can Watch at Australian Cinemas From Boxing Day 2022

Spend the biggest cinema-going day of the year with an Oscar frontrunner, a savage satire of privilege, a Whitney Houston biopic and Antonio Banderas voicing a mischievous cat.

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Hello Wisconsin: The Trailer for Netflix's 'That '90s Show' Is Here and Dripping with Nostalgia

'That '70s Show' is getting a sequel series, focusing on 90s teen Leia Forman — and featuring the bulk of the OG sitcom's cast.

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The 15 Best Films of 2022

From mesmerising South Korean thrillers to spectacular music documentaries — and including multiverse madness, volcano love stories and a cannibalistic Timothée Chalamet, too — here's the cream of 2022's cinematic crop.

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Virgin's Boxing Day Sale Is Slinging 800,000 Domestic and International Flights with Prices From $55

Give yourself cheap flights to Tokyo, Bali and Vanuatu as a post-Christmas gift.

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The 15 Best Straight-to-Streaming Movies of 2022

These flicks might've bypassed your favourite cinema, but they're still among the year's absolute best.

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The 15 Best New TV Shows of 2022

If you only catch up with 15 of 2022's exceptional brand-new TV shows over summer, make it this 15.

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The 15 Best Returning TV Shows of 2022

This year's returning small-screen highlights include exceptional crime dramas, savvy comedies, mind-bending animation and playful murder-mysteries.

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Disney+ Has Dropped a Sneak Peek at Its 2023 Streaming Highlights — Including 'Loki' Season Two

The God of Mischief is returning for a second season — and Disney just delivered a glimpse at its other 2023 streaming standouts.

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Christopher Nolan's Explosive New Atomic Bomb Drama 'Oppenheimer' Just Dropped Its Full Trailer

"I don't know if we can be trusted with such a weapon, but we have no choice."

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Fifteen Excellent New TV Shows From 2022 That You Might've Missed

Your summer catch-up list includes affectionate Hollywood docos, true-crime thrillers, TV shows based on movies and plenty of top-notch comedies.

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The 15 Best Movies Hardly Anyone Saw in 2022

This year's underappreciated gems span Japanese animated takes on 'Beauty and the Beast', Australian stunners and Tilda Swinton searching for a mysterious sound.

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Let's Go Party: The First Trailer for Greta Gerwig's Margot Robbie-Starring 'Barbie' Is Here

Cinema's latest toy-to-film adaptation also stars Ryan Gosling as Ken — and features plenty of pink.

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