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.

News
Jodie Foster Investigates a Chilling Mystery in the Full Trailer for 'True Detective: Night Country'

The fourth season of HBO's detective series is headed to Alaska, where eight men on an arctic research station disappear without a trace.

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Event
The Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2023

Sat, 9 Dec 2023 - Sun, 28 Apr 2024
Auckland War Memorial Museum, Parnell

For the 58th year, London's Natural History Museum has picked the best nature photographs — and you can view them at the Auckland War Memorial Museum.

Buy Tickets

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News
Ho, Ho, Holidays: Santa's Supremely Festive Cabin in Finland Is Available to Book on Airbnb for Free

Slumber in a winter wonderland adjacent to Santa's Main Post Office in Rovaniemi — elf attire included.

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News
Two Classic Movie Creatures Team Up in the First Teaser Trailer for 'Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire'

This 'Monsterverse' mash sees two cinema favourites join forces to take on a new threat hidden within the earth.

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News
Dr Jane Goodall Is Returning Down Under in 2024 to Chat About Her Career and Share Good News Stories

The world-famous chimpanzee expert and activist is making her first trip to Australia and New Zealand since 2019.

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News
Turning a Viral Short Story Everyone Has Read (and Debated) Into a Film: Director Susanna Fogel Talks 'Cat Person'

It's the movie that was always going to happen, but it doesn't just stick to the 'New Yorker' short story about modern dating that became a 2017 sensation.

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News
'The Boys' Is Back in the Characteristically Chaotic First Trailer for the Superhero Series' Fourth Season

Higher stakes, a world being torn apart, unhinged caped crusaders: that's all in store when this Emmy-nominated hit returns.

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News
Welcome to the Wasteland: Prime Video Has Dropped the First Trailer for the 'Fallout' TV Series

Hailing from 'Westworld' creators Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, the game-to-TV series will start streaming in April.

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News
"No War So Bloody as a War Between Dragons": The First 'House of the Dragon' Season Two Trailer Is Here

HBO's hit Targaryen-focused 'Game of Thrones' spinoff will return in winter 2024 Down Under.

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News
'The Crown' Gets Ready for a Royal Goodbye with the Trailer for the Netflix Drama's Six Final Episodes

After releasing the first part of the regal drama's sixth and final season in November, Netflix will drop the last-ever instalments on Thursday, December 14.

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News
Anya-Taylor Joy Hits the Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland in the First Trailer for 'Mad Max' Prequel 'Furiosa'

George Miller's dystopian franchise is back with the iconic Australian director behind the lens and Chris Hemsworth co-starring.

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The Hobbiton Movie Set Has Opened Its Hobbit Holes to the Public So You Can Step Inside Bagshot Row

For the past two decades, Hobbiton's hobbit holes have only existed as an external facade — but not anymore.

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Event
Godzilla Minus One

Fri, 1 Dec - Wed, 20 Dec 2023
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

Japan's iconic kaiju gets one of its best films yet in this affecting and spectacular monster movie, which takes Godzilla back to its World War II-era roots.

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Ten Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in November

Spend your couch time watching an Emma Corrin-led murder-mystery, 'Scott Pilgrim' in anime and Awkwafina's new comedy.

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Prime Video Is Bringing the Post-Apocalyptic 'Fallout' TV Series to Your Streaming Queue in April 2024

Almost three decades after first hitting computers, the gaming franchise is getting a live-action adaptation starring Walton Goggins, Kyle MacLachlan and Ella Purnell from 'Yellowjackets'.

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TLC Are Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of 'CrazySexyCool' with a 2024 Tour Down Under

Do go chasing Tionne 'T-Boz' Watkins and Rozonda 'Chilli' Thomas  on their six-city tour — and supports Busta Rhymes and En Vogue, too.

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Exploring Everyday Horrors in Topical Thrillers: Kitty Green Chats 'The Royal Hotel' and 'The Assistant'

In not one but two exceptional Julia Garner-starring films in succession, the Australian filmmaker unpacks gender dynamics and power imbalances in ominous spaces.

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The Full Trailer for Netflix's Adaptation of Trent Dalton's 'Boy Swallows Universe' Is Here

Featuring Simon Baker, Anthony LaPaglia, Travis Fimmel, Phoebe Tonkin, Bryan Brown and Deborah Mailman, the page-to-screen series starts streaming in January.

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'Wellington Paranormal' Is Living on with a Companion Podcast Hosted by O'Leary and Minogue

Been missing this 'What We Do in the Shadows' spinoff? The show's stars are now reliving their experiences, complete with the same banter.

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Leave the World Behind

Thu, 23 Nov - Wed, 20 Dec 2023
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

After 'Mr Robot', writer/director Sam Esmail gets paranoid again, this time with Julia Roberts- and Mahershala Ali-led families stuck on Long Island when a communications outage strikes.

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Welcome to the Wasteland: Prime Video Has Dropped the First Trailer for the 'Fallout' TV Series

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Godzilla Minus One

Ten Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in November

Prime Video Is Bringing the Post-Apocalyptic 'Fallout' TV Series to Your Streaming Queue in April 2024

TLC Are Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of 'CrazySexyCool' with a 2024 Tour Down Under

Exploring Everyday Horrors in Topical Thrillers: Kitty Green Chats 'The Royal Hotel' and 'The Assistant'

The Full Trailer for Netflix's Adaptation of Trent Dalton's 'Boy Swallows Universe' Is Here

'Wellington Paranormal' Is Living on with a Companion Podcast Hosted by O'Leary and Minogue

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