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
The Creator

Thu, 28 Sep - Wed, 18 Oct 2023
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' director Gareth Edwards goes back to his original sci-fi roots with this big-thinking and big-feeling film about humanity battling AI.

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Welcome Back to Dunder Mifflin: A Reboot of the American Version of 'The Office' Might Be on the Way

An Australian take on the series is on the way, too — but apparently the US sitcom's creator Greg Daniels is set to return to the hit show.

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The Trailer for Prime Video's New Documentary About The Wiggles Is Here and Full of Skivvies

How did four friends become one of the biggest names in Australian entertainment? 'Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles' tells that tale.

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The Trailer for 'Rick and Morty' Season Seven Is Here with More Interdimensional Chaos and New Voices

While you can hear them in this new speak peek, exactly who is now voicing the show's eponymous pair won't be revealed until the series returns in October.

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Netflix's 'Squid Game' Reality Competition TV Show Will Arrive in November — and It Has a Trailer

'Squid Game: The Challenge' will see 456 players will compete to win $4.56 million — including by facing the creepy 'Red Light, Green Light' doll.

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The Internet's Boyfriends Paul Mescal and Andrew Scott Fall in Love in the 'All of Us Strangers' Trailer

The 'Normal People' and 'Fleabag' favourites lead the latest romance from 'Weekend' filmmaker Andrew Haigh.

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Dark Mofo Is Taking a Break in 2024, Except for Its Beloved Winter Feast and Nude Solstice Swim

After turning ten with a bang, the Tasmanian winter arts festival is pausing the bulk of its events in 2024 to shape its plans for 2025 onwards.

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'Sex Education' Knows How to Climax in Its Heartfelt, Charming and Mature Fourth and Final Season

Across one last run of eight episodes, the Netflix favourite says goodbye to the Moordale crew with another affectionate and astute bang.

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Enter the Arena: 'The Hunger Games' Prequel 'The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes' Just Dropped a New Trailer

Let the games begin — based on Suzanne Collins' book on the same name, this new addition to the franchise dives into the Hunger Games' early years.

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It Lives Inside

Thu, 21 Sep - Wed, 11 Oct 2023
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

Filtering US teen horror through the Indian American experience gives this tense and thoughtful film not only a fresh perspective, but also weight and meaning.

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Jacob Elordi, a Supervillain Parody and a TLC Doco: They're on SXSW Sydney's Full Screen Festival Lineup

Talking Heads concert flick 'Stop Making Sense', a Korean horror-comedy and Aussie classic 'Lake Mungo' are also on the program.

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The Calile in Brisbane Was Just Named Oceania and Australia's Top Spot at the World's Best 50 Hotels

Coming in 12th on the World's Best's first-ever hotels list, the Sunshine State drawcard is the only Australian venue to make the cut.

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Making the First Live-Action Superhero Film with a Latino Lead: Ángel Manuel Soto Chats 'Blue Beetle'

Fourteen movies in, the DC Extended Universe charts new territory by bringing a lesser-known caped-crusader to the screen — and his culture and family.

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Jason Momoa Is Back as DC's Wettest Superhero in the First Trailer for 'Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom'

Australian filmmaker James Wan is back in the director's chair, too, for this caped-crusader sequel that arrives five years after the first 'Aquaman' movie.

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TV's Best Pirate Romance Is Back: 'Our Flag Means Death' Just Dropped Its Full Season Two Trailer

All television shows should feature Rhys Darby and Taika Waititi sailing the seas and falling in love — and you'll be able to find out what happens next in October.

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Wes Anderson and Roald Dahl Combine in the Whimsical Trailer for 'The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar'

The 39-minute short film is one of four from the symmetry-loving director that'll hit Netflix before September is out.

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The Cast of 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' Is Reuniting for a Brand-New Audible Spinoff About Spike

Co-written and co-directed by Amber Benson, aka Tara, 'Slayers: A Buffyverse Story' will see what the bleached-blonde vampire is up to ten years after the events of the show's final episode.

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Love, Murder and DiCaprio vs De Niro: That's Martin Scorsese's New 'Killers of the Flower Moon' Trailer

This western crime-drama teams up Scorsese, DiCaprio and De Niro, all on the same film for the first time ever — enough said.

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Blue Beetle

Thu, 14 Sep - Wed, 4 Oct 2023
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

The first live-action superhero film with a Latino lead sometimes struggles with standing out versus being generic, but boasts plenty of charm.

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A Haunting in Venice

Thu, 14 Sep - Wed, 4 Oct 2023
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

Leaning into gothic horror in this Halloween-set murder-mystery, Kenneth Branagh's Poirot movies get their best instalment yet.

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Making the First Live-Action Superhero Film with a Latino Lead: Ángel Manuel Soto Chats 'Blue Beetle'

Jason Momoa Is Back as DC's Wettest Superhero in the First Trailer for 'Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom'

TV's Best Pirate Romance Is Back: 'Our Flag Means Death' Just Dropped Its Full Season Two Trailer

Wes Anderson and Roald Dahl Combine in the Whimsical Trailer for 'The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar'

The Cast of 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' Is Reuniting for a Brand-New Audible Spinoff About Spike

Love, Murder and DiCaprio vs De Niro: That's Martin Scorsese's New 'Killers of the Flower Moon' Trailer

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