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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Emma Stone Makes a Stunning Frankenstein's Monster in the New Trailer for Yorgos Lanthimos' 'Poor Things'

You haven't seen a riff on Mary Shelley's gothic-horror classic like this before.

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The New Trailer for Henry Cavill's Final Season of 'The Witcher' Teases a Dark and Menacing Future

Toss a coin to this latest look at Netflix's big fantasy series, which arrives in two parts this winter.

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Disney+'s Next Big 'Star Wars' Series 'Ahsoka' Will Hit Your Streaming Queue in August

Jedi Ahsoka Tano gets her own series starring Rosario Dawson in this spinoff from 'The Mandalorian'.

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The Trailer for 'The Afterparty' Season Two Teases a Brand-New Murder-Mystery — This Time at a Wedding

The Apple TV+ series will return with more comedic sleuthing in July, with Tiffany Haddish, Sam Richardson and Zoe Chao back from season one.

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Australia's Museum of Underwater Art Off Townsville Just Scored an Impressive New Snorkel Trail

Located on the John Brewer Reef, 'Ocean Sentinels' features eight sculptures modelled after marine scientists and conservationists.

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Sigourney Weaver-Led Australian Drama 'The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart' Just Dropped Its First Trailer

This seven-episode adaptation of Aussie author Holly Ringland's 2018 novel hits Prime Video in August.

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Bubble, Bubble, 'Hocus Pocus 3' Is Officially on the Way with More Enchanted Trouble

After 2022's 'Hocus Pocus 2' proved such a hit, of course Disney is letting this witchy franchise run amok, amok, amok again.

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How Australia's Comedy Queens Made "Funny Broadchurch": Kate McLennan and Kate McCartney Talk 'Deadloch'

"We're just terrible at writing men, so it was easier just to have a dead one instead of writing dialogue for him."

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Foo Fighters Are Heading Down Under This Summer for a Hefty Stadium Tour of Australia and New Zealand

This is a call to see the Dave Grohl-fronted band on their first headline tour of Australia and NZ since 2018.

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Kim Cattrall Isn't in the New 'And Just Like That...' Trailer, But She Will Pop Up in Season Two

Cosmos at the ready — the 'Sex and the City' followup is back with a few more familiar cast members.

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IKEA Will Finally Open Its First-Ever New Zealand Store in Auckland in Late 2025

In great news for fans of flat-pack furniture, construction has just begun on the Swedish retailer's debut site in Aotearoa.

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The Kates' Smart and Hilarious Murder-Mystery 'Deadloch' Kills It as a Crime Drama and as a Comedy

Get cracking — Kate McCartney and Kate McLennan's new series is one of the streaming highlights of the year.

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'I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson' Season Three Is the Best Way to Spend 90 Minutes Right Now

Stop rewatching 'Coffin Flop' over sloppy steaks and start binging the latest hilarious sketches to drop from Netflix's best-ever comedy.

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Netflix's Full 'Black Mirror' Season Six Trailer Is Here and Dripping with Existential Dread

Satirising streaming, travelling to space, 'Red Mirror' — they're all in store when the series unleashes five new tech nightmares on June 15.

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The Boogeyman

Thu, 1 Jun - Wed, 21 Jun 2023
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

A 50-year-old Stephen King short story inspires this well-cast, emotionally astute but also often-generic dance with grief's nightmares.

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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Thu, 1 Jun - Wed, 21 Jun 2023
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

Visually spectacular and emotionally expressive, the exceptional animated 'Spider-Verse' films keep making live-action comic-book flicks look cartoonish.

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Ten Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in May

Satirical takes on history, Pete Davidson playing Pete Davidson and Ana Scotney skulking around Wellington: they're all on this month's must-stream list.

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Prime Video Is Making a Female-Led Australian Version of 'The Office' Starring Felicity Ward

Move over David Brent and Michael Scott — it's Hannah Howard's turn to get awkward, this time managing a packaging company.

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Just In: Air New Zealand Has Been Named the Airline of the Year for 2023

It's the seventh time since 2013 that the New Zealand airline has nabbed the accolade, while Qantas came in sixth and Virgin seventh.

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Netflix's Queer Coming-of-Age Delight 'Heartstopper' Will Return for Season Two in August

Adapted from Alice Oseman's graphic novels, the 2022-premiering gem also has a third season in the works.

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The Boogeyman

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Ten Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in May

Prime Video Is Making a Female-Led Australian Version of 'The Office' Starring Felicity Ward

Just In: Air New Zealand Has Been Named the Airline of the Year for 2023

Netflix's Queer Coming-of-Age Delight 'Heartstopper' Will Return for Season Two in August

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