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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Start Planning a Ski Trip: Queenstown's Alpine Music Fest Snow Machine Has Dropped Its 2023 Lineup

Art vs Science, Hayden James, Hilltop Hoods, The Jungle Giants, Peking Duk and more will hit the stage amid skiing, snowboarding and après ski events.

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'Grease' Is the Word (Again) in the First Trailer for Prequel Series 'Rise of the Pink Ladies'

Welcome back to Rydell High, with this new musical series set four years before Danny and Sandy were hopelessly devoted to each other.

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René Redzepi's Acclaimed Noma Is Closing in 2024 to Become a Food Laboratory From 2025

Goodbye Noma 2.0, hello Noma 3.0, with the globally renowned Copenhagen restaurant set to turn into a test kitchen in its latest reinvention.

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Viva Magenta Is Pantone's "Powerful and Empowering" Colour of the Year for 2023

"Viva Magenta is brave and fearless, and a pulsating colour whose exuberance promotes a joyous and optimistic celebration, writing a new narrative."

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Netflix Has Renewed 'Wednesday' for a Creepy, Kooky, Mysterious and Spooky Second Season

After the first Jenna Ortega-starring season broke the Netflix record for most hours viewed in a single week twice, this 'Addams Family' revamp has been renewed for a second run.

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The Full Trailer for New Mystery Series 'Poker Face' Will Fill the 'Knives Out'-Shaped Hole in Your Life

After 'Knives Out' and 'Glass Onion', filmmaker Rian Johnson has made a whodunnit TV show starring Natasha Lyonne.

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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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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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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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Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

Thu, 5 Jan - Wed, 25 Jan 2023
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

Jenny Slate's cute viral hit is even more adorable — and thoughtful, intelligent and meta — in movie form.

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The Fabelmans

Thu, 5 Jan - Wed, 25 Jan 2023
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

Steven Spielberg takes inspiration from his film-obsessed childhood in this sincere and perceptive coming-of-age story, family drama and ode to cinema.

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A Man Called Otto

Sun, 1 Jan - Wed, 25 Jan 2023
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

Tom Hanks gets cantankerous in this by-the-numbers Americanisation of Swedish hit 'A Man Called Ove'.

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Blueback

Sun, 1 Jan - Wed, 25 Jan 2023
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

Another Tim Winton novel heads to the screen, this time starring Mia Wasikowska and directed by 'The Dry' filmmaker Robert Connolly.

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Ten Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in December

Make a couch date with the new 'Knives Out' whodunnit, an ace homegrown drama, a steamy romance and a delightful Aussie rom-com sitcom.

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

Spend the biggest cinema-going day of the year with an Oscar frontrunner, 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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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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