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
Forget Visas and Package Tours: Japan Has Officially Reopened to Individual Tourists

After two-and-a-half years of strict border rules, Japan has reopened to tourists from Down Under — and your dream getaway is back on.

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Event
The Good Boss

Thu, 13 Oct - Wed, 2 Nov 2022
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

Javier Bardem is magnetic in this Spanish award-winner, which savagely and smartly satirises power, privilege and workplace life.

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News
When Joel Edgerton Asks You to Direct an Aussie Crime-Thriller: Chatting 'The Stranger' with Thomas M Wright

Based on the Daniel Morcombe case, but fictionalising the details and focusing on a police investigation, this Cannes-premiering Australian film wasn’t easy to make.

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Netflix's Creepy, Kooky and Spooky Full 'Wednesday' Trailer Is Here — Complete with Christina Ricci

This Tim Burton-directed series heads to high school with Wednesday Addams — and features Fred Armisen as Uncle Fester.

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Netflix Is Bringing 'Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery' to the Big Screen So You Get Sleuthing in Cinemas

Can't wait to see this Daniel Craig-led whodunnit sequel in your streaming queue? It's heading to the silver screen first.

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"Mushroom Kingdom, Here We Come": The First Trailer for 'The Super Mario Bros Movie' Is Here

Chris Pratt voices the Nintendo character in the new animated film, which also features Jack Black as Bowser and Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach.

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Check Back In: HBO Just Dropped the Sicily-Set Trailer for 'The White Lotus' Season Two

"It's just been a series of very bad decisions."

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David Harbour Plays a 'John Wick'-Style Santa in the Action-Packed First Trailer for 'Violent Night'

Put this on your nice list this festive season.

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Event
Don't Worry Darling

Thu, 6 Oct - Wed, 26 Oct 2022
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

Stunning to look at and featuring a phenomenal performance by Florence Pugh, Olivia Wilde's second film as a director always demands attention.

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Amsterdam

Thu, 6 Oct - Wed, 26 Oct 2022
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

Christian Bale, John David Washington and Margot Robbie shine in David O Russell's starry screwball period comedy, crime caper and history lesson all in one.

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Jordan Peele's 'Nope' Has Been Fast-Tracked to Streaming Just in Time for Scary Movie Season

Watch the latest eerie thriller from the 'Get Out' and 'Us' filmmaker from your couch.

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There's a New Black Panther in Marvel's Just-Dropped Latest Trailer for 'Wakanda Forever'

There's a new threat, too, with this four-years-later sequel picking up after the death of King T'Challa.

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The Prophecy Is Being Fulfilled: After Six Seasons on TV, a 'Community' Movie Is Officially Happening

Just as the show itself predicted, the Greendale gang is getting back together.

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Taika Waititi-Produced Comedy 'Reservation Dogs' Is One of TV's Most Moving and Thoughtful Must-Sees

The first season of this Indigenous North American-focused sitcom was extraordinary — and the second is just as remarkable.

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Ten Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in September

Make a couch date with an intriguing drama about Marilyn Monroe, a 'Hocus Pocus' sequel, Steve Carell's new thriller and an eerie horror movie about a viral internet challenge.

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Timothée Chalamet-Starring Cannibal Romance 'Bones and All' Now Has a Gloriously Bloody Full Trailer

Sink your teeth into the 'Call Me By Your Name' actor's latest collaboration with filmmaker Luca Guadagnino.

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'Suzume no Tojimari' Is the Gorgeous New Must-See From the Director of 'Your Name' — and It Has a Trailer

After 'Your Name' and 'Weathering with You' became huge international successes, Makoto Shinkai's latest looks like another Japanese animated gem.

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Millie Lies Low

Thu, 29 Sep - Wed, 19 Oct 2022
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

There's nothing false about this astute and hilarious NZ comedy about faking it till you make it in a social media-ruled world — or about Ana Scotney's exceptional performance.

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Airbnb Wants You to Run Amok, Amok, Amok Like the Sanderson Sisters in the 'Hocus Pocus' Cottage

Just in time for Halloween, this witchy stay in Salem, Massachusetts comes complete with broomsticks, bubbling cauldrons and spellbooks.

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Smile

Thu, 29 Sep - Wed, 19 Oct 2022
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

A maniacal grin goes a long way in this predictable yet still convincingly unsettling horror film about trauma.

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