Sarah Ward

Sarah Ward is Concrete Playground's Editor — and also Film and TV Editor, Film and TV Critic, 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 and hosting Q&As at Australian film festivals, including the Brisbane International Film Festival, Melbourne International Film Festival, Sydney Film Festival, Queensland Film Festival and Sydney Underground 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
'Atlanta' Season Three Is Among Donald Glover's Best-Ever Work — and You Can Stream It All Now

Returning after a four-year break, the latest season of ‘Atlanta’ is just as phenomenal — and funny, and biting — as ever.

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Dark Mofo Has Just Added a Heap of New Events to Its Already-Packed 2022 Lineup

Tasmania's moody and brooding winter music and arts festival just got bigger.

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Lego and MoMA's Gorgeous New 'Starry Night' Kit Lets You Make Your Own Van Gogh Masterpiece

Build van Gogh's iconic painting out of plastic bricks, then hang it on your wall.

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Event
The Innocents

Thursday, May 19 - Wednesday, June 8, 2022
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

This exceptional Norwegian horror film is one of the most disturbing movies about childhood — and superpowers — to reach screens in recent years.

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The First Trailer for Billy Eichner's 'Bros' Is Here to Make Your Queer Rom-Com Dreams Come True

'Billy on the Street' treasure Eichner becomes the first openly gay man to co-write and star in his own major studio film.

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The Southern Hemisphere's First-Ever Super-Sleek Ace Hotel Has Finally Opened in Sydney

The 257-room hotel is now welcoming in guests — and its ground-floor restaurant and lobby bar are serving up bites to eat and cocktails, too.

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Marvel Has Dropped the Smashing First Trailer for New Disney+ Series 'She-Hulk: Attorney at Law'

'Orphan Black' star Tatiana Maslany plays superpowered lawyer Jennifer Walters in Marvel's latest Disney+ series, which'll hit streaming in mid-August.

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New Year, New Murder-Mystery: That's the New Trailer for 'Only Murders in the Building' Season Two

"You can tell it's our second season."

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Blood, Guts and Sinister Superheroes: The Explosive Trailer for 'The Boys' Season Three Is Here

Prime Video's dark and diabolical take on caped crusaders returns in early June.

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It Looks Like a Sixth Mind-Bending Season of 'Black Mirror' Is Finally on Its Way to Netflix

It's been three years since Charlie Brooker's dystopian sci-fi series last hit screens — and now it's finally set to return.

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Event
The Northman

Thursday, May 19 - Wednesday, June 8, 2022
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

Directed by 'The Witch' and 'The Lighthouse' filmmaker Robert Eggers, this Alexander Skarsgård-starring Viking epic is bold, bloody, brutal and brilliant.

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Twelve New Movies You Can Watch in May That Have Been Fast-Tracked From Cinemas to Streaming

Including Joaquin Phoenix's latest mesmerising performance, a horror gem set on a porn shoot and the newest 'Batman' flick.

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If You Were Obsessed with 'Normal People', You'll Want to Binge 'Conversations with Friends' ASAP

Based on Sally Rooney's first novel, and now streaming in full via Prime Video, this 12-part Dublin-set series boasts plenty of the same traits that made ‘Normal People’ such a hit.

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DAMN: Kendrick Lamar Is Bringing His New World Tour Down Under This December

The Grammy and Pulitzer Prize-winning rapper is headed to Perth, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Auckland to close out his new 'The Big Steppers' tour.

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Turn It Back Up to 11: 'This Is Spinal Tap' Is Getting a Four-Decades-Later Sequel

'Lick My Love Pump' and 'Hell Hole' fans, rejoice — the iconic music mockumentary about the world's loudest and most explosive band is getting a follow-up.

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'Hacks' Is TV's Best Current Comedy About Comedy — and It's Still Searingly Funny in Season Two

2021's Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning hit is back with another smart and hilarious season set in the world of standup.

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Blak Douglas' Portrait of Artist Karla Dickens in the Lismore Floods Has Won the 2022 Archibald Prize

Blak Douglas is the first NSW First Nations artist to win the Archibald with a painting of a NSW First Nations artist.

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Operation Mincemeat

Thursday, May 12 - Wednesday, June 1, 2022
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

Colin Firth and 'Succession' star Matthew Macfadyen lead this World War II-set tale of espionage intrigue, which is based on a story so wild that it can only be true.

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Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn

Thursday, May 12 - Wednesday, June 1, 2022
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

Unpacking a sex-tape scandal — as well as the state of the world today — this Romanian award-winner is scorching and searing from its first frame to its last.

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New Zealand International Film Festival Has Set Its 2022 Dates and Announced Its First Seven Movies

This year's NZIFF will head to 13 cities and towns around Aotearoa from July to September.

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Sarah Ward

'Atlanta' Season Three Is Among Donald Glover's Best-Ever Work — and You Can Stream It All Now

Dark Mofo Has Just Added a Heap of New Events to Its Already-Packed 2022 Lineup

Lego and MoMA's Gorgeous New 'Starry Night' Kit Lets You Make Your Own Van Gogh Masterpiece

The Innocents

The First Trailer for Billy Eichner's 'Bros' Is Here to Make Your Queer Rom-Com Dreams Come True

The Southern Hemisphere's First-Ever Super-Sleek Ace Hotel Has Finally Opened in Sydney

Marvel Has Dropped the Smashing First Trailer for New Disney+ Series 'She-Hulk: Attorney at Law'

New Year, New Murder-Mystery: That's the New Trailer for 'Only Murders in the Building' Season Two

Blood, Guts and Sinister Superheroes: The Explosive Trailer for 'The Boys' Season Three Is Here

It Looks Like a Sixth Mind-Bending Season of 'Black Mirror' Is Finally on Its Way to Netflix

The Northman

Twelve New Movies You Can Watch in May That Have Been Fast-Tracked From Cinemas to Streaming

If You Were Obsessed with 'Normal People', You'll Want to Binge 'Conversations with Friends' ASAP

DAMN: Kendrick Lamar Is Bringing His New World Tour Down Under This December

Turn It Back Up to 11: 'This Is Spinal Tap' Is Getting a Four-Decades-Later Sequel

'Hacks' Is TV's Best Current Comedy About Comedy — and It's Still Searingly Funny in Season Two

Blak Douglas' Portrait of Artist Karla Dickens in the Lismore Floods Has Won the 2022 Archibald Prize

Operation Mincemeat

Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn

New Zealand International Film Festival Has Set Its 2022 Dates and Announced Its First Seven Movies

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