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
Black Adam

Thu, 20 Oct - Wed, 9 Nov 2022
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

Dwayne Johnson dons spandex and joins the DC Extended Universe, but can’t inject any personality into this blandly by-the-numbers superhero affair.

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The Stranger

Wed, 19 Oct - Tue, 15 Nov 2022
Online

Darkly primal, disquieting and deeply difficult to shake, this true-crime inspired Australian crime-thriller features phenomenal performances by Joel Edgerton and Sean Harris.

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News
Emily Blunt Is Out for Revenge in the Trailer for Prime Video's Bloody New Western Series 'The English'

Blunt plays an aristocratic Englishwoman who teams up with a Pawnee ex-cavalry scout in 1890s America.

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News
HBO Has Just Dropped Its First Brief But Fiery Sneak Peek at 'Succession' Season Four

The promo clip also includes footage from 'The White Lotus' season two and 'The Last of Us'.

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'Love Actually' in Concert Is Coming to New Zealand This Christmas to Spread Festive Rom-Com Cheer

To ‘Love Actually’ fans, this full orchestra-backed screening is perfect.

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From Final Girl to Final Woman: Jamie Lee Curtis Talks 'Halloween Ends' and Battling Michael Myers for 44 Years

What’s it like to stare down the boogeyman over four-plus decades? To become an iconic scream queen? To be synonymous with the term “final girl”? The ‘Halloween’ star spills the details.

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Calling All Revolting Children: Netflix's 'Matilda the Musical' Movie Just Dropped Its Full Trailer

Everyone's favourite book-loving schoolgirl with telekinetic abilities is returning to the screen, this time in a Netflix musical.

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Event
All Quiet on the Western Front

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

Penned almost a century ago, Erich Maria Remarque's famous anti-war novel gets its first German-language film adaptation — and it's stunning.

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Halloween Ends

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

After the lacklustre 'Halloween Kills', the iconic slasher franchise returns with a weighty — and gory — apparent farewell to Michael Myers and Laurie Strode.

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Dylan Moran Is Bringing His Latest Comedy Show to Australia and New Zealand in 2023

The 'Black Books' star will tour Down Under the country for two months between April and May.

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Blink-182 Are Reuniting with Tom DeLonge for a Huge World Tour — and They're Coming Down Under in 2024

Mark Hoppus, Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker will play together for the first time in nearly a decade, including in Australia and New Zealand.

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Dream Machine Is Returning for Another Multi-Day Resort Music Festival in 2023 — in Bali

The team behind Wine Machine and Snow Machine is taking its latest festival to Nusa Dua for five days next winter.

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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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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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