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
Ex-Girlfriend Woes and a Naked Chris Hemsworth: They're Both in the 'Thor: Love and Thunder' Trailer

"Kids, get your popcorn in. Let me tell you the story of the space viking."

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Event
The Bob's Burgers Movie

Thu, 26 May - Wed, 15 Jun 2022
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

'Bob's Burgers' makes the leap to cinemas — and the animated hit is just as delightful, offbeat and filled with glorious puns on the big screen.

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GABS Is Bringing Its 2022 Craft Beer, Cider and Food Festival Back to Auckland This June

This year's fest will serve up over 60 brews — including beers inspired by breakfast foods, savoury snacks, desserts and cocktails.

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News
The Latest Trailer for Baz Luhrmann's 'Elvis' Is Here to Get You All Shook Up

The hair, the hips, a whole lotta shakin' and Tom Hanks: they're all part of this Elvis Presley biopic.

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News
Tom Cruise Indulges His Love of Stunts in the First 'Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning' Trailer

The seventh instalment in the spy franchise doesn't hit cinemas until July 2023, but you can start getting excited now anyway.

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Qantas Has Ramped Up Flights From Australia to NZ Just in Time for Wintry Snow Holidays

The Australian airline has restarted five routes travelling across the ditch, including the first international flight into Queenstown in almost a year.

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News
'Prehistoric Planet' Is As Spectacular As a David Attenborough Series About Dinosaurs Should Be

Welcome to... an informative, David Attenborough-narrated look at dinosaurs roaming the earth, all thanks to Apple TV+.

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A Massive Alexander McQueen Exhibition Is Heading to Australia This Summer

Over a quarter-century in the making, this wide-ranging exhibition features around 110 pieces designed by the late, great fashion star, plus art that inspired his work.

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'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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News
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

Thu, 19 May - Wed, 8 Jun 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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News
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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The Northman

Thu, 19 May - Wed, 8 Jun 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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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

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