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
The Lively First Trailer for Steven Spielberg's Big Screen 'West Side Story' Remake Is Here

The Jets and the Sharks face off again.

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News
These Are the Worst Films of the Past Year According to the 41st Annual Razzie Awards

Sia's filmmaking debut 'Music' picked up Worst Director, Worst Actress and Worst Supporting Actress.

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News
The Long-Awaited Fourth Season of 'The Handmaid's Tale' Finally Arrives This Week

The delay is coming to an end.

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News
The Trailer for the Third 'Conjuring' Movie Pairs Demonic Bumps and Jumps with Crime Thrills

'The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It' hits cinemas in June.

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News
Jetstar Is Launching a Big Sale on Domestic and Trans-Tasman Flights with Fares From $33

More than 25,000 cheap fares are available, with flights to Aussie starting from $159.

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Event
Urban Cocktail Trail

Sat, 29 May, 2021
Ponsonby

Track down cocktails like Pokémon at this self-guided tour of Ponsonby bars.

Buy Tickets

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News
'Lisey's Story' Is Bringing Its Stephen King-Penned Chills and Thrills to Apple TV+ This Winter

Starring Julianne Moore and Clive Owen, the eight-episode series not only adapts one of King's books, but was written by the famed author as well.

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Event
Gunda

Thu, 15 Apr - Wed, 5 May 2021
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

This dialogue-free documentary observes farm animals as they go about their daily lives, and the result is as haunting as it is striking.

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Marvel's First 'Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings' Trailer Goes Heavy on Martial Arts Action

Starring Simu Liu as the titular martial artist and trained assassin, it's the first movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe with an Asian lead.

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News
Adam Driver Broods His Way Into a Dreamy Musical in the Vibrant First Trailer for 'Annette'

The first film from 'Holy Motors' director Leos Carax in nine years, it'll open the Cannes Film Festival this July.

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News
New Zealanders Can Now Head to Australia for a Holiday Without Quarantining On Arrival

The trans-Tasman bubble is now open — this is what you can expect.

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The 'RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under' Trailer Is Here with Eye-Catching Outfits and Ample Drama

The series will sashay onto your streaming queue from next month.

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Event
Supernova

Thu, 15 Apr - Wed, 5 May 2021
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

Stanley Tucci and Colin Firth are simply heartbreaking in this affecting drama about a long-term couple dealing with early-onset dementia.

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Page-to-Screen Thriller 'The Woman in the Window' Is Coming to Your Netflix Queue Next Month

Initially set to hit cinemas last year, it stars Amy Adams, Julianne Moore, Gary Oldman and Anthony Mackie.

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Netflix Has Renewed 'Bridgerton' for a Third and Fourth Season Before Its Second Even Streams

Get ready for more high-society hijinks — and more of Lady Whistledown’s gossip, too.

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News
The New 'Fast and Furious 9' Trailer Teases Rocket Cars, Big Returns and a Fierce Sibling Rivalry

More than a year after it was originally slated to release, the high-octane franchise's latest instalment is set to speed into cinemas in June.

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Event
Collective

Thu, 8 Apr - Wed, 28 Apr 2021
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

Nominated for two Oscars, this compelling and confronting Romanian documentary spirals from a tragic fire to corruption in the country's health system.

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News
Melbourne Will Soon Be Home to Australia's Second Movenpick Hotel and Its Daily Chocolate Hour

The chain's 172-room CBD site is set to open in May.

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Event
Voyagers

Thu, 8 Apr - Wed, 28 Apr 2021
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

This space-set survival-of-the-fittest thriller brings plenty of other movies to mind, but manages to still feel resonant enough.

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