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
Sink Your Teeth Into the Bloodthirsty Trailer for the New 'Interview with the Vampire' TV Series

First, Anne Rice's novel was turned into a 90s big-screen favourite. Next, a new TV version is slipping into your streaming queue.

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Event
The Great Astor Spooktacular — The Sequel

Sat, 29 Oct, 2022
The Astor Theatre, St Kilda

This year, the Chapel Street picture palace's annual Halloween marathon is all about follow-ups to some of cinema's scariest franchises.

Buy Tickets

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'The Dry' Sequel 'Force of Nature' Just Became Your Most-Anticipated New Australian Film of 2023

Eric Bana is back as Aaron Falk in this follow-up to 2021's huge homegrown hit, this time investigating a disappearance in Victoria's mountain ranges.

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Goodbye Awkward Mid-Air Conversations: Qantas Will Now Let You Pay to Sit Next to an Empty Seat

The airline is trialling a new 'neighbour-free' option on domestic flights, with prices starting from around $30.

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The Tony Award-Winning Version of 'A Christmas Carol' Is Heading Down Under This Festive Season

David Wenham will play Scrooge in this Broadway and West End hit, which'll enjoy its Australian premiere season in Melbourne from November.

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Top End Holiday Alert: Webjet Is Doing $150 Off One-Way Flights to Darwin

You've got until Thursday, September 15 to score up to cheap fares to the Northern Territory capital, with prices starting at $19.

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Disney Is Bringing Its 'Magic at Sea' Cruises Down Under for the First Time From October 2023

Fancy hitting the seas surrounded by Disney, Marvel, Pixar and 'Star Wars' fun? Disney's cruise line will soon set sail from Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Auckland.

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Australia Is Getting a Public Holiday on September 22 for a One-Off National Day of Mourning

"It will be a one-off national public holiday. That’s to allow people to pay their respects for the passing of Queen Elizabeth," Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced.

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Baby Yoda Fans, Rejoice: Disney+ Just Dropped the First Trailer for 'The Mandalorian' Season Three

Disney+'s 'Star Wars' spinoff will return for more bounty hunter adventures in 2023.

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Nick Fury Prepares for War in the First Trailer for Marvel's New Disney+ Series 'Secret Invasion'

Samuel L Jackson is getting his own streaming series, with Nick Fury battling the Skrulls' infiltration of earth — and it hits Disney+ in 2023.

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The First Trailer for Disney's Live-Action 'The Little Mermaid' Is Now Part of Your World

It's about to get better down where it's wetter again, with Halle Bailey swimming into cinemas in 2023 as Ariel.

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The Sanderson Sisters Run Amok, Amok, Amok in Disney+'s Full 'Hocus Pocus 2' Trailer

Something wicked this way comes: a sequel to 90s favourite 'Hocus Pocus', and just in time for Halloween.

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Irish Delight 'Bad Sisters' Is Your New Murder-Mystery (and Pitch-Black Comedy) Obsession

Led by ‘Catastrophe’ star Sharon Horgan, this darkly funny revenge fantasy follows four siblings who plot to kill their brother-in-law.

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The British Film Festival Has Announced Its First 2022 Titles Including a Big 'Bond' Retrospective

On the lineup so far: Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson reuniting with the director of ‘In Bruges’, an Emily Brontë biopic and plenty of 007.

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'The Handmaid's Tale' Will End After Season Six — But 'The Testaments' Is Coming to Streaming, Too

Blessed be the end of this hit dystopian drama, which'll wrap up after a six-season run — and score a sequel.

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"Everyone Is in Danger": The First Trailer for 'Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery' Is Here

"Alright, when's the murder-mystery start?"

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Melbourne Writers Festival 2022

Thu, 8 Sep - Sun, 11 Sep 2022
Various Melbourne locations, Melbourne

Catch more than 150 events featuring names like Alice Oseman, Tony Armstrong, Jenny Slate and Mohsin Hamid, when the fest serves up its talent-packed 2022 program.

Buy Tickets

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Christmas Gift Alert: Stan Is Making a New Festive Aussie Comedy with Miranda Tapsell and Matt Okine

'Christmas Ransom' stars Okine as the owner of a toy store, which is held up on Christmas Eve — with Tapsell as the security officer trying to save the day.

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Fridayz Live

Fri, 4 Nov, 2022
Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne

TLC, Shaggy, Ashanti, Craig David and Akon are coming to Melbourne for a huge throwback R&B gig.

Buy Tickets

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Harry Styles Breaks Emma Corrin's Heart in the Trailer for Queer Love Triangle Drama 'My Policeman'

'Don't Worry Darling' isn't the only new Harry Styles movie heading to screens this spring.

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The British Film Festival Has Announced Its First 2022 Titles Including a Big 'Bond' Retrospective

'The Handmaid's Tale' Will End After Season Six — But 'The Testaments' Is Coming to Streaming, Too

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Christmas Gift Alert: Stan Is Making a New Festive Aussie Comedy with Miranda Tapsell and Matt Okine

Fridayz Live

Harry Styles Breaks Emma Corrin's Heart in the Trailer for Queer Love Triangle Drama 'My Policeman'

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