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
Hans Zimmer Is Touring Australia in 2025 to Play His Film Scores Live — Including 'Dune', 'Gladiator' and 'Interstellar'

The legendary Oscar-winning composer will also perform tunes from 'The Lion King', 'The Dark Knight', 'The Last Samurai' and more.

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If You Just Can't Wait to See 'The Lion King' Onstage Again, the Tony-Winning Musical Is Returning to Australia in 2026

When it opens at Sydney's Capitol Theatre, this will be the third time that a local production of the film-to-theatre hit has been staged in Australia.

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The First 'Jurassic World Rebirth' Trailer Is Filled with Dinosaurs Too Dangerous for the Original Park

Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey and Mahershala Ali star in the franchise's seventh film, which roars into cinemas in July 2025.

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Coming Soon: A Y2K-Inspired 'The Sims' Pop-Up Is Hitting Australia to Celebrate 25 Years of the Beloved Life Simulation Game

At Melbourne's Australian Centre for the Moving Image, you'll be able to step inside a 2000s-era pre-teen bedroom — and also play the game, of course.

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EA Presents 'The Sims 25' Pop-Up

Fri, 21 Feb - Sun, 23 Feb 2025
ACMI, Melbourne

This Y2K-inspired 'The Sims' pop-up is hitting ACMI to celebrate 25 years of the beloved life simulation game.

Book Now

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Event
Focus on David Lynch

Thu, 6 Feb - Sat, 1 Mar 2025
ACMI, Melbourne

BYO damn fine cup of coffee for this season of Lynch's ten features, which pays tribute to the late, great visionary.

Buy Tickets

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Coming Soon: An Eco Lodge with 39 Cabins, Clifftop Dining, a Beach Club and Forest Pools Is Opening on Hook Island

The scenic spot in The Whitsundays is expected to launch in 2027 — and will also feature a lounge telling the island's history and a yoga pavilion.

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Alliance Française French Film Festival

Wed, 5 Mar - Wed, 9 Apr 2025
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations

Make a French movie date with 42 films, including hit biopics, a new take on 'The Count of Monte Cristo' and plenty of star-studded flicks.

Buy Tickets

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The Full 42-Movie 2025 Alliance Française French Film Festival Lineup Is Your Next Excuse to Hit the Cinema

Whether you're after French box-office smashes, star-studded remakes or restored masterpieces, they're all on this program.

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Marvel's First Family Have Joined the MCU: The Teaser Trailer for 'Fantastic Four: First Steps' Is Here

Hitting cinemas in July 2025, the 60s-set film stars Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Joseph Quinn as the superhero quartet.

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It Looks Like 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' Might Be Getting a Sequel Series with Sarah Michelle Gellar Among the Cast

Into every generation a slayer is born — but, while focusing on a new character, the show will still feature the franchise's OG TV heroine.

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Stepping Into a Big Bear Hug of a Franchise Beloved by Audiences of All Ages: Director Dougal Wilson Chats 'Paddington in Peru'

In his third movie outing, everyone's favourite marmalade-loving bear has Olivia Colman and Antonio Banderas for company — and a new filmmaker behind the lens.

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'Cats' Has Added a Melbourne Season to Its 2025 Australian Tour That's Celebrating Its 40th Anniversary Down Under

You can see why this feline-fancying musical has proven a huge theatre hit — even if it didn't translate to the big screen — in the Victorian capital from December.

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Laneway Festival Official 2025 Afterparty

Fri, 14 Feb, 2025
The Night Cat, Fitzroy

The festival itself is soldout in Melbourne, but you can still catch RONA., DJ Ivan Berko, nate sib and Laneway Festival's DJs.

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Virgin's Latest Sale on Short-Haul International Flights Will Help You Plan Your 2025 Getaways

Trips to Bali, Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu and New Zealand this year just got cheaper — and you've got five days to grab a bargain.

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The Warehouse Project

Fri, 25 Apr, 2025
PICA (Port Melbourne Industrial Centre for the Arts), Port Melbourne

Manchester's rave scene is heading to Melbourne for a second year, this time with Partiboi69, Hector Oaks, X-Coast and more on the decks.

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The Warehouse Project Has Announced the Lineup for Its Big 2025 Return to Australia

Partiboi69, Hector Oaks, X-Coast, Miss Bashful and Carla Martinez will take to the decks for the Manchester-born event's second year Down Under.

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Submitting to Nicole Kidman and Bringing the Female Gaze to Erotic Thrillers: Harris Dickinson and Halina Reijn Talk 'Babygirl'

Bold, raw, fearless — they all apply to this film about an affair between a CEO and an intern, and to the talents behind it on- and off-screen.

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After Cancelling Its 2024 Festivals, Groovin the Moo Won't Be Returning in 2025 Either

The event "won't be happening in 2025 while we work on finding the most-sustainable model for Australia's most-loved regional touring festival", the fest team revealed.

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You Can Hang Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers' on Your Wall at Home — After You Recreate It with Lego

Another iconic masterpiece has been turned into plastic bricks — 2615 of them, ready for you to build.

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