Sarah Ward

Name: The Zone of Interest
Start: 2024-02-22
End: 2024-03-13
Location: Melbourne

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
TV Best's Vampires Are Back: 'What We Do in the Shadows' Just Dropped Its Season Five Trailer

This undead comedy saga started with Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement's movie — and this US TV spinoff is just as hilarious.

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News
Jetstar Is Doing a Massive Sale on Domestic Flights with Fares Starting From $35

Score discounted flights to the Gold Coast, Byron, Uluru, Hamilton Island, Hobart and more.

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Event
Red, White & Brass

Thu, 22 Jun - Wed, 12 Jul 2023
Various cinemas in Melbourne

Infectiously joyous and brimming with heart, this true tale follows a group of Tongan rugby superfans who claim they're a brass marching band to score tickets to the Rugby World Cup.

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News
Eight New Movies You Can Watch in June That Have Been Fast-Tracked From Cinemas to Streaming

Get comfy on the couch with the 'John Wick' franchise's latest balletic battles, Ari Aster's new nightmare and a sublime South Korean drama.

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News
'Black Mirror' Still Knows How to Chill, Thrill, Twist and Surprise in Its Must-Binge Sixth Season

Charlie Brooker's dystopian hit is back with five new nightmares, all pondering humanity's worst impulses and instincts.

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News
'Good Omens' Is Bringing Its Divine Chaos Back to Your Streaming Queue for Season Two in July

Michael Sheen plays an angel, David Tennant is a demon and Jon Hamm is the archangel Gabriel in this fantasy series, which is based on Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman's book.

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News
Plant-Based KitKats Have Returned to Australian Supermarkets So That Everyone Can Have a Break

They're made with a rice-based milk alternative, and they're available in hit Coles stores and the KitKat Chocolatory online.

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News
2023's Vibrant Fleet of First Peoples-Designed Art Trams Has Started Rolling Around Melbourne

Six First Nations artists have decked out six trams, all responding to the theme ‘Blak futurism'.

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News
Roman Coppola Is Coming to Australia to Headline Melbourne's Semi Permanent Spinoff Never Permanent

Just as Wes Anderson's 'Asteroid City' hits cinemas — which he co-wrote — the filmmaker will do his first-ever keynote talk in Australia.

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News
Aliens, Putting Earth on Trial and an Out-of-This-World Adventure: They're All in Pixar's 'Elio' Trailer

A kid pretends to be the leader of earth in the animation studio's next film, which hits cinemas in February 2024.

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News
McDonald's and Peter Alexander Have Dropped a New Range of Burger-Worshipping PJs — Including for Dogs

If you're lovin' the golden arches, Hamburglar and Big Macs, this is the sleepwear for you.

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Event
Emerging Writers' Festival 2023

Wed, 14 Jun - Sat, 24 Jun 2023
Various Melbourne venues and online, Melbourne

Whether you're heading along in-person in Melbourne or beaming in digitally, this is a must-attend event for word nerds.

Buy Tickets

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News
Disney's 'Magic at Sea' Cruises Will Sail Down Under for the Second Time From October 2024

Enjoy a whole new world of holiday fun while cruising the sea, including Disney, Marvel, Pixar and 'Star Wars' entertainment — and a 'Frozen' musical.

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Event
The Flash

Thu, 15 Jun - Wed, 5 Jul 2023
Various cinemas in Melbourne

DC Comics' super-speedy superhero gets his own silver-screen adventure, which goes big on time travel and fan service.

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Four Pillars and QT Hotels Have Teamed Up on a Limited-Edition Wild Fennel, Sage and Vetiver Gin

Just like their first collaboration in 2021, you'll only be able to drink this drop at the hotel chain's bars — or you can order a bottle for your liquor cabinet.

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The Latest Trailer for A24's Next Unsettling Horror Flick 'Talk to Me' Is Here to Give You Nightmares

This Australian nerve-shredder is all about conjuring up spirits using an embalmed hand — and it hits cinemas in July.

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Arts Centre Melbourne's New Tix at 12 Initiative Slings Discounted Tickets for 12 Hours Every Tuesday

The Tix at 12 initiative runs from midday–midnight each Tuesday, offering 50-percent off some shows and $40 tickets to others.

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Dark Mofo Is Broadcasting Max Richter's 'SLEEP' Live So You Can Slumber to Its Eight-Hour Lullaby From Home

The neuroscience of sleep informs this massive overnight performance, which has previously played the Sydney Opera House, Philharmonie de Paris and more.

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You Hurt My Feelings

Thu, 15 Jun - Wed, 5 Jul 2023
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations

Ten years after 'Enough Said', Julia Louis-Dreyfus and writer/director Nicole Holofcener team up on another warm, wry and winning gem of a dramedy.

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Elemental

Thu, 15 Jun - Wed, 5 Jul 2023
Various cinemas in Melbourne

Pixar's animated take on 'Romeo and Juliet' is glowing to look at, but feels like the studio at its most watered-down.

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The Flash

Four Pillars and QT Hotels Have Teamed Up on a Limited-Edition Wild Fennel, Sage and Vetiver Gin

The Latest Trailer for A24's Next Unsettling Horror Flick 'Talk to Me' Is Here to Give You Nightmares

Arts Centre Melbourne's New Tix at 12 Initiative Slings Discounted Tickets for 12 Hours Every Tuesday

Dark Mofo Is Broadcasting Max Richter's 'SLEEP' Live So You Can Slumber to Its Eight-Hour Lullaby From Home

You Hurt My Feelings

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