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
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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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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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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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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Sydney Fringe Festival Has Revealed Its First Highlights for 2023, Including a New Hub in Moore Park

On the program so far: a musical-comedy take on 'The Elephant Man' and a new Spiegeltent Festival Garden at the EQ Showring.

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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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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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The Flash

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

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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Sydney Film Festival Just Added Four More Days of Screenings to Its 2023 Program

Can't fit all your SFF viewing into the fest's official 12 days? You've now got four more, with 13 films getting post-festival encore sessions.

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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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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 Sydney, 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 Sydney

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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A Supernatural Sitcom and a Meaningful Exploration of Mental Health: That's Ryan Corr-Led Comedy 'In Limbo'

Also starring Bob Morley, this six-part Australian dramedy is thoughtful, weighty, funny and exceptionally well-cast.

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Emma Stone Makes a Stunning Frankenstein's Monster in the New Trailer for Yorgos Lanthimos' 'Poor Things'

You haven't seen a riff on Mary Shelley's gothic-horror classic like this before.

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Pedro Almodóvar's 'Strange Way of Life' Will Make Its Australian Premiere at Sydney Film Festival 2023

Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal star in this 30-minute queer western, which heads Down Under straight from premiering at Cannes.

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Pierre Bonnard: Designed by India Mahdavi

Fri, 9 Jun - Sun, 8 Oct 2023
NGV International, Melbourne

This stunning Pierre Bonnard exhibition in collaboration with the Musée d'Orsay — and with scenography by architect India Mahdavi — is enjoying its world-premiere at the NGV.

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Now Open: A World-Premiere Pierre Bonnard Exhibition in Collaboration with the Musée d'Orsay Has Hit the NGV

More than 100 of the iconic French artist's works are now on display at this blockbuster showcase, accompanied by scenography by architect India Mahdavi.

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The New Trailer for Henry Cavill's Final Season of 'The Witcher' Teases a Dark and Menacing Future

Toss a coin to this latest look at Netflix's big fantasy series, which arrives in two parts this winter.

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The New Trailer for Henry Cavill's Final Season of 'The Witcher' Teases a Dark and Menacing Future

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