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.

Event
It Lives Inside

Thu, 21 Sep - Wed, 11 Oct 2023
Various cinemas in Wellington, Wellington

Filtering US teen horror through the Indian American experience gives this tense and thoughtful film not only a fresh perspective, but also weight and meaning.

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Jacob Elordi, a Supervillain Parody and a TLC Doco: They're on SXSW Sydney's Full Screen Festival Lineup

Talking Heads concert flick 'Stop Making Sense', a Korean horror-comedy and Aussie classic 'Lake Mungo' are also on the program.

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The Calile in Brisbane Was Just Named Oceania and Australia's Top Spot at the World's Best 50 Hotels

Coming in 12th on the World's Best's first-ever hotels list, the Sunshine State drawcard is the only Australian venue to make the cut.

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Making the First Live-Action Superhero Film with a Latino Lead: Ángel Manuel Soto Chats 'Blue Beetle'

Fourteen movies in, the DC Extended Universe charts new territory by bringing a lesser-known caped-crusader to the screen — and his culture and family.

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Jason Momoa Is Back as DC's Wettest Superhero in the First Trailer for 'Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom'

Australian filmmaker James Wan is back in the director's chair, too, for this caped-crusader sequel that arrives five years after the first 'Aquaman' movie.

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TV's Best Pirate Romance Is Back: 'Our Flag Means Death' Just Dropped Its Full Season Two Trailer

All television shows should feature Rhys Darby and Taika Waititi sailing the seas and falling in love — and you'll be able to find out what happens next in October.

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Wes Anderson and Roald Dahl Combine in the Whimsical Trailer for 'The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar'

The 39-minute short film is one of four from the symmetry-loving director that'll hit Netflix before September is out.

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The Cast of 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' Is Reuniting for a Brand-New Audible Spinoff About Spike

Co-written and co-directed by Amber Benson, aka Tara, 'Slayers: A Buffyverse Story' will see what the bleached-blonde vampire is up to ten years after the events of the show's final episode.

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Love, Murder and DiCaprio vs De Niro: That's Martin Scorsese's New 'Killers of the Flower Moon' Trailer

This western crime-drama teams up Scorsese, DiCaprio and De Niro, all on the same film for the first time ever — enough said.

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Blue Beetle

Thu, 14 Sep - Wed, 4 Oct 2023
Various cinemas in Wellington, Wellington

The first live-action superhero film with a Latino lead sometimes struggles with standing out versus being generic, but boasts plenty of charm.

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A Haunting in Venice

Thu, 14 Sep - Wed, 4 Oct 2023
Various cinemas in Wellington, Wellington

Leaning into gothic horror in this Halloween-set murder-mystery, Kenneth Branagh's Poirot movies get their best instalment yet.

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Huge News: 'Black Mirror' Creator Charlie Brooker Is SXSW Sydney's Latest Big Headline Speaker

He's been giving everyone tech nightmares for years — and now he's coming to Australia to chat about technology, innovation and the future.

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The Trailer for 'The Fall of the House of Usher' Turns Edgar Allan Poe's Work Into a Gory Spin on 'Succession'

'The Haunting of Hill House', 'The Haunting of Bly Manor', 'Midnight Mass' and 'The Midnight Club' creator Mike Flanagan is back with another Netflix horror series.

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'Sex Education' Works Towards a Big Finish in the Full Trailer for the Netflix Favourite's Final Season

Otis, Eric, Maeve and the Moordale crew are back for one last round of sex therapy in the teen drama's fourth season.

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Rose Byrne Turns in One of Her Best Performances Yet in the Final Season of Aerobics Comedy 'Physical'

The 80s-set Apple TV+ series is coming to an end with its third season — and with Zooey Deschanel joining the cast.

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'Barbie' Is Being Fast-Tracked to Digital So You Can Stream Some Kenergy From Your Couch

It's time to get 'I'm Just Ken' stuck in your head again and again, with Greta Gerwig's entertaining flick hitting digital while it's still in cinemas.

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Just In: Chance The Rapper Will Speak at SXSW Sydney to Celebrate 50 Years of Hip Hop

A month out from the first-ever SXSW outside of the US, the festival's lineup just keeps getting bigger.

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Godzilla Rampages Through a Streaming Series in the First Trailer for 'Monarch: Legacy of Monsters'

Kurt and Wyatt Russell play older and younger versions of the same character in this TV entry in the 'Monsterverse'.

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Julia Garner Faces Terror at an Outback Pub in the Unsettling Trailer for Aussie Thriller 'The Royal Hotel'

The latest film from Australian director Kitty Green after 'The Assistant', this must-see takes inspiration from documentary 'Hotel Coolgardie'.

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New Horror-Fantasy Gem 'The Changeling' Is Eerie, Entrancing and Led by an Exceptional LaKeith Stanfield

Streaming rarely get as evocative and ambitious as this page-to-screen highlight, which is based on the novel by Victor LaValle.

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Jacob Elordi, a Supervillain Parody and a TLC Doco: They're on SXSW Sydney's Full Screen Festival Lineup

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Making the First Live-Action Superhero Film with a Latino Lead: Ángel Manuel Soto Chats 'Blue Beetle'

Jason Momoa Is Back as DC's Wettest Superhero in the First Trailer for 'Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom'

TV's Best Pirate Romance Is Back: 'Our Flag Means Death' Just Dropped Its Full Season Two Trailer

Wes Anderson and Roald Dahl Combine in the Whimsical Trailer for 'The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar'

The Cast of 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' Is Reuniting for a Brand-New Audible Spinoff About Spike

Love, Murder and DiCaprio vs De Niro: That's Martin Scorsese's New 'Killers of the Flower Moon' Trailer

Blue Beetle

A Haunting in Venice

Huge News: 'Black Mirror' Creator Charlie Brooker Is SXSW Sydney's Latest Big Headline Speaker

The Trailer for 'The Fall of the House of Usher' Turns Edgar Allan Poe's Work Into a Gory Spin on 'Succession'

'Sex Education' Works Towards a Big Finish in the Full Trailer for the Netflix Favourite's Final Season

Rose Byrne Turns in One of Her Best Performances Yet in the Final Season of Aerobics Comedy 'Physical'

'Barbie' Is Being Fast-Tracked to Digital So You Can Stream Some Kenergy From Your Couch

Just In: Chance The Rapper Will Speak at SXSW Sydney to Celebrate 50 Years of Hip Hop

Godzilla Rampages Through a Streaming Series in the First Trailer for 'Monarch: Legacy of Monsters'

Julia Garner Faces Terror at an Outback Pub in the Unsettling Trailer for Aussie Thriller 'The Royal Hotel'

New Horror-Fantasy Gem 'The Changeling' Is Eerie, Entrancing and Led by an Exceptional LaKeith Stanfield

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