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.

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Here's Your First Look at 'The Handmaid's Tale' Season Six and 'The Bear' Season Four Thanks to Disney+'s 2025 Trailer

Also featured: season two of 'Andor', new 'Alien' TV series 'Alien: Earth', the Glen Powell-starring 'Chad Powers' and 'Daredevil: Born Again'.

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Welcome to 'The White Lotus' in Thailand: HBO Has Dropped a New Teaser for Its 2024–2025 Lineup

You can also catch new sneak peeks of 'The Last of Us' season two,' 'IT' spinoff 'Welcome to Derry', 'The Rehearsal' season two and more.

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The First Action-Packed Teaser Trailer for 'Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning' Is Here

After being delayed from 2024, Tom Cruise's latest stint in Ethan Hunt's shoes will hit cinemas Down Under in May 2025.

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'Stranger Things' Season Five Will Hit Netflix in 2025 to Take You Back to the Upside Down One Last Time

The streaming platform has also revealed the new season's eight episode titles — and that it's set in 1987.

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Westeros Is Heading to the Big Screen: It Looks Like a 'Game of Thrones' Movie Is Coming

A film inspired by George RR Martin's page-to-screen fantasy franchise is apparently in very early development.

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Mustering Up 'Succession' Meets 'Yellowstone' in the Outback: Michael Dorman, Philippa Northeast and Sam Corlett Talk 'Territory'

Netflix's new Australian hit follows multigenerational clashes over controlling the world's largest cattle station in the Top End.

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Stepping Into Lorne Michaels' Shoes After Playing Steven Spielberg: Gabriel LaBelle Chats 'Saturday Night'

Two of Gabriel LaBelle's first major movie roles have seen him bring entertainment icons to the screen — and help establish his acting career in a dream fashion.

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Dark Mofo Is Back: After Taking a Break in 2024, Tasmania's Winter Arts Festival Has Locked in Its Full Return for 2025

While the Winter Feast and Nude Solstice Swim still took place this year, next year they'll be joined by a complete festival lineup.

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We Like to Party: Vengaboys Are Headlining a New 90s-Loving Tour of Australia and New Zealand in 2025

Heading Down Under in January, the '90's Mania' shows also feature DJ SASH!, Alex Party and Livin’ Joy.

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If You Didn't Think 'Squid Game' Could Get Any More Brutal, Season Two's Latest Teaser Trailer Has News for You

Netflix's killer game doesn't stop in this sneak peek at the hit thriller's second season, despite Seong Gi-hun's warnings to new players.

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Paul Kelly Is Hitting Arenas in 2025 to Play His Biggest-Ever Live Shows in Australia and New Zealand

The Aussie icon will be celebrating his new album 'Fever Longing Still' and playing through beloved tracks from his 40-year-plus career.

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Vacation Like the Ghost with the Most: Airbnb Is Letting You Visit (and Haunt) the 'Beetlejuice' House

It's showtime at the accommodation-sharing platform's latest pop culture-themed listing, complete with a portal to the afterlife.

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Tyler, The Creator's New 'Chromakopia' World Tour Is Coming to Australia and New Zealand in 2025

Returning Down Under for the first time since 2022, the genre-bending rapper will have Lil Yachty and Paris Texas in support.

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'Severance' Returns to the Office and Unveils a New Twist in the Teaser Trailer for Season Two

Even something as simple as heading back to the office isn't straightforward in this Apple TV+ sci-fi series, which returns in January 2025.

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From 'Indiana Jones' to an 'Everything Everywhere All At Once' Oscar and Leading an Action Movie: Ke Huy Quan Chats 'Love Hurts'

Second chances keep proving the theme of Ke Huy Quan's career resurgence on-and off-screen — this time playing a real-estate agent who used to be an assassin.

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'Beef' Is Returning for a Second Season with Oscar Isaac and Carey Mulligan Leading the Cast

Isaac and Mulligan have already co-starred in 'Drive' and 'Inside Llewyn Davis' together — and now they're stepping into Netflix's feuding anthology series.

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Awkward Workplace Antics, Chaotic Colleagues and Cringey Bosses, Australian-Style: Felicity Ward Talks 'The Office'

It might've taken 23 years, but this comedy franchise has now set up shop Down Under, starring Ward as Hannah Howard.

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Creepy Grins, Mega Pop Stars and Jumping From a SXSW-Screening Short to a Hit Horror Franchise: Parker Finn Chats 'Smile 2'

In four short years, this writer/director has gone from an unnerving short film to the highest-grossing horror movie of 2022, and now a sequel.

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Sandworms, Scheming and Subterfuge: They're All in the Full Trailer for HBO's 'Dune: Prophecy' TV Series

Inspired by the novel 'Sisterhood of Dune', this TV prequel to Denis Villeneuve's films is set 10,000 years before Paul Atreides' ascension.

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Sound and Vision: How Jed Kurzel Found the Right Score for 'Snowtown', 'The Babadook', 'Macbeth', 'Monkey Man' and More

The founding member of The Mess Hall has scored his filmmaker brother Justin's features and plenty beyond, fellow Australian masterpieces and big-budget Hollywood fare included.

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