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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Getting Paul Mescal Dancing in the Australian Desert: Benjamin Millepied Chats Reimagining 'Carmen'

In the acclaimed dancer-turned-filmmaker's hands, outback town Broken Hill backdrops a brand-new take on the classic opera.

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Oppenheimer

Thu, 20 Jul - Wed, 16 Aug 2023
Various cinemas in Wellington, Wellington

Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr are extraordinary in Christopher Nolan's striking atomic-bomb thriller.

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Barbie

Thu, 20 Jul - Wed, 23 Aug 2023
Various cinemas in Wellington, Wellington

Playing with dolls proves inventive, hilarious, intelligent and delightful for Greta Gerwig, Margot Robbie and a scene-stealing Ryan Gosling.

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'The Bear' Serves Up Another Course of Sublime TV in the Hit Dramedy's Sizzling Second Season

Yes chef — the best new show of 2022 is finally back, and it's just as appetising and intense as ever.

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'The Dry' Sequel 'Force of Nature' Is No Longer Hitting Cinemas in August Due to the Actors' Strike

You'll have to wait a little longer to see Eric Bana return as detective Aaron Falk, with a new release date not yet confirmed.

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Whanau Marama: New Zealand International Film Festival 2023

Thu, 27 Jul - Sun, 13 Aug 2023
Various cinemas in Wellington, Wellington

International festival favourites, homegrown standouts, cult classics in the making: they're all on this year's NZIFF lineup.

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The 15 Best Straight-to-Streaming Movies of 2023 So Far

Watching flicks on the couch has delivered Oscar-nominees, unsettling horror gems, delightful walk-and-talk rom-coms and more across 2023's first half.

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The 15 Best Returning TV Shows of 2023 So Far

Whether you love feuding families, survival-of-the-fittest thrillers or savage satires of history, this year's best returning series have kept delivering.

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New Zealand's Rippon Winery Was Just Named the 11th Best Vineyard in the World for 2023

The Central Otago winery was also named the best vineyard in Australasia, beating out winemakers from across the ditch.

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Playing Detective, Parodying Genres and Loving Murder-Mysteries: Sam Richardson Talks 'The Afterparty'

He has two Emmy nominations for 'Ted Lasso'. He loves getting ridiculous in 'I Think You Should Leave'. And he’s revelling in the sleuth life in an Apple TV+ gem.

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Hooray for HBO: 'Succession', 'The Last of Us' and 'The White Lotus' Lead 2023's Emmy Nominations

It's a great day to be a cast member on one of the three HBO hits, which picked up the US cable network 74 nominations.

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Steven Soderbergh's Twisty New Miniseries 'Full Circle' Is an All-Round Compelling Crime-Thriller

Fresh from 'Magic Mike's Last Dance', the prolific filmmaker directs, lenses and edits every episode of this starry must-watch show.

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Genre-Bending Whodunnit 'The Afterparty' Is Still One of Streaming's Funniest Murder-Mysteries in Season Two

There’s a new death and a mostly new cast, but sleuthing your way through this Apple TV+ comedy remains a treat.

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"Once a Rebel, Always a Rebel": The Full Trailer for New 'Star Wars' Series 'Ahsoka' Is Here

Rosario Dawson, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Lars Mikkelsen star in this spinoff from 'The Mandalorian', which hits Disney+ in August.

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Electro Trailblazers Kraftwerk Have Just Announced a Huge 2023 Australian and New Zealand Tour

Ahead of their time when they started making tunes in 1970, the German band is bringing its electronic music computer animations and performance art Down Under.

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The Sweet First Trailer for 'Wonka' Takes Timothée Chalamet to a World of Pure Imagination

Roald Dahl's chocolatier gets an origin story from the director of the 'Paddington' movies — and with Hugh Grant as an Ooompa-Loompa.

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Ryan Gosling Sings About the Struggles of Being Ken in the Latest 'Barbie' Trailer

Greta Gerwig's Margot Robbie- and Ryan Gosling-starring 'Barbie' movie now includes a hilarious Ken musical number.

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Joaquin Phoenix Fights for Power in the First Trailer for Ridley Scott's Historical Epic 'Napoleon'

After working together on 'Gladiator', the actor and director reteam for another blast from the past.

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The 15 Best New TV Shows of 2023 So Far

This year just keeps delivering small-screen gems — don't say that you don't have anything to watch.

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The 15 Best Films of 2023 So Far

Paul Mescal, a Sardinian donkey, all the Spider-Men, Ari Aster's latest nightmare: they all featured in the best of the best flicks from 2023's first six months.

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