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
Idris Elba's Tense Real-Time Plane Thriller 'Hijack' Is Nail-Biting and Swiftly Addictive Viewing

The actor everyone would like to see as 007 tries to stop terrorists on a Dubai-to-London flight in this new Apple TV+ series.

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Netflix Just Dropped the First 'Sex Education' Season Four Trailer — and Announced That the Series Is Ending

Good news, bad news: 'Sex Education' returns in September, but only for one last season.

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SXSW Sydney's Speaker Lineup Just Added First Nations Filmmakers, Osher Günsberg and Layne Beachley

The debut festival's screen lineup is still on its way, but Leah Purcell, Jub Clerc and Kodie Bedford are already part of it.

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Japan Airlines Is Hiring Out Clothes to Travellers So You Can Leave Your Suitcase at Home

From AU$42, you can ditch your baggage and get rental clothes sent to your hotel instead to wear while you're in Japan.

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Calling All Scorsese, DiCaprio and De Niro Fans: The Full 'Killers of the Flower Moon' Trailer Is Here

Martin Scorsese is back with another must-see crime drama — and makes his first feature to star both Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio.

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Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One

Sat, 8 Jul - Wed, 2 Aug 2023
Various cinemas in Wellington, Wellington

Tom Cruise keeps one-upping the stunts and spectacular action in the 'Mission: Impossible' franchise — and the spy series keeps proving a joy to watch.

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The Full Trailer for 'The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart' Plunges Sigourney Weaver Into an Aussie Mystery

The 'Alien' and 'Ghostbusters' icon sports an Aussie accent in this seven-part Prime Video series, which adapts Holly Ringland's 2018 novel.

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Insidious: The Red Door

Thu, 6 Jul - Wed, 26 Jul 2023
Various cinemas in Wellington, Wellington

Patrick Wilson makes his directorial debut with this weary, creaky, by-the-numbers fifth instalment in the supernatural horror franchise.

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Joy Ride

Thu, 6 Jul - Wed, 26 Jul 2023
Various cinemas in Wellington, Wellington

A stellar cast makes the most of this funny and thoughtful raunchy comedy, which follows four Asian American friends on a trip to China.

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Snoop Dogg Is Dropping His Second Cookbook 'Goon with the Spoon' This Spring

This time, the hip hop icon is teaming up with fellow rapper E-40 on a collection of 65-plus recipes.

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Disney+ Has Added a Sing-Along Version of 'Hamilton' So You Can Make Your House the Room Where It Happens

If you've always wanted to belt out a tune with Lin-Manuel Miranda, this is your chance.

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'Barbie' in Australia: Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig on Turning a Toy Into 2023's Most-Anticipated Movie

Margot Robbie, Greta Gerwig, Issa Rae and America Ferrera hit Sydney to chat about bringing a live-action version of Mattel’s six-decade-old doll to cinemas.

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Ten Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in June

Start with a surreal and stunning instant gem about a 13-foot-tall Oakland teenager battling a tech billionaire — and capitalism.

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Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya Fight for Freedom and Arrakis in the New Trailer for 'Dune: Part Two'

"He who can destroy a thing has the real control of it."

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'RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under' Season Three Will Sashay Into Your Streaming Queue in July

Ten more Australian and New Zealand drag queens will strut their stuff in the hit franchise's Down Under version — with RuPaul as host.

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Danny Brown and Thelma Plum Have Been Added to the 2023 Splendour in the Grass Lineup

The festival's set times just dropped — and a replacement for Lewis Capaldi is set to be announced as soon as possible.

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Horror Favourite 'Five Nights at Freddy's' Is the Latest Game That's Getting the Big-Screen Treatment

Josh Hutcherson, Matthew Lillard, murderous animatronics aplenty: they're all in the trailer for this game-to-cinema flick.

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The Victorian Government Has Declared Taylor Swift's 'Eras' Tour a Major Event to Stop Ticket Scalping

Anyone reselling tickets for inflated prices will face fines of up to $554,760.

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Lewis Capaldi Has Cancelled His Splendour in the Grass Set and Other Tour Dates Down Under

After playing Glastonbury, the 'Someone You Loved', 'Before You Go' and 'Wish You the Best' singer is taking some time out.

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Neat!: 'Futurama' Has Just Dropped Its Full Trailer Ahead of the Animated Favourite's July Return

It's back, baby, with the animated comedy's 31st-century antics getting thawed out after a ten-year hiatus.

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