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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A Huge Art Exhibition From the Tate with Works by Claude Monet and Yayoi Kusama Is Coming to New Zealand

Displaying at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 'Light from Tate: 1700s to Now' will feature more than 70 works from the UK gallery, dating back to the 18th century.

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HBO Has Renewed 'The White Lotus' for a Third Season — and It'll Head to a New Luxe Destination

The anthology series will focus on a new White Lotus hotel, and new characters staying there, in season three.

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The First Trailer for Pixar's New 'Inside Out'-Style Movie 'Elemental' Is As Adorable As You'd Expect

This time, the Disney-owned animation studio is focusing on fire-, water-, land- and air-residents — and what happens when the fiery Ember and go-with-the-flow Wade cross paths.

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'RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under' Is Returning for a Third Fierce and Fabulous Season in 2023

Start your engines: another lineup of Australian and New Zealand drag queens will compete for glory.

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Get Excited Right Here, Right Now: Dance Music Legend Fatboy Slim Is Touring Down Under in 2023

The UK DJ and producer is heading to Australia and New Zealand to break out 'The Rockafeller Skank', 'Praise You', 'Weapon of Choice' and more.

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'Dead to Me' Wraps Up Its Three-Season Run with a Last Easy-to-Binge Round of Grief, Friendship and Twists

The Christina Applegate- and Linda Cardellini-starring Netflix black comedy gets soapier in its final season, but still remains compelling, hilarious and heartfelt.

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Everybody Needs More 'Neighbours': Amazon Is Bringing the Aussie Soap Back for a New Season in 2023

Ramsay Street's residents are returning to your screen, after the Australian series initially called it quits after 37 years earlier in 2022.

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Nostalgia Alert: Rod Stewart and Cyndi Lauper Are Touring New Zealand Arenas and Wineries in 2023

'Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?', 'Tonight’s The Night (Gonna Be Alright),' 'Time After Time', 'Girls Just Want To Have Fun' — they'll all get a whirl.

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Stars at Noon

Thu, 17 Nov - Wed, 14 Dec 2022
Various cinemas in Wellington, Wellington

Iconic French auteur Claire Denis helms a sultry and enveloping erotic thriller, with Margaret Qualley and Joe Alwyn starring as strangers colliding in Nicaragua.

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Emily

Thu, 17 Nov - Wed, 7 Dec 2022
Various cinemas in Wellington, Wellington

Starring Emma Mackey, this passionate biopic mixes fact and fiction to imagine how Emily Brontë conjured up 'Wuthering Heights'.

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Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths

Thu, 17 Nov - Wed, 7 Dec 2022
Various cinemas in Wellington, Wellington

For his first movie in seven years, Oscar-winning director Alejandro González Iñárritu ponders the weight of being a filmmaker in a feature both spectacular and indulgent.

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She Said

Thu, 17 Nov - Wed, 7 Dec 2022
Various cinemas in Wellington, Wellington

Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan lead this powerful newspaper drama, which follows the journalists who broke the Harvey Weinstein story.

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Channing Tatum Takes His Steamy Moves to London in the First 'Magic Mike's Last Dance' Trailer

Salma Hayek joins the cast in this third and final film in the 'Magic Mike' franchise, which sees the titular stripper put on a brand-new show.

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Disney+ Is Livestreaming Elton John's Final North American Gig — and He'll Be Teaming Up with Dua Lipa

Make plans to knock off early on Monday, November 21 — you've got a streaming date with Elton John, Dua Lipa, Kiki Dee and Brandi Carlile live from Dodger Stadium.

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AMC+ Is Now Available Down Under as a Standalone Streaming Service — and It Comes with Shudder

Initially launching in Australia as an add-on to other streaming platforms, this service from the US network behind 'Mad Men' and 'Breaking Bad' has gone solo.

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Studio Ghibli and Disney Have Teamed Up on Surprise 'Star Wars' Short 'Zen — Grogu and Dust Bunnies'

Baby Yoda is getting the Studio Ghibli treatment, complete with susuwatari from 'Spirited Away', to celebrate three years of 'The Mandalorian'.

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Keanu Reeves Faces a Last Duel for Freedom in the Frenetic Full Trailer for 'John Wick: Chapter 4'

This time, the no-nonsense assassin faces off against Bill Skarsgård — with the film due in cinemas in March 2023.

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When History Demands a Response: Tearepa Kahi and Tame Iti Talk Tuhoe Raids Drama 'Muru'

A huge New Zealand box office hit and an Asia Pacific Screen Award-winner, this powerful film grapples with Aotearoa’s history — and writer/director Tearepa Kahi and activist Tāme Iti talk us through it.

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Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Bloody in Phenomenal Emily Blunt-Starring Western Series 'The English'

If you only watch one TV western this year, make it this Old West-set six-part Prime Video standout.

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Mister Organ

Thu, 10 Nov - Wed, 30 Nov 2022
Various cinemas in Wellington, Wellington

New Zealand filmmaker David Farrier has done it again, chronicling another story so wild that it can only be true — and this one started with an antiques store’s car park.

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Studio Ghibli and Disney Have Teamed Up on Surprise 'Star Wars' Short 'Zen — Grogu and Dust Bunnies'

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When History Demands a Response: Tearepa Kahi and Tame Iti Talk Tuhoe Raids Drama 'Muru'

Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Bloody in Phenomenal Emily Blunt-Starring Western Series 'The English'

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