Sarah Ward

Sarah Ward is a film and television critic; arts, entertainment and culture editor and journalist; and film festival organiser. She is the film and TV critic for ABC radio Gold Coast, the Australia-based film critic for Screen International, and a critic and member at the Alliance of Women Film Journalists. Sarah’s background also spans stints as film and television editor at both Concrete Playground and Variety Australia, and as Goethe-Institut Australien’s Kino in Oz critic and writer. Her work has been published by the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Birth.Movies.Death, SBS, SBS Movies, Flicks, Lumina, Senses of Cinema, the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts, Junkee, FilmInk, Broadsheet, Televised Revolution, Metro Magazine and Screen Education, the City of Gold Coast, the World Film Locations book series and more.

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Patrick Brammall in Last Seen. Image: Apple TV.
Interviews

Patrick Brammall and Brendan Cowell on Last Seen: ‘It works in a way that we don't expect’

For stars Patrick Brammall, Brendan Cowell and Chloe Jean Lourdes, the new thriller Last Seen is set apart by its…

Jim Henson with the Fraggle Five from Fraggle Rock. Photo: The Jim Henson Company.
Interviews

Celebrating 70 years of The Jim Henson Company at QAGOMA: ‘I think puppetry is the last magic trick’

A world exclusive exhibition is about to open in Brisbane with puppets, props and even a full-size set from The…

Anthony Frith, the Adelaide-based Director of Mockbuster and The Land That Time Forgot. Photo: Supplied.
Interviews

Anthony Frith on Mockbuster: ‘I had my cake and ate it too – I was greedy and it paid off’

Adelaide filmmaker Anthony Frith made his first feature in six days – then made the documentary Mockbuster about what it…

The Dog Stars. Image: 20th Century Studios.
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Jacob Elordi's post-apocalyptic drama The Dog Stars is all too familiar

Ridley Scott's The Dog Stars follows in the footsteps of 28 Days Later and The Last of Us, asking what…

Hyun Lee at the Sydney Film Festival premiere of French Girls. Photo: Tim Levy.
Interviews

Hyun Lee on French Girls: ‘You experience all of these magical things that reward you for taking the risk’

Hyun Lee shares the many moments of serendipity that led to showing her debut feature film at both SFF and…

Memento. Image: Newmarket. New Live Orchestral Screenings.
Interviews

How Cavs is reimagining Christopher Nolan’s Memento: ‘I've always wanted to score a film on the drums’

The King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard drummer is presenting a new score for Memento as part of the Hear…

Rose Matafeo, Joe Thomas and Paul Williams star as three hapless spies, guided by their boss, Bret McKenzie. Photo: ABC.
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New Zealand Spy review: live and let laugh with this starry espionage spoof

Created by Paul Williams, New Zealand Spy is a spoof in the tradition of Get Smart, but this time the…

Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma. Image: MUBI. Showing at the 2026 New Farm Queer Film Festival.
Interviews

New Farm Queer Film Festival: ‘We're a festival that began to fill a void’

The five-year-old New Farm Queer Film Festival is delivering the goods for Brisbane film lovers in 2026.

The Odyssey. Image: Universal Pictures.
Features

IMAX is doing big things in Australia – can it be Brisbane’s turn next?

With soaring ticket sales for IMAX screenings of The Odyssey, is the future of cinema 'go big or go home'?

The Invite. Image: A24.
Features

The Invite: A24 is still banking on our addiction to anxiety cinema

When it comes to stressful cinema like The Invite and The Drama, we just can't get enough.

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