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.

Sarah Ward's Latest Articles

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…

The Odyssey. Image: Universal Pictures.
Features

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

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

Writer, director and photographer James J Robinson. Photo: Supplied.
Interviews

James J Robinson on First Light: ‘I think I processed all my emotions through the film’

James J Robinson has traded the world of fashion photography for film, with a meditative debut feature about an elderly…

Natalie Erika James (centre) on set with Midori Francis during the filming of Saccharine. Photo: Supplied.
Interviews

Natalie Erika James on Saccharine: ‘Hopefully it makes other people see a part of themselves’

Melbourne-based writer and director Natalie Erika James discusses her latest film, the freaky body horror tale Saccharine.

Ashley Zukerman and Jessica Henwick in Silo. Image: Apple TV.
Interviews

Ashley Zukerman on joining Silo: ‘It was a little daunting’

After his stint on Succession, Ashley Zukerman has had his pick of some 'really meaty' roles, landing him in Season…

The Invite. Image: A24.
Features

10 new films we can’t wait to see before 2026 is out

From Olivia Colman's latest drama to the Australian comedy The Fox, here are the big films we're looking forward to…

Backrooms. Image: A24.
Features

It’s OK to be excited about movie sequels, remakes & revivals

In the world of film and TV, everything old is always new again – and maybe that's not a bad…

Animated film Arco screens as part of the Europa! Europa Film Festival. Image: Neon.
Features

10 films to see at the 2026 Europa! Europa Film Festival

This year's Europa! Europa Film Festival runs across Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Hobart and Auckland.