Sarah Watt
Film reviewer
Sarah reviewed for the Sunday Star Times until 2019. After a career change to secondary school teaching, she now she works in alternative education with our most disadvantaged rangatahi.
Sarah reviewed for the Sunday Star-Times before joining the Listener in 2019. Following a mid-life career change from legal publishing to secondary teaching she works in alternative education with our most disadvantaged rangatahi. An avid traveller and consumer of culture, Sarah lives in Tāmaki Makarau Auckland with her filmmaker-editor husband.
Check out Sarah’s latest content
NZ comedians Rose Matafeo and Dave Fane shine alongside Hollywood stars in Moana 2
Disney’s latest blockbuster has been released in English and te reo Māori concurrently.
Honouring Taki Rua: A timely look at Māori theatre’s revolutionary past
Film boasts a treasure trove of cultural icons & an inspiring story of self-determination.
Hugh Grant finds midlife calling in true horror style
Hugh Grant breaks out into full-on villain territory.
Jessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard shine in drama about slippery nature of memory
Memory is an intriguing and twisty drama about the slippery nature of our recall.
It’s the film everyone is talking about, but Wicked leaves reviewer less than bewitched
Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo can’t save this overlong movie of the hit stage musical.
Lucy Lawless’s doco a fitting tribute to fearless Kiwi camerawoman
New Zealand photojournalist Margaret Moth was our very own Lee Miller of war videography.
Manic movie recalls US sketch comedy Saturday Night Live’s 1975 debut
Excitement of live TV well conveyed in entertaining if exhausting peek at US TV history.
Shot of fame: Portrayal of a WWII snapper Lee Miller fails to inspire
Despite its impressive CV, this biopic doesn't do justice to its subject or star.
Sir Ian McKellen perfectly cast as an intelligent, self-important, pompous ass
In The Critic, Sir Ian McKellen is clearly having a blast.