Garry Maddox
Garry Maddox is a Senior Writer for The Sydney Morning Herald.
Oscars 2026 as it happened: One Battle After Another dominates, Anne Hathaway teases Devil Wears Prada sequel
There was no joy for the Australian nominees at this year’s Academy Awards, but big strides were made for gender equality.
- Michael Idato, Karl Quinn, Nell Geraets, Damien Woolnough, Lauren Ironmonger, Kayla Olaya and Garry Maddox
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Moviemaking at -50 degrees. The Australian film crew that survived one of the world’s deadliest winters
Documenting the annual winter migration of thousands of horses in Mongolia proved just as tough a test for the Australian filmmakers as for the herders and their animals themselves.
- Garry Maddox
From Blacktown to Palm Beach, how films have captured Sydney’s changing character
The Art Gallery of NSW launches its new Cinematheque with a season harbour city film, beginning with Gillian Armstrong’s Starstruck.
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Margot Robbie, Sarah Snook and James Cameron’s avatar join fans as Tropfest returns
Margot Robbie and Sarah Snook were among the big-name stars at the world’s largest short film festival, Tropfest, which returned to Sydney on Sunday night.
- Garry Maddox
Lights, camera, Centennial Park … the world’s biggest short film festival returns to Sydney
After a seven-year intermission Tropfest returns on Sunday, with films from 16 finalists battling it out for the top prize.
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‘Incredibly excited’: Richard Scolyer hails new US trial for brain cancer
The world-renowned pathologist and former Australian of the Year is upbeat that his experimental treatment for glioblastoma has sparked a clinical trial.
- Garry Maddox
Why this Oscar-nominated creative will feel ‘a certain amount of melancholy’ at the awards
Fiona Crombie is up for a gong for her production design work on Hamnet – but when the big night arrives, she’ll be thinking about one special person.
- Garry Maddox
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- Australian film
‘There were a few lost years’: Geoffrey Rush is back. But don’t call it a comeback
At a 30th anniversary screening of Shine, the 74-year-old Australian actor talks about going into “a reflective state” after winning a landmark defamation case.
- Garry Maddox
Homegrown horror Bring Her Back, Jacob Elordi and Narrow Road to the Deep North lead AACTA wins
With their follow-up to global hit Talk To Me, the Philippou brothers’ horror film has won nine awards including best film and direction.
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Comic film about the struggle to say ‘thank you’ makes Tropfest
In Georgina Haig’s short, a grieving woman’s inability to say those two words makes her a social outcast.
- Garry Maddox