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Pioneering filmmaker Ken Jacobs dies
Ken Jacobs, 92, a pioneering New York experimental filmmaker, died in hospital on Sunday of kidney failure, his son Azazel Jacobs said.
Critics slam Tron Ares film
Disney’s "Tron: Ares" opened in cinemas on Thursday to largely negative reviews, with critics calling it chaotic, incoherent and overloaded with effects and AI themes.

Spanish royals open Goya exhibition
King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain opened the Europalia festival in Brussels on Oct. 8, 2025, inaugurating a Bozar exhibition focused on Goya and Spanish realism.

National Book Award names finalists
The National Book Foundation announced the 2025 National Book Award finalists in the United States, including Karen Russell, Bryan Washington and Rabih Alameddine among the fiction contenders.