Here's a look at the news highlights from Asean countries in the Star-AseanPlus section for Friday (May 29, 2026).

Me Watching a Historical Movie in Class 🤨📽️ The class is quiet, teacher is serious, and the movie starts off normal… then suddenly it gets way more intense than you expected. Now you’re just sitting ...

From Modern Times to Harlan County, USA. A scene from the 1967 film The Battle of Algiers showing French paratrooper Colonel Mathieu—played by Jean Martin—walking past a a cheering throng.(Michael ...

This Technicolor portrait of Jakarta was filmed when it was called Batavia and formed part of the Dutch East Indies colonial empire The film portrays the daily life of citizens and the relaxed ...

When Bridgerton premiered in December 2020, the height of the Covid-19 TV fishbowl, the Regency-era romance captivated viewers with its fantasy masquerade balls, corsets, and bodice-ripping sex. Based ...

Watching a film for class used to be a dream assignment. By Aaron Couch Film Editor For years, audiences have groused that films are too long, and now, a number of film professors say their students ...

The legendary duel between Optimus Prime and Megatron in The Transformers: The Movie (1986) isn't just another cartoon fight; it's a cinematic showdown that defined a generation. Set among the ruins ...

One of the downsides of our movie-mad filmmakers — the Quentin Tarantinos who happily plunder from cinema’s illustrious past — is that their worldview can be myopic beyond what’s up there on the ...

‘Goodbye June,’ starring Helen Mirren and Toni Collette, is directed by Winslet and written by the 21-year-old Anders Stephanie Augello/Getty For Kate Winslet and her son Joe Anders, their new movie ...

Movies can mean so many things to us, depending on the weather outside, the political climate, our mood on any given day. Sometimes, especially in an age where it's often more convenient just to stay ...

Our film critics rank their 10 favorites of the year. By Manohla Dargis and Alissa Wilkinson Manohla Dargis It was another great year for the movies and another horrible, hair-on-fire year for the ...