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A man with a white shirt is ascending the stairs to his home, only to find that his door has been forced open. He goes in silently, and finds a man searching his things. He attacks him, beats him rather harshly and ties him up to interrogate him. It turns out the man with a white shirt is a crooked cop, whose wife has left him a while ago after finding out that he deals drugs on the side, while the burglar is supposedly a man who picked this particular house randomly, in order to pay loan sharks, so his wife will not leave him. The two discuss their personal lives, and the cop decides to let the man go, even giving him money for the doctor. Then he calls his wife asking her to meet him, despite the late hour, in order to discuss getting together again. Things, however,...

Stars from international hit “Crazy Rich Asians” were on hand Wednesday night to add a little sparkle to the otherwise brisk and efficient opening night events for the 29th edition of the Singapore International Film Festival.

Hundreds of film buffs gathered at the 85-year-old neoclassical Capitol Theatre to cheer the stars walking the red carpet. The festival runs as part of the Singapore Media Festival through Dec. 9.

Singaporean filmmaker Royston Tan, who will celebrate the 15th anniversary of his seminal debut feature, “15: The Movie” at the festival, walked the red carpet with festival executive director Yuni Hadi. Other luminaries included “The Hush” actors Adele Wong, Jason Godfrey and Irene Ang. The guest of honor was Tan Kiat How, chief executive of Singapore’s industry regulator, the Infocomm Media Development Authority.

Causing a stir with fans were local “Crazy Rich Asians” stars Fiona Xie, a vision in Fendi; Constance Lau in a Stylease gown,...