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Criterion Collection's Discontinued Film Releases, 54th Nirvaaq, Longyearbyen (2026)

01/12/2025

Zootopia 2 (2025, dir. Jared Bush, Byron Howard)

29/11/2025

Last Night in Zirkoh's (2025, dir. Edgar Mortiz)
PSYCHOLOGICAL COMEDY HIP-HOP KANAL HUMOR HORROR | 16 COPIES LEFT

2025 is the year of subversions by comedic personalities and non-actors taking a swing within the horror and more serious genres. Marlon Wayans with “Him,” Tim Robinson with “Friendship,” and Kevin O' Leary with “Marty Supreme”— let's add Charli XCX as well with her upcoming “The Moment”.

But no other artist has created such buzz than the great Allan K. A staple of the noontime show “Eat Bulaga!“, Allan has been the typical host slash hype man, instead of showing his chops in comedy, he resorted to a crowd control position. Laughing as we saw funny antics on the screen during “Juan For All, All for Juan” segments before— choosing to hold back to himself, because his brand of comedy belongs to the gallows, the dark side, the one that's too radioactive for mainstream television. He has been a mainstay at Zirkoh and Klownz comedy bars before, but since then, as the owner, was forced to shut most of his business during pandemic times.

Now, the plot of this film treads between reality and fiction, as Belá Tarr described, [the greatest meta film” since “8 ½” and “F for Fake” by the masters Fellini and Welles.] Enter young Joel Talamban (played by rapper Smugglazz), a down on his luck hip-hop artist who had reached his peak a decade ago, and is officially a has-been within the hiphop game and showbiz industry. He has a two-week gig somewhere in Manila for a small town basketball tournament as emcee and rapper, since he had no money for a decent hotel, he resorted to renting a room at the old and now dilapidated Zirkoh's, now converted into a seedy budget motel.

Things seems normal at first, until he had multiple nightmares of a charismatic gay man (Allan K.) being killed by a shadowy figure in the room he was staying in. The seemingly disturbed spirit of the dead person doesn't stop haunting him until he solves the apparition's murder, but the story thickens as he starts investigating it. Also starring Arthur Solinap, Kakai Bautista, Mitoy Yonting, Baus Rufo, Macoy Dubs, Ivan Dilema, and a special participation from Ms. Gina Alajar.

“🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟” — Goldwin Reviews
“A modern classic” — Rolando Inocencio
“The start of the second golden wave of Philippine Cinema” — Ricky Lee
“A hallmark of world cinema” — Hirokazu Kore-eda
“Allan K. is the Christoph Waltz of the modern era” — Quentin Tarantino