Emerson's Finest

14/07/2023

The Pop Culture Brainwashing ends now!

Jan and Tom are joined with a guest Zach Huber for today's episode of Brainwashed by the Pop Culture 🎬
Zach Huber is a filmmaker from Albuquerque, a blossoming filmmaking haven. He has two productions under his wings - Let's Goof and Tangerine Dreams.

We talk for 95 minutes - which is approximately one half of Oppenheimer's runtime. Or Barbie's runtime minus 10 minutes or so. Or Haunted Mansion's runtime without 4 minutes. If you got time for that then sit back, give us a watch or a listen or whatever it is you do with podcasts. We talk filmmaking communities in Prague, Albuquerque, Fassbinder, Sam Levinson and a whole lof of other stuff!

See you at the movies!

Hello, fellow film buffs! In this special episode we have a featured guest all the way from Albuquerque. Zach Huber from the Let's Goof channel (https://www....

28/11/2022

A recently unearthed script by Jan Kalina and Thomas Cocco has gone into production this weekend. A short film about a therapy session gone awry, filled with anxieties galore and a philosopher of the barbershop variety.

Emerson's Finest with the collaboration of Volante Films (Bruno Pimentel and Verena Pu who provided sound and took care of the lighting equiopment we had

Cinematography was handled with care by the extremely thorough Anya Bazhenova 🎥

Our wonderful cast was Jan Kalina (producing and directing duties as well) as Jerry, Jannet Zhangalova as Cassie and the popping up Repairman by Maha Vrukayu

Production assistant Spencer Derrer Derr has also provided the most essential prop- The Radiator (a vital character in the story)

We can't wait to show you the final result!

Thanks to Recompose Studio for providing us with a nice and welcoming filmmaking haven!

In the meantime -stay safe and see you at the movies!🙂

10/07/2022

The first weekend of June we had our first theatre event, for which we joined up with a funk band Chronic Tonic. The night was full of amazing performances, laughs and a wonderful audience.
We surely plan another evening again in the fall and we look forward to seeing you all! :)
Meanwhile hope you are having a great sunny summer ☀️

We are not goofing off though and we are in the midst of preparing a short film so stay tuned for any news about upcoming events and developments!

(In the video Scott Sophos and Nikki Severin in the play Selling the Earth 101 written by Jan Kalina)

14/10/2021

First teaser for our upcoming short film "For a Bag of Pogs".

Story of unrequited love and the repercussions it can have on the world.

Coming soon!

Written and directed by Jan Kalina

10/09/2021

Check out this interview with one of the key members of our collective- the graceful, multi-talented Portuguese actress Sofia Sousa. Emerson's Finest collective founder Jan Kalina talks with Sofia Sousa about her Superbowl ad, lockdown and lots more! Give it a read!

Sofia Sousa is an actress currently based in Prague, Czech republic but originally hails from a different part of the continent: the sunniest place...

05/09/2021

Location scouting for the final scene of "For a bag of Pogs"

01/09/2021

Here is a short promo video from the recent event Shouting through the masks, that was hosted by the New Visions Theatre Company:
Our collective had a monologue and a one act play performed there and you can catch a snippet from both in this video.

Video courtesy of New Visions Theatre Company

New Visions theatre company presents its first ever show at Café Latino! ☕️A big thank you to all of our writers and performers who made this showcase possib...

20/08/2021

Check out the first episode of the new podcast our collective worked on! It is for the website BRWC and Jan Kalina as the host, with the guest Alexander von Lyutenskov sit down to break down and discuss Free Guy, with Ryan Reynolds, Jodie Comer, Joe Keery and Taika Waititi.
It is arguably the best film yet from Shawn Levy. Lot of upbeat, fun energy, needed this year and this summer.

So sit down, give us a listen on your phone, stereo system or whatever you use to listen to things. (Who am I to tell you how to listen to a podcast?)

BRWC At The Movies: Episode 1 - Free Guy Welcome to the first Episode of BRWC At The Movies. Meet your host Jan Kalina (writer, director, playwright, and jack of all artsy trades) and his guest Alexa

17/08/2021

Sundays are for cinema visits and podcasting

04/07/2021

A bunch of photos from last night's one act short play 'Up on Melancholy Hill sits a manatee'. Or simply described as the wrong way to grieve. Mixed in with a test of friendship. (Loosely connected to the 'Benmont 'monologue)
Written by Jan Kalina, performed by Max Brave as Benmont, Alexandr von Lyutenskov as Frederick and Fedorah Philippeaux as the Messenger.