The Screening Room

In this week's episode, Rutvig talks to long time theatre buddy and actor, Charan Singh.  The two discuss how they first met in London (at Rutvig's first ever audition no less), their starts on stage and later, with Charan (now a resident of Singapore) speaking specifically about his evolution from stage to screen actor, to his directorial debut and more.

We apologise for the slightly poor audio on the guest's side.  Technology!  You gota love it!

Enjoy.

 

 

In our Halloween Special, host Rutvig Vaid talks to actress Patricia Tallman.  With an incredible filmography under her belt both as man actress and stunt performer, Tallman is perhaps known to most fans for her work on the 90s Star Trek series' and films, and Babylon 5, as well as playing the updated version of Barbara in the 1990 Night of the Living Dead remake.  

She also talks a little about her other ventures, such as her travel agency / events work B5events.com:

https://www.questretreats.com/pleasure-thresholds-order/

 

And her book: patreon.com/patriciatallman

 

You can follow her on social media at the following: https://linktr.ee/patriciatallman 

 

Happy Halloween everybody!

The Screening Room returns next week with a host of new guests including Patricia Tallman, Charan Singh and Matthew Stirling to name but 3.  And Rutvig will also be recording some special episodes titled From Page to Screen, starting with the Batman graphic novel, The Killing Joke where he will look at the source material and go through it in real time whilst watching the filmed version.  

Enjoy!

In this week's episode, Rutvig chats to old college chum and film and TV graphic designer, Jenn Moye. Jenn talks about her career and how she evolved from her fine arts background, to working on some of the largest franchises in the world as a graphic designer.  Some of her credits include The Walking Dead and the MCU films Spider-Man: Homecoming, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: End Game.

If you've ever wondered what's involved in being a graphic designer on large Hollywood blockbusters, this is the episode for you!  

 

Host Rutvig Vaid chats with British Actor Richard Cunningham, who talks about his start in acting (you may be surprised where Richard first starting performing) and overcoming his fears performing, through to his education at LAMDA, the beginnings of his professional career in Theatre, TV and film and of course, no conversation with Richard would be complete without some stories about his time on the film Rogue One:  A Star Wars Story which, you may be surprised to learn, was lengthier than it may seem.

 

An entertaining and insightful conversation with a delightful guest.

In this weeks episode Rutvig Vaid is joined by filmmaker and returning guest, Sam Jeffries.  The pair deliver a comedy I mean, commentary track for the erm, critically acclaimed, underrated classic, Robocop 2!

 

They chat all things Robocop (and how good the *original is), Sam's love of Uwe Boll, and the colour of Robocop's helmet amongst other things.  All whilst sipping on a sweet, sweet **Budweiser.

 

Enjoy.

 

*For the record, we love Robocop 2 too!  But not Robocop 3.  That film was not good.

**The Screening Room is not sponsored by or affiliated in any way with Budweiser.  Though it probably wishes it was.

 

In this week's episode, host Rutvig Vaid is joined by illustrator, cartoonist and all round artist, Nicholas Diak AKA Lumberjack Nick.  Nick is best known for his Star Wars illustrations - which can be found across his many online platforms - but is also the person responsible for The Screening Room illustrations.  

We talk about his career, his past projects and his thoughts on the hit animated series Star Wars The Clone Wars.

Enjoy. 

In this week's episode, Rutvig talks to actor and super tall person (7'1"!) Ross Sambridge.

Ross performed as one of the Snoke body doubles from the film Star Wars:  The Last Jedi, as well as playing a Wookiee slave in the spin off film, Solo: A Star Wars Story.

The original interview was conducted in November 2018, so the discussion doesn't touch on anything learned in The Rise of Skywalker. But we do talk about the process and learn some things about how that incredible CG character was brought to life on screen.

The article referenced in the introduction can be found here:

https://www.digitaltrends.com/movies/star-wars-the-last-jedi-visual-effects/ 

You can also find us on Facebook here:  https://www.facebook.com/RoomScreeningThe/ 

and on Instagram here:  https://www.instagram.com/screeningroomthe/?hl=en 

Enjoy. 

This week's episode sees host Rutvig Vaid talking with artist Joe Corroney, who's widely know for his work on the Star Wars license, as well as Star Trek and Doctor Who among others. 

They discuss Corroney's career, his work with Lucasfilm and and on the Star Wars franchise, as well as some chat about the DCEU and the supposed JJ Abrams cut of The Rise of Skywalker.

Enjoy!

In this long time coming episode, host Rutvig introduces a series of interviews recorded (by Rutvig and Patrick O' Leary) back in 2017 at London Super Comic Con with comics artists and writers. 

They speak to comics creators Guillermo Ortego, returning guest (even though technically, this was his first time on The Screening Room) James Lundy, and visiting Greek creators Nikos Koutsis, Stefanos Papadatos and Tony Tzanoukakis.  And finally, we speak with none other than the legendary writer Brian Michael Bendis himself.

The subject matters discussed, show the age of the recordings but hopefully they prove to be interesting nonetheless.  As they say, better late than never!

Enjoy.

In this week's episode, Rutvig catches up with actor Keith De'Winter.  They reminisce about the Star Wars Episode 8 The Last Jedi (aka Space Bear) wrap party as well as talk about Keith's varied acting career, where Keith recalls landing the job on The Force Awakens and his first day going in for fittings.   

In this special episode, host Rutvig vaid pays tribute to the late actor Irrfan Khan.  He talks about Khan's work in The Darjeeling Limited, The Amazing Spider-Man, Jurassic World and The Life of Pi.

The quotes in this episode are referenced from Facebook, Twitter and this Guardian article:  

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/apr/29/bollywood-star-irrfan-khan-dies-aged-53 

Welcome to Star Wars Topps Artists Episode 2: Revenge of the Fifth!  Or is it Sixth?  I don't know, you decide.

In this second episode celebrating 'Star Wars Day', host Rutvig Vaid talks to more fellow Topps sketchcard artists Barry 'Baz' Renshaw and Matthew Stewart about their education, art careers and their love of Star Wars.

In this special episode, host Rutvig Vaid talks with fellow Star Wars Topps Sketchcard Artists Kevin B. Cleveland, Jamie Richards and Danny M. Kidwell.

They chat all things art, Star Wars and sketchcards.

May the Fourth Be With You.

Join host Rutvig Vaid as he talks with British filmmaker Adam J. Spinks (Spaceman, Carrion, Extinction) about making films on no-to-low budget, the trials and tribulations of the festival circuit and Adam's recently released short, Like Glass (available now on Amazon).

In this belated Top 5 of 2019 episode, host Rutvig Vaid waxes lyrical about his fave films of last year, as well as introducing a couple more lists including his 'Don't Care List'!  Listen as he moans about stuff, gushes about stuff and generally warbles on as per usual.  Films talked about include Terminator: Dark Fate, Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker, Shazam, Booksmart, Stuber, Jay & Silent Bob Reboot and many more.  

This ep may be a couple of months late, but it's worth the wait...

...though probably not.

After another long hiatus, Rutvig is back with another episode of The Screening Room.  

In this episode, Rutvig talks about the Mike Edmonds (Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, Time Bandits) biopic, Under the Radar:  The Mike Edmonds Story and shares a recording of the Q&A session that followed the films' premier at Raindance Film Festival last month in London's West End. 

The film features interviews with Colin Firth (Kingsman, Bridget Jones' Diary), Arti Shah (Harry Potter, Star Wars, Guardians of the Galaxy), Danny John Jules (Red Dwarf), Simon J. Frith (Director), Producer extraordinaire Robert Watts (the original Star Wars and Indiana Jones Trilogies) and Michael Palin (Monty Python) to name but a few.

Enjoy!

In this week's episode of The Screening Room, Rutvig Vaid talks to James Burns of JediNewsUK about last April's convention, Star Wars Celebration Chicago.  They discuss the teaser for Star Wars Episode 9:  The Rise of Skywalker and James talks about the new Disney Land attraction Galaxy's Edge, as well as the panels for Episode 1: The Phantom Menace, the game Star Wars Jedi: Fallen order amongst other things.

Enjoy!

After a longer than scheduled break, Rutvig Vaid returns to The Screening Room with British Asian Stand-up comic, actor and impressionist Anil Desai.

In the second of this 2 part tribute to artist and filmmaker Elliott Ashton, I talk to Catherine Taylor about her experience working alongside Elliott on Attack of the Aliens, and their friendship in general.  

Farewell Elliott.  I'm grateful for knowing you.