News. 09/3. 0/2. 01. Experience “Beyond The Farthest Star” with RENEE O’Connor, TODD Terry, CHERAMI Leigh, ANDREW Librizzi and BENJAMIN Dane at GRAPEVINE/SOUTHLAKE late evening on Fri. Oct. 1. 8Renee is also in Houston Sat. Oct. 1. 9 early evening. West Plano, TX appearance is sold out although other viewing times are still available. Reserve tickets NOW for these limited seats!! They'll go quick.

When fans reserve tickets using this link,  http: //seatzy. Restored Hope Ministries. Restored Hope Ministries is committed to restoring the lives women who have been affected by sex trafficking, slavery, abuse, prostitution and poverty. DONATE TICKETS! BTFS deals with teen depression, a growing issue among our youth. We want underprivileged and at- risk teens to experience BTFS! Individuals or groups can also donate bocks of tickets by calling the BTFS office at 9.

RHM. Street teams will distribute tickets to at- risk teens in DFW area high schools and communities! Don't forget SPIFF is coming up this week. Get your tickets now at: www. SPIFFest. org. 04/1.

I am happy to say that the April/May issue of Kinetics Magazine is online. Here is the website ( www.

It is titled Bringing Awareness Center Stage on pg 3, by Alixandra  0. Bonjour! I am very excited to say, I will be attending the Xenite Con' II, on the 2.

October, 2. 01. 3, in Paris. Please come and see me at this event: www. Infinity has just been selected to screen @LA HORROR FESTSaturday, October 2. Raleigh Studioshttp: //www.

We know we want it. We want to see through other people's eyes, have their experiences, stand in their shoes. That's the unspoken promise of the movies, and as the. Riley Keough and Jena Malone star as former college friends — and perhaps more — in So Yong Kim's Sundance U.S. Dramatic Competition entry. There’s something very important that we’re not talking about when we talk about domestic violence. It’s 1962. Florence Ponting (Saoirse Ronan) and Edward Mayhew (Billy Howle) have just been married. She’s from a wealthy family and he a provincial one; her.

AND.. AMERICAN INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVALFriday Nov 2. Shorts Block 3. 5: 3.

• The "No On 65" sticker on Ron's mirror in Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama was a jab at the 65-episode policy. The 65th Episode Rule was a controversial rule that.
• At the helm of a feature for the first time in eight years, indie vet Bette Gordon directs Josh Charles, Julia Stiles and Avan Jogia in a thriller based on a British.

Come and support Andrew Pinon's new comedy 'SINGLED OUT': Indie. Go. Go campaign 9/0. Infinity Screening @ Dallas Video Festival: "Dad Stories" is a block of short films featuring: Magpie by Russell O.

Bush Infinity by Randy Crowder. Goodbye Engineer by Robert Greene. Screening Time & Location - Sun., Sept. C3 Tech Lab at the Dallas Museum of Art The 2. Dallas Video Festival is being held at the Dallas Museum of Art located at 1.

North Harwood, Dallas TX 7. AWARENESS SEMINARS: ‘Introduction to Awareness’ with Renee O’Connor. At Rizzles. Con 2. Scheduled for Friday, July 2.

THE Official XENA Convention: Introduction to Awareness with Renee O'Connor. January 1. 2, 2. 01. BURBANK, CAhttp: //www.

WAYS TO MAKE PEACE: Finally, a new 5 ways video for your amusement, 5 Ways to Make Peace. The 'good' news is that we are actively developing projects, and the 'bad' news is we cannot make this our monthly habit. We love creating "5 Ways To.." for you and for us. It lifts our spirits too! Thanks you for your continuing laughter.

Watch it at www. 5ways. Video Channel. 6/0. To our dear Awareness participants: Hi Friends, Feeling more Solid now, thanks! We are planning a change of dates for the Awareness Seminar in Austin. We are looking at a window between late October to early November. We will surely confirm the dates soon. Thanks, Renee and Michelle.

Infinity has been selected to screen @ MANHATTAN FILM FESTIVAL, Saturday, June 3. Hoping all our NY friends can attend. Would greatly appreciate the support. Venue @6. 95 Park Ave. New York. Ticket Price: $1.

Please purchase tickets here: http: //www. Also please visit www.

Index. htm Click on Complete Schedule, find and click on infinity and vote by clicking on the stars (hopefully the 5th star). Renee will be participating in a Women in Film panel in Little Rock with Lea Thompson. Actress Lea Thompson (Back to the Future, Some Kind of Wonderful, The Trouble with the Truth) will present a lively discussion with some of the most talented women working in independent film today. Renee O'Connor starred in all six seasons of Xena: Warrior Princess as Xena's sidekick Gabrielle. She then moved on to launch her own film production company - ROC Pictures - where she writes, directs and produces films as well as an online video subscription channel. In her career she has worked with the likes of Elijah Wood and Bruce Campbell.

More info here. 5/1. AWARENESS SEMINARWHEN: October 6th and 7th. WHERE: Austin TXMore info here. FITFUL MOVIE SWAP!! From Director Rich Brauer: It seems that there may be a little confusion between the pre- release version of our 2. FITFUL and its final release version titled DEADRISE. We like the final version better and because we’re appreciative to those who were first in line to purchase FITFUL, we want to thank you with this simple offer: Mail us your DVD of FITFUL before July 1.

DVD of what was actually released: DEADRISE. It’s fundamentally the same film with stars Renee O’Connor and Larry Joe Campbell, but with a whole new twist, new ending and music/EFX remix. We’re so happy with the new version, that we want you to have it! Just send your FITFUL DVD to Brauer Productions, the studio that made it and you will be mailed the final DEADRISE DVD free of charge. We’ll even pay for the shipping to you. If you wish, DEADRISE is also available from Amazon. That’s it! Mail the FITFUL DVD to: Brauer Productions, Inc.

S. Union St. Traverse City, MI 4. Here is the link to On Location Memphis International Film & Music Festival.

They are holding Fan Favorite Voting. Pass this link on w/ the info to anyone and everyone you know to vote on INFINITY to win! Infinity' accepted into the On. Location film festival. DATES: April 1. 9- 2.

Malco's Paradiso Theater, 5. South Mendenhall. Memphis, TN 3. 81. For more info: http: //onlocationmemphis. VIDEO NEWSLETTER: WHAT'S NEW Bedside Table (Book Review) - We have two new contributions to our reading list. Thanks to Ana and Mack!

Short Film) - with Renee & Andy: How to take constructive criticism: This absurd comedy short film considers the actions and reactions around judging the efforts of others.. Talking With.. (Interview) - Dr. Watch The Dead Pool Online Ibtimes more. Azita Sayan continues her discussion with me on deepening our understanding of the movement for empowerment by women on a global scale.

Roc That Spot - This month's feature restaurant is in Boulder, Colorado. Fireside Chat - Our forgiveness discussion has brought out the deeper themes at last! I am inspired by each of you for sharing your time and insights with me. Thank you! 3/1. 0/2. Hello Everyone, I want to invite you to join a Tele- Series: 1. Women Of Destiny, celebrating International Women's Day.

I will be included as a guest speaker. There are many insightful speakers with beautiful messages if you want to listen to the entire series. Forgive me for not getting this to you sooner, yet the traveling to Australia and meeting new friends kept me appropriately occupied!) My session is March 1. Noon, Eastern Time. Enjoy! You will need to register to hear the discussion, and I am encouraged to believe this all fits into our greater acts of serving each other. Come One, Come All, our monthly Video Channel is full of original short films, interviews and more, and it is now FREE!

Enjoy our creative efforts and inspired ideas. If you have a paid membership please cancel this first and re- join for the Free membership. Click here to Join Now for FREE. VIDEO NEWSLETTER: WHAT'S NEW Bedside Table (Book Review) - 'If You Want to Write' a wonderful book on Art, Independence, and Spirit, by Brenda Ueland. Short Film) - with Renee & Andy: How to Tame a Shrew: At last Andy and I get down to brass tacks in this absurd short film. Talking With.. (Interview) - Azita Sayan is an inspiring leader for many Iranian women who seek support while finding their voice.

Roc That Spot - The Peppermill in Las Vegas is one of my favorite stops in that state, when I am looking for a great breakfast. Fireside Chat - More discussions on Forgiveness. Come and join us! From Renee: Thank you ALL for my birthday wishes and continued celebrations of support for all my creative endeavors.

As a gesture of my gratitude, I will be making our ROC Video Channel FREE for everyone starting March 1, 2. It is with my heartfelt thanks to all the willing individuals who have shown their support to our Video Network that I feel compelled to stretch even more as an artist, seeing the growth in all of us.

Lipstick Under My Burkha movie review: This ‘lady- oriented’ film is absolutely worth your time and thoughtsWritten by Shubhra Gupta. New Delhi . Updated: July 2. Lipstick Under My Burkha movie review: What the film says is something we’ve always known but bears endless iterations – that confinement is not associated only with a burkha.

Lipstick Under My Burkha movie cast: Ratna Pathak Shah, Konkona Sensharma, Aahana Kumra, Plabita Borthakur, Vikrant Massey, Sushant Singh, Shashank Arora, Vaibhav Tatwawaadi, Jagat Singh Solanki. Lipstick Under My Burkha movie director: Alankrita Shrivastava. Lipstick Under My Burkha rating: 3. Sometimes the threat of a ban is the best thing to happen to a film. Especially if the filmmakers decide to fight back, and win: from being the kind of film which potentially could have remained a festival- fringe, Lipstick Under My Burkha has arrived in theatres this week, all guns blazing, giving us the finger. And I can tell you that it’s absolutely worth your time, and your thoughts: this is exactly the kind of film we need more of, with its deep, personal, political and powerful look into women’s lives, which says what it needs to, and makes its points, without being preachy or polemical, or beating our heads with it. Four women, based in Bhopal, going about their lives.

At one level, it’s as simple as that, the happenings in the film. On another, the particularity of their situation has universal resonance. And through the comings and goings, Lipstick Under My Burkha draws an unerring picture of how women are bound, by convention and tradition, and of their inner lives and other bonds which keep them going. Ratna Pathak Shah’s ‘Buaaji’ is the matriarch of a crumbling mansion that is on the radar of greedy corporators and a bunch of rent- seekers. Buaaji is the moral centre of Hawai Mahal, and her being a manifestly chaste middle- aged widow allows her to wield authority over the other residents, which includes the other three women, and their families. Shireen (Konkona Sensharma) is the mother of three, and put- upon wife of a boor (Sushant Singh) who believes that wives are useful strictly to bear and rear offspring, and be pliant bed- warmers.

Biwi ho, biwi ki tarah hi raho’. Leela (Aahana Kumra) runs a hole- in- the- wall beauty parlour where the ‘mohalla’- women come to get threading- and- waxing jobs. Leela is a frankly sexual creature, and doesn’t care who knows it: whether it is ‘boy- friend’ (Vikrant Massey), or potential groom (Vaibhav Tatwawaadi). And the youngest, college- going Miley Cyrus fan Rihana (Plabita Borthakur) is struggling to find her voice, literally and metaphorically. Her orthodox parents are as stifling, as is the cruel assessment of her cool status, or the lack of it, by her smart college- mates.

What makes Lipstick Under My Burkha the film it is, is the upfront, frank manner in which female desire and fantasy are treated, running like a strong, vital thread through the film. Dreams can keep you alive, and age is just a number. The awakening of Buaaji, who has almost forgotten her name, is a revelation, crafted from pulpy, erotic literature, a girl called Rosie who is free to love and lust, and a well- muscled swimming coach. Shah is terrific. As is Sensharma as the wife who wants to grow wings.

The younger women, both Kumra and Borthakur, are excellent as well. And the supporting cast is a delight: each one has been chosen well, and has a definite arc and function, a rarity in mainstream Bollywood. There are a couple of niggles. In the way a character’s chafing at her small- town future plays out, and in the extreme, contrived reaction to the big reveal of another character. But these are easily ignored when we look at the big picture, which is wonderfully subversive. What the film says is something we’ve always known but bears endless iterations – that confinement is not associated only with a burkha.

Any kind of restriction, sanctioned by long- standing patriarchy and deep misogyny, is equally shackling. The deep red lipstick (Buaaji would call it ‘lipishtik’) becomes the colour and mode of rebellion, giving us a hint of what goes on inside—the turmoil, the pain, the swallowed humiliation, the unshed tears, the unspoken resentment and anger. It is precisely this that is so problematic for the naysayers (including the CBFC which tried so hard to ban the film) who want to keep women safely ‘inside’ home and hearth: if ‘ladies’ start getting ‘oriented’, and if films start showing it, what, gasp, may happen? A song I love goes: where do you go to my lovely, when you’re alone in your head? Lipstick Under My Burkha takes us into that space, and lets its characters out, to start walking down forbidden paths, finding support in sisterhood, and in the recognition that we all have shades of Rosie in us. It is a film to be celebrated. Take a bow, producer Prakash Jha, director Alankrita Shrivastava, and the entire cast and crew.

And now excuse me while I go looking for my deepest, reddest lipstick. For all the latest Entertainment News, download Indian Express App.