Taylor Gates is an Indiana native who earned her BFA in Creative Writing from the University of Evansville. She fell in love with entertainment by watching shows about chaotic families like Full House ...

When it came to building my watchlist for this year’s Sundance, I resorted to a prehistoric form of deciding what to watch: selecting films based on their title. I scrolled through the program, ...

There's no way life can be categorised from one feeling to another. It is a long, absurd, tragicomedy- where everything and nothing is serious. It might as well be outrageous the next second. How else ...

Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty! premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. The film stars Rinko Kikuchi as a widow struggling to reorient her life amidst grief. Sony has acquired the rights. Haru (Rinko ...

“Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!” has sold to Sony Pictures Classics following its debut at Sundance. The crowd-pleasing story of a widow named Haru — whose love of ballroom dancing helps her overcome her ...

Rinko Kikuchi in "Ha-Chan Shake Your Booty!" (Courtesy of Sundance Institute) In the first acquisition from the U.S. Dramatic Competition program this year, Sony Pictures Classics has acquired ...

Josef Kubota Wladyka’s “Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!” is a multicultural feast for the senses. The colorful story of a woman tangoing her way through the grieving process after her husband abruptly dies ...

Writer/director Josef Kubota Wladyka and stars Alberto Guerra and Alejandro Edda visited the IndieWire Studio, presented by Dropbox, to discuss their vibrant multicultural dance saga. Josef Kubota ...

Shake Shack has announced a new limited-time “True Love Shake” and associated offers, just in time for Valentine’s Day and Red Tuesday—the most common day for breakups. Shake Shack’s new “True Love ...

HA-CHAN, SHAKE YOUR BOOTY! Section: U.S. Dramatic Competition Director: Josef Kubota Wladyka Screenwriters: Josef Kubota Wladyka, Nicholas Huynh Logline: Haru (Rinko Kikuchi) and Luis (Alejandro Edda) ...

In Josef Kubota Wladyka‘s Ha-chan, Shake Your Booty!, the co-writer/director tells a beautifully relatable story of life, love and loss with some Fosse-quality dance numbers and just the right amount ...

Sundance: Rinko Kikuchi's latest starring role finds her navigating deep emotion through a light and quirky lens. It mostly works. Haru (Rinko Kikuchi, always a delight to see on the big screen) is ...