Freer and Sackler Galleries Host First Major Film Retrospective of Hou Hsiao-hsien in More Than a Decade (National Museum of Natural History)

(Source: National Museum of Natural History) Masterpieces and Rare Early Features Presented Nov. 2‒Dec. 21 Throughout Washington "Also Like Life: The Films of Hou Hsiao-hsien," an internationally touring film retrospective of Taiwanese pioneer filmmaker Hou Hsiao-hsien (pronounced "Ho Sheow She-en"), one of the most influential filmmakers to emerge during the past three decades, will come to the Washington area Nov. 2‒Dec. 21. With screenings at the Smithsonian's Freer Gallery of Art, the series features 15 of Hou's richly textured works, including such widely acclaimed films as Flowers of Shanghai (1998), A City of Sadness (1989), Dust in the Wind (1986) and Flight of the Red Balloon...