This week I treated myself to A Woman, a Gun, and a Noodle Shop, a Chinese movie I had read a lot about as it developed an American following over the past year and a picture that had sudden relevance to me following the end of our month of Coen Brothers movies. See, Woman is a Chinese remake of the Coens’ Blood Simple., one of the Brothers’ movies I hadn’t seen until we celebrated their movies,... 

Normally seeing shadows through the window after viewing noir style films like Blood Simple. and Miller’s Crossing would indicate an overdose of genre. Since three of us saw the same thing, however, we’ll say it wasn’t strictly our imagination. The eerie shadows may interrupt our conversation occasionally, but we still find plenty of time to discuss the Coen brothers, Oscar nominations,...