In this edition of Film Filings, Jordan Poss reviews Christopher Nolan’s 2006 epic about stage magicians; Samuel J. Stephens a full ranking and overview of David Lean’s filmography; Nathan Gilmore reviews three major Academy Award winners and contenders from the 1980s.

In this editon: Jordan Poss review’s 2023’s The Lost King; Chris Witty reviews The Wolf Man classic; Sam Stephens reviews John Huston’s last film, The Dead; Nathan Gilmore reviews Martin Scorsese’s 2016 film Silence.

In this edition of Film Filings: Oppenheimer, Unforgiven, Lawrence of Arabia, Night of the Hunter, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, and Kes.

Chris Witty takes us through all the films of John Carpenter: the good, the bad, and the ugly. Sam Stephens previews an extended excerpt from a David Lean essay; We preview Jordan Poss’s extensive analysis of the new All Quiet On the Western Front; Nathan Gilmore reviews Mizoguchi’s “Ugetsu”.