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.

Reviewing and ranking all the films of David Lean. David Lean is synonymous with epic, but his early chamber dramas and literary adaptations belie that reputation. This essay reviews his films chronologically, from the early successes to the late— and scrutinized — grand epics, and offers a ranking of his entire filmography, including two rare entries.

Reviews of the western classic “Shane”; three by Nathan Gilmore; a 2025 war epic; and a detailed analysis of a favorite Hitchcock film.

Jordan Poss reviews Gladiator II and more; Witty reviews the 1951 Joseph Losey remake of the Fritz Lang classic “M”; Nathan Gilmore has something to say about Orson Welles’ The Magnificent Ambersons; Sam Stephens reviews the 1996 disaster epic Daylight starring Sylvester Stallone.

In this edition of Film Filings, Jordan Poss reviews 2023 in filmwatching; Christopher Witty reviews a Mexican cinema classic; and three of our reviewers have different takes on Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron.

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 Film Filings: An update about “Raymar”; Witty Writes About Nigel Kneale; Poss on Disney’s ‘Locomotive’; Stephens on Branagh’s ‘Henry’; Gilmore: A Peck On the Cheek, The Grey Zone, and Boyhood.

This 1928 biographical film remains a landmark in cinema history as it continues to evoke strong emotion and reflection in those who experience Joan of Arc’s real life trial and execution at the hands of her captors.

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”.

This edition of Film Filings covers: a Jean Renoir theater experience at Nashville’s Belcourt Theater, my film-viewing habits of the last four months, an excursion in British Folk Horror with Christopher Witty in the U.K., Nathan Gilmore’s reviews of two European classics, and a peek at a cool film that is now in production!