How can I see a unified log of changes to a set of files in perforce?

I'm new to perforce, coming from a history of cvs->svn->git. I'm having a difficult time seeing a compact representation of the most recent changes impacting a set of file. For instance, if I go to a directory and type:

% p4 filelog .

It doesn't do anything useful. More interesting is

% p4 filelog *

However this shows me the change history of every file individually. I'd rather see a unified view of changes in a format showing: change number, submit message, changed files for the most recent N submits.