Christ­mas gift guide 2020 – 10 ideas for film lovers

It’s safe to say that Christ­mas 2020 is going to feel very dif­fer­ent. But if you’re still in the mood for gift­ing this year (and let’s be hon­est, who couldn’t use a bit of retail ther­a­py right now) then we’ve got just the thing for you. Below we’ve hand-picked 10 film-relat­ed gifts which are cur­rent­ly avail­able to order through some of our good friends, as well as one or two items of our own.

It goes with­out say­ing that this has been an incred­i­bly chal­leng­ing year for inde­pen­dent mag­a­zine pub­lish­ing. If you love what we do, then please sup­port us by tak­ing out a sub­scrip­tion for you or a friend – for just £27 you’ll receive five issues a year, deliv­ered direct to your door with free UK delivery.

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As well as mag­a­zines we also pub­lish beau­ti­ful film books. Our lat­est, made in col­lab­o­ra­tion with Abrams Books, is an illus­trat­ed mid-career mono­graph explor­ing the 30-year cre­ative jour­ney of direc­tor Paul Thomas Ander­son, cov­er­ing all of his fea­ture films, as well as his shorts and music videos.

£30 at abram​sand​chron​i​cle​.co​.uk

We’ve part­nered with pub­lish­er Lau­rence King this year on a series of movie-themed puz­zles, the first of which are now avail­able to buy. ​‘Inside the Choco­late Fac­to­ry’ throws open the doors to Willy Wonka’s fan­tas­tic can­dy-coat­ed world, reimag­in­ing Roald Dahl’s clas­sic children’s story.

£14.99 at lau​rencek​ing​.com

A cel­e­bra­tion of female voic­es in film, Girls on Tops is a sim­ple yet styl­ish way to dis­play your cinephilic cre­den­tials. From Sofia Cop­po­la and Céline Sci­amma to Haifaa Al Man­sour and Lulu Wang, there’s some­thing for every­one in their col­lec­tion. All Girls on Tops tees are made from 100% organ­ic cot­ton, and they also sell e‑gift cards.

From £22 at girl​son​top​stees​.com

Made in close col­lab­o­ra­tion with George Lucas and Lucas­film, this sec­ond vol­ume of Taschen’s cof­fee table tome cov­ers the pre­quel tril­o­gy: The Phan­tom Men­ace, Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith. A fun visu­al trip through the Star Wars galaxy packed full of script pages, con­cept art, on-set pho­tog­ra­phy and more.

Approx. £150 at taschen​.com

Our pals over the pond have upped their merch game this year, releas­ing a range of film com­pan­ion books along­side acces­sories and their own cloth­ing line. We’ve got our eye on their pullover ​‘Par­ty Fleece’; per­fect for those long win­ter movie nights.

Shop now at shop​.a24​films​.com

Stream­ing ser­vice and dis­trib­u­tor MUBI has launched its very first online pop-up shop, stocked with a selec­tion of lim­it­ed edi­tion items designed in-house by the MUBI cre­ative team. The shop launch­es with six exclu­sive items, includ­ing litho print­ed posters for two recent MUBI Releas­es, Pablo Larraín’s Ema and David Robert Mitchell’s Under the Sil­ver Lake

Shop now at shop​.mubi​.com

This year we’ve been lucky enough to work with some supreme­ly tal­ent­ed design­ers and illus­tra­tors, many of whom have made their first con­tri­bu­tions to our mag­a­zine and web­site. Our Mank cov­er artist, Kather­ine Lam, sells gor­geous prints of her work on her online shop, while Hay­ley Wells has her own Etsy store with loads of charm­ing greet­ings cards and prints.

And if you’re look­ing for some­thing extra spe­cial, Lau­ra Callaghan, who designed our Promis­ing Young Woman cov­er, sells her orig­i­nal paint­ings – so you could pur­chase your very own piece of LWLies history.

No two ways about it: Tsai Ming-Liang’s 2003 lover let­ter to cin­e­ma is a mod­ern clas­sic every­one should see. New­ly restored in rav­ish­ing 4K, the film is final­ly avail­able to own on region-free Blu-ray and DVD cour­tesy of Sec­ond Run, with both edi­tions fea­tur­ing a new and exclu­sive filmed inter­view with Tsai, plus the world home video pre­mière of his 2009 short Madam But­ter­fly and a per­son­al appre­ci­a­tion by Apichat­pong Weerasethakul.

£19.99 at sec​on​drund​vd​.com

Trust us when we say that we know a thing or two about movie card games – and this one from the good folk at Cinephile is one of the very best. Beau­ti­ful­ly designed and easy to play, this real­ly is a must-have for any self-respect­ing film nerd.

Approx. £20 at cinephi​legame​.com