Christ­mas gift guide 2021 – Great ideas for film lovers

‘Tis the sea­son for mak­ing mer­ry and show­ing peo­ple you care – and whether you’re gift­ing a loved one or your­self after a tough year, we’ve got sug­ges­tions for the dis­cern­ing film lover of any age.

Our brand new film book is the defin­i­tive crit­i­cal and visu­al sur­vey of mas­ter film­mak­er David Finch­er. We’ve once again teamed up with Adam Nay­man (Paul Thomas Ander­son: Mas­ter­works, The Coen Broth­ers: This Book Real­ly Ties the Films Togeth­er) and Abrams Books to pro­duce Mind Games, styled as an inves­ti­ga­tion into a film­mak­er obsessed with investigation.

The team behind Cinephile, the card game with end­less play­ing pos­si­bil­i­ties, is back with a beau­ti­ful­ly designed alpha­bet book. A for Auteur is per­fect for movie buffs both big and ​‘lil! Check out their fab­u­lous bun­dles which include bespoke prints and apparel.

A24 brings the Dev Patel-led Arthuri­an fan­ta­sy film to orig­i­nal table­top RPG game for­mat – join in on the adven­ture! A Dun­geons and Drag­ons-type board game that comes with a Game Master’s guide, map of the realm, five char­ac­ter sheets and a 20-sided die.

If you’re a fan of cher­ry pie and damn fine cof­fee, then this charm­ing­ly illus­trat­ed deck of cards is well worth seek­ing out. This art­ful prod­uct in the style of the clas­sic ​’70s point bat­tling card game will make for a super unique addi­tion to your Twin Peaks col­lec­tion. Let the bat­tle commence!

It’s no secret that we’re huge fans of a Girls on Tops tee’s chic sim­plic­i­ty. Cham­pi­on your fave film indus­try woman from Claire Denis to Nia DaCos­ta, Céline Sci­amma to Chloé Zhao, in 100 per cent organ­ic cotton.

Fun uni­sex t‑shirts and prints of your favourite celebs, direc­tors, authors and musi­cians, but drawn super bad­ly? This shop has got them all – Orson Welles, Agnès Var­da, Jeff Gold­blum, Adam San­dler, Meryl Streep, and the list goes on…

This t‑shirt col­lab between SSHH and ScreenS­late asks: ​‘have you been look­ing for a t‑shirt that express­es your Gem­i­ni dual­i­ty and nos­tal­gia for a time when ultra-rich nar­cis­sist film icons were adored uncon­di­tion­al­ly’? Then look no fur­ther. Short-haired Slid­ing Doors Gwyneth on the front, long-haired Slid­ing Doors Gwyneth on the back.

Indicator/​Powerhouse Films cel­e­brate the mag­nif­i­cent Mae West in a spank­ing new and lim­it­ed edi­tion six-disc, ten-film box set. Includes a vast array of bonus fea­tures, a lim­it­ed edi­tion book and a dou­ble-sided poster with orig­i­nal designs from She Done Him Wrong and I’m No Angel.

A must-have lim­it­ed edi­tion box set on New Ger­man Cinema’s wun­derkind-turned-enfant ter­ri­ble, with spe­cial fea­tures on each of the four discs includ­ed. Be immersed in Fassbinder’s strange and vast cin­e­mat­ic world with high def­i­n­i­tion dig­i­tal restora­tions that range from Ali: Fear Eats the Soul to The Mar­riage Of Maria Braun.

Sec­ond Run breathes new life into a selec­tion of renowned Hun­gar­i­an films – the per­fect oppor­tu­ni­ty to engage with the genius of clas­sic Hun­gar­i­an cin­e­ma. István Gaál’s Cur­rent, Zoltán Fábri’s Mer­ry-Go-Round and Mik­lós Jancsó’s Agnus Dei are giv­en a fresh 4K restora­tion, avail­able in a lim­it­ed edi­tion three-disc box set.

Sup­port inde­pen­dent and cut­ting-edge film jour­nal­ism by treat­ing your­self or a loved one to a mag­a­zine sub­scrip­tion. It’s the gift that keeps on giv­ing – £28 for five unique LWLies issues to make their way to your doorstep through­out 2022, avail­able here. You can also become a mem­ber of LWLies for addi­tion­al perks.

Already got an LWLies sub­scrip­tion? Check out these oth­er great film magazines:

Sight & Sound
Empire
Mubi Note­book

What bet­ter gift than free cin­e­ma tick­ets? After such a dif­fi­cult cou­ple of years for inde­pen­dent cin­e­mas, sup­port­ing our favourite venues is now more impor­tant than ever. Our local, the indie The Prince Charles, has a vari­ety of schemes to suit every need. You can also find sim­i­lar schemes for Cur­zon, HOME in Man­ches­ter, and Film­house in Edinburgh.

Look­ing for stock­ing stuffers or some­thing to hang on the wall? Say no more – there’s plen­ty of great options out there to rep a film you love, whether it’s on your coat lapel above the mantelpiece.

Green Knight Tree Face Pin

Cin­e­ma tick­et enam­el pin by Bet­ty Woodhouse

Moon­rise King­dom print from Spilt Milk Press

Vir­gin Sui­cides print from Tillie Rose Studio