The 2024 Lit­tle White Lies Christ­mas Guide Guide

It’s the sea­son for peace and good­will to all men – and for gift-giv­ing. We’ve put togeth­er a round-up of some of ours favourite film-relat­ed present options for the cinephile of good taste. Feel free to print this page and stick it to the refrig­er­a­tor if that helps get the hint across.

‘Lil Cinephile My First Movie Vol 3

Those fine folks at Cinephile are behind one of the most addic­tive film card games on the mar­ket, and in the years since launch they’re added expan­sions, as well as expand­ing into a range of kid’s books for the dis­cern­ing par­ent. Per­fect for that hard-to-buy tod­dler who’s real­ly into Kubrick.

The Worlds of Wes Anderson

Our own Adam Woodward’s first book is a trib­ute to one of Lit­tle White Lies’ favourite film­mak­ers, and lov­ing­ly delves into the myr­i­ad inspi­ra­tions behind Wes Anderson’s work. Pair with a red knit beanie for extra present points.

Miss May Does Not Exist

Car­rie Courogen’s biog­ra­phy of Elaine May is a warm, wit­ty take on a con­sis­tent­ly under­es­ti­mat­ed and unap­pre­ci­at­ed comedic genius – required read­ing for any self-respect­ing cinephile. Par­tic­u­lar­ly if they’re into Mike Nichols.

How Direc­tors Dress

From Gre­ta Gerwig’s pink jump­suit on the Bar­bie set to Wim Wen­ders’ icon­ic eye­wear, film­mak­ers aren’t just film­mak­ers any­more – they’re fash­ion­istas. This lov­ing­ly craft­ed book from A24 is an object of beau­ty in itself, delv­ing into the sar­to­r­i­al styling of our favourite direc­tors across film his­to­ry with plen­ty of first-hand insights.

Corpses, Fools and Mon­sters: The His­to­ry and Future of Transness in Cinema

Writ­ten by Caden Mark Gard­ner and Wil­low Cate­lyn Maclay, this com­pre­hen­sive guide to trans rep­re­sen­ta­tion on screen is not only deeply infor­ma­tive but also a great read, writ­ten with style, humour, intel­li­gence and heart by two extreme­ly knowl­edgable critics.

…And if you don’t mind wait­ing until Jan­u­ary – might we tempt you to David Cro­nen­berg: Clin­i­cal Tri­als, our forth­com­ing col­lab­o­ra­tion with Vio­let Luc­ca on the Cana­di­an auteur’s oeuvre?

SCRT Wong Kar-Wai Jumper

East Lon­don streetwear com­pa­ny SCRT have become a main­stay of London’s film scene in the past few years, col­labing with stu­dios on totes, shirts and caps for releas­es includ­ing Kinds of Kind­ness, The Sub­stance and Anato­my of a Fall. But we’re big fans of their in-house designs too, notably this nat­ty jumper from their Fall­en Angels col­lec­tion – check their site for Don­nie Darko-inspired merch too.

Haywood’s Hol­ly­wood Hors­es Long Sleeve Shirt

Rep for Jor­dan Peele’s sci-fi hor­ror mas­ter­piece Nope with this offi­cial shirt, which ref­er­ences OJ and Emerald’s fam­i­ly busi­ness. If any­one asks you about hors­es, you can just explain the plot of Nope to them, which they’ll def­i­nite­ly love.

Paris, Texas T‑Shirt

There’s no short­age of cool indie cloth­ing brands out there that cel­e­brate film, but we espe­cial­ly like Copy­cat Video Press’s low-key, high-impact designs.

Janus Films Beanie

Show your love for an indie dis­tri­b­u­tion leg­end while keep­ing your nog­gin snug with this wool­ly Janus Films beanie – per­fect for traips­ing to the cin­e­ma in the unfor­giv­ing win­ter weather.

Noth­ing is Sacred: Three Here­sies by Luis Buñuel

Radi­ance Cin­e­ma are doing some excel­lent work bring­ing under­seen cin­e­ma to more eyes in gor­geous­ly pack­aged edi­tions, and their Luis Buñuel box set – fea­tur­ing Virid­i­ana, The Exter­mi­nat­ing Angel and Simon of the Desert – is no exception.

The Mex­i­co Tril­o­gy: El Mari­achi, Des­per­a­do & Once Upon a Time in Mex­i­co Lim­it­ed Edi­tion 4K UHD + Blu-ray

Robert Rodriguez’s ground­break­ing Mex­i­co Tril­o­gy gets a swanky 4K UHD upgrade thanks to Arrow, com­plete with an illus­trat­ed essay book­let and all new spe­cial features.

The Nude Vampire

Dis­cov­er Jean Rollin’s sec­ond fea­ture film cour­tesy of Indi­ca­tor, fea­tur­ing an essay writ­ten by Lit­tle White Lies’ own David Jenk­ins, and enjoy some vam­pire cult action this hol­i­day season.

A Bit­ter­sweet Life 4K UHD and Blu-ray

Kim Jee-woon’s 2005 Kore­an neo-noir is yours to own in a brand new spe­cial edi­tion, com­plete with col­lectible art cards and a 120-page book full of new writ­ing on the film.

Lit­tle White Lies Subscription

You can make our Christ­mas as well as a friend’s by sign­ing up for a Lit­tle White Lies sub­scrip­tion. You’ll save a whop­ping 44% off the cov­er price with our annu­al 5 issue plan, and get the issue to your door every time – no more scram­bling in the mag­a­zine aisle at WH Smith, hooray!

Grave Offer­ings Zine

Tom Hum­ber­stone designed our Kinds of Kind­ness cov­er ear­li­er this year – here’s a wee zine he made cel­e­brat­ing hor­ror films, per­fect for the Scream fan on your Christ­mas list.

Dune Poster Designed by Murgiah

Class up the joint with this trip­py poster from LWLies reg­u­lar Sharm Muri­gah, cel­e­brat­ing Denis Villeneuve’s Dune.

John Waters Stick­er Sheet

Let your freak flag fly with these cute John Waters stick­ers, per­fect for cus­tomis­ing your belong­ings while also let­ting every­one know you have faith in your own bad taste.

What bet­ter gift than free tick­ets and dis­counts at your loved one’s favourite cin­e­ma? In Lon­don you can sup­port indie venues such as The Prince Charles, The Rio, Rich Mix, The Lexi and The Cas­tle through their mem­ber­ship schemes. You can also find sim­i­lar schemes for HOME in Man­ches­ter, Hyde Park Pic­ture­house in Leeds, Sheffield Show­room, and Queen’s The­atre Belfast.

Need some­thing small for the office Secret San­ta or a few bits and bobs for someone’s stock­ing? We’ve got your back. How about some Grand Budapest Hotel soap, or a David Lynch enam­el pin? This Holdovers-inspired can­dle is per­fect for the melan­choly phi­los­o­phy enthu­si­ast, while this Mubi Note­book tote lets every­one know you’re a cinephile and a bib­lio­phile. And if you must get some­one socks, here – these ones fea­ture The Worm from Labyrinth. Mer­ry Christ­mas indeed.