Holiday gift guide 2012: Film

Let our film experts steer you toward squealworthy gifts for your favorite movie fanatic.

By David Fear, Joshua Rothkopf and Keith Uhlich Tue Nov 13 2012

Orson Welles called the movies the "biggest electric-train set any boy ever had." Honestly, we think we can do a little better than toy trains: Here are three gift ideas sure to bring out the misunderstood (yet major) auteur in your favorite cinephile.

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Photograph: Anna Simonak

Bond 50

A special gift for your favorite little boy (regardless of age), this sturdily packaged set assembles all 22 official James Bond movies on glorious Blu-ray. Before you wonder if that’s one too many martinis and explosions, know that such a threshold doesn’t exist. Available at amazon.com, $149.99
Photograph: Anna Simonak

BFI 20th Anniversary Film Classics

The British Film Institute celebrates two decades of publishing monographs on canonized movies by reprinting a dozen of its most popular titles, from Salman Rushdie’s love letter to The Wizard of Oz to Amy Taubin’s take on Taxi Driver. Available at amazon.com or local bookstores, $14.95 each
Photograph: Albert Vecerka

Membership at FSLC/Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center

What better present for your film-obsessed loved one than a yearlong pass to this premier movie institution? Notable new releases, comprehensive retrospectives and the New York Film Festival? It’s a cinephile’s dream. Visit filmlinc.com/support/members-program for more information, $35–$550

Photograph: Anna Simonak

Bond 50

A special gift for your favorite little boy (regardless of age), this sturdily packaged set assembles all 22 official James Bond movies on glorious Blu-ray. Before you wonder if that’s one too many martinis and explosions, know that such a threshold doesn’t exist. Available at amazon.com, $149.99