Sean Axmaker's DVD holiday gift guide for MSN includes a lot of box sets that I want this year (as in to buy, for myself, though a gift would certainly be nice, but I'm not holding my breath). Anyway, here's one that brought me to attention:

 

INSTANT COLLECTIONS
"Ford at Fox"
For the die-hard cinephile on your list, there is no more impressive 2007 release than this sprawling 24-film collection. Collected in an album-sized case of trays holding four discs per page, the 21-disc set includes five silent films (including two versions of director John Ford's first epic "The Iron Horse"), all three of Ford's Will Rogers collaborations, the debuts of the classic "The Prisoner of Shark Island" (1936) and "Tobacco Road" (1941), rarities such as the lively prison-break comedy "Up the River" (1930, with Spencer Tracy and a very young Humphrey Bogart), and the exclusive 2007 documentary "Becoming John Ford." With 18 Ford classics debuting on DVD plus an accompanying hardcover tome, this is the gold standard for DVD director tributes.

 

And there's more. Read all of his picks here.