Alfred Hitchcock’s East End roots are set to be celebrated with a series of screenings of some of his most famous films from December.

Creepy romance Rebecca will be shown at Leytonstone School, North by Northwest on Hackney Marshes and The Birds with an ornithological walk through Waltham Forest.

The season will end with the opening of a new cinema the Empire of Waltham Forest. Details: barbican.org.uk