Hitchcock Fest: Vertigo Film director Alfred Hitchcock is known as one of the most influential figures in cinema. His suspenseful films, innovative camera shots and interpretations of the human condition have captured the interest of moviegoers for decades, and the 2020s are no different. Moscow’s Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre continues its Hitchcock Fest with three of the director’s most well-known films: Vertigo (May 23), Psycho (May 29) and The Birds (June 5). Vertigo centers on a former police detective obsessing over a woman he’s hired to trail. Psycho laid the foundation for the modern-day horror genre and follows an on-the-run secretary who checks into a remote hotel run by a strange man. The Birds creates a monster out of the everyday bird as random bird attacks bombard a small California town. All three are worth a watch as they feature different aspects of Hitchcock’s signature style.