Birds star Tippi Hedren part of BFI Hitchcock season Boxing film The Ring, which tells the story of a love triangle involving a fairground boxer whose lover falls for a professional fighter, is to be screened at the Hackney Empire set to a score by Mobo winner Soweto Kinch. The film was named by Oscar-winning director Michel Hazanavicius as an inspiration for last year's The Artist. Other special screenings include The Lodger, to be shown at The Barbican, and 1928 silent film Champagne, about a young socialite enjoying a party lifestyle in the era of The Great Depression. Electronic composer Mira Calix, who has been commissioned to write the score for Champagne, said: "The synopsis of Champagne could quite easily be an entry in (celebrity gossip website) TMZ in 2012. The heroine, Betty Balfour, is a celebrity and that's the key for the whole movie. It's sort of Tamara Ecclestone ... Paris Hilton ... Betty Balfour. The Genius of Hitchcock, sponsored by American Express and Sky Movies HD, will include a full retrospective of the director's surviving feature films, including Psycho, The 39 Steps, Vertigo and To Catch A Thief. In conjunction with the project the BFI is also publishing a new book - 39 Steps To The Genius Of Hitchcock.