In the three years that it’s been established in Williamsburg, the Nitehawk Cinema has grown into a neighborhood institution, and not just because you can get beer served to you while you’re watching the latest release. The programmers at Nitehawk, Max Cavanaugh (Cinema Manager/Programmer), John Woods, (Cinema Programming Director), and Caryn Coleman (Senior Film Programmer), have created noteworthy repertory programs and launched interesting independent movies, and generally created the kind of unique, cinema-philic atmosphere that you want in a local picture house. Because the holiday season is a big one for movies, and the programmers (who you might recognize from our list of 100 Most Influential People In Brooklyn Culture) have just come off their second annual shorts festival in November, we chatted with them about what a day in the life of a film programmer is like.
