Nitehawk Cinema Programmer Cristina Cacioppo & Filmmaker Lucia Grillo

We don't have just one great interview for this this week...we have two!! First, NYWIFT member Lucia Grillo takes us through her multifaceted career here and in Italy while Cristina Cacioppo, programmer of Nitehawk Cinema, tells us about the current River Phoenix Retrospective and the work that goes into being a film programmer.   Hosts Tammy Reese and Penni Love-Harper provide a status on the writers and actors strikes, returning shows, highlight the AI panels at Advertising Week 2023, and suggest some movies to watch.  We also have another segment of Katie’s Korner, a brief NYWIFT programming update from Senior Director of Communications Katie Chambers To be featured on the podcast email us at [email protected]. For more great content go to NYWIFT.org. Special thanks to Elspeth Collard, the creator of our podcast theme song. Social Media: NYWIFT: IG @NYWIFT / Twitter - X @NYWIFT  /  #NYWIFT Lucia: IG @luciagrillo_calabrisellafilms / Twitter - X @LuciaVeganTV https://www.threads.net/ @luciagrillo_calabrisellafilms  Nitehawk Cinema: IG @nitehawkcinema  / Twitter - X @nitehawkcinema