September 24, 2025
7 pm
Make Me Famous
dir. Brian Vincent
93 minutes
$10 General
$6 Students/Seniors
$5 HW Members
Make Me Famous is a vibrant, fast-paced portrait of New York City’s explosive 1980s Downtown art scene—where punk met paint, and the lines between art, music, and nightlife blurred. This was the world that launched Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, Madonna, and Blondie—a cultural moment defined by its grit, glamour, and DIY ethos.
Amid the chaos was painter Edward Brezinski, a figure both present and peripheral, whose story offers a unique window into the era’s creative frenzy. More than a portrait of an artist, Make Me Famous captures a time and place where the dream of making it felt just within reach—and heartbreakingly out of grasp.
Rated 100% on Rotten Tomatoes
“everyone SEE this movie” — ARTFORUM
“a trove of THRILLING Interviews” — THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
“compelling, haunting, look at lost bohemia” —James Wolcott, AIRMAIL
"remarkably loving and deeply empathetic conjuring for which Vincent should be commended, the conceit of this picture, what has indeed sold it so successfully to audiences, is how its protagonist is ultimately a surrogate, a blank upon which we can project the full spectrum of desire and dread that circulates through creative ambition like the lifeblood of culture” —Carlo McCormick, ARTFORUM
“FASCINATING art-world documentary” —VILLAGE VOICE
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