Roxstar’s Cinema Center Pop-Up Completes Annual Journey to Austin to Support SXSW Film Premieres

Photos and Captions (ALL photos credit Lu Chau, Photagonist)

Roxstar’s Cinema Center, a long-time film festival favorite, was back in Austin for its annual four-day SXSW pop-up, which concluded at Higbie’s bar this past weekend. With support from Bloom Nutrition, Peroni, Hendrick’s Gin, and Rendezvous Films, the popup successfully hosted eight red-carpet premieres at SXSW for highly anticipated films.  In addition, Collider, a media property, set up an interview and portrait studio on-site for celebrity and filmmaker interviews.

1. Ruby Cruz (above) loves Peroni at the premiere party for THE THREESOME

2. Mark Duplass and fellow castmates and filmmakers assemble for Jay Duplass’ birthday at the combination Baltimorons/Magic Hour party and all sang and blew out the candles at the Cinema Center

3. The cast of “The Dutchman” celebrate their SxSw film premiere at The Cinema Center:  Andre Gaines, André Holland, Zazie Beetz, Kate Mara, Aldis Hodge.

4. Zazie Beetz having fun with autographs at the premiere party for “The Dutchman”

5. Director Michael Bay hosts his SXSW premiere party for his “We Are Storrors” documentary held at sponsored by Bloom, Hendrick’s Gin, Peroni, and Rendezvous Film Funds

6. The stars align as Zoey Deutch (The Threesome) and Lili Reinhardt (American Sweatshop) get a chance to reconnect at the Cinema Center

7. Daisy Ridley arriving at the premiere party for WE BURY THE DEAD at the Cinema Center

8. Aaron Paul, Eiza Gonzalez and Flying Lotus, stars of ASH at Collider Studio 

9. L-R Matt Cornett, Chloe Fineman, Jillian Bell, Sam Morelos from Summer of 69 get their Bloom on at Cinema Center and Collider Studio sponsored by Bloom Nutrition, Peroni, Hendrick’s Gin, Rendezvous Films and Collider. 

10. Dennis Quaid puts on the dog for his film HAPPY FACE at Cinema Center and Collider Studio 

11. Matthew and Camila McConaughey arrive at the Collider Studio at Cinema Center

By Elise Krentzel

Elise Krentzel is an author, bestselling memoirist, narrative nonfiction writer, ghostwriter, and narrative IP architect whose work explores the intersection of place, identity, culture, history, and lived experience. She is the author of Rogue Entrepreneur: Building a Life the World Didn’t Have a Name For and Under My Skin: Drama, Trauma & Rock ’n’ Roll, a bestselling memoir. Her forthcoming Hydra: The Human Atlas launches a new body of work examining how place shapes who we are, what we remember, and how we transform. A former Tokyo Bureau Chief for Billboard Magazine, Krentzel spent more than two decades living and working internationally, including five years in Japan, and has reported on music, art, culture, food, travel, and the people and places that shape them. Today, she works selectively with authors, leaders, and other high-level professionals on books and narrative projects, bringing editorial rigor, lived global perspective, and a deep understanding of story architecture to work intended for serious publication and potential adaptation across film, television, and other media. She is also the founder of the Human Atlas Institute, an emerging cultural initiative built around conversation across difference and the exploration of geography, identity, culture, history, and beauty as forces that shape human experience. Krentzel's home base is in Austin, Texas, with one foot in France, and continues to write, travel, research, and develop new books and cultural projects. Find her at https://elisekrentzel.com, LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/elisekrentzel. Facebook www.facebook.com/OfficiallyElise Instagram www.instagram.com/elisekrentzel.