The Foreigner

Jackie Chan takes a page from Liam Neeson

"...in his body. He’s still lightning quick, but The Foreigner plays down the set-pieces in favor of a far..."

Oct. 13, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

First Concert: Charles Attal

The C3 partner's first foray with Foreigner

"...Who: Foreigner, Bryan Adams..."

Aug. 25, 2017 Music Feature

Schultze Gets the Blues

The life of a retired German miner and accordion player is spurred toward change by the sound of zydeco music.

"...deadpan humor, slow pace, and storyline that places a foreigner in a new world, all of which evoke Stranger..."

March 25, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Lulu Wang Introduces Us to The Farewell

Director talks identity, family, and Awkwafina's superpower

"...That's the challenge in real life, when you're a foreigner in a place where everyone looks like you, and..."

July 19, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Foreigner

What makes this production of The Foreigner such a joy is seeing those familiar faces from the Greater Tuna franchise working together so sharply for such an appreciative audience

"...The ForeignerParamount Theatre, April 3..."

April 9, 2004 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

The Foreigner

Austin Playhouse does right by this popular American comedy, mining all the laughs and also making its point

"...The ForeignerAustin Playhouse at Highland Mall, 6001 Airport, 512/476-0084 www.austinplayhouse.com Through..."

June 6, 2014 Arts Review by Adam Roberts

Heart & Soul, Part 2

Second half of lengthy Q&A with Huey Lewis

"...because Mutt Lange – Mutt Langer – he produced Foreigner, [starts singing], “I’ve been waiting… [for a girl like..."

July 19, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Road to Esmeralda

'The Road to Esmeralda' is, in some basic senses, a political thriller. However, it's also the story of mind-blowingly pretentious, self-indulgently self-loathing, overprivileged, and underclever yuppies.

"...The Road to Esmeralda is its unabashed xenophobia. Every foreigner's lines are transcribed in a caricaturish accent. Every foreigner..."

June 24, 2005 Books Review by Jess Sauer

The Secret History of Tuna

Tuna isn't the only Texas town with which actor-writers Jaston Williams and Joe Sears can be closely identified. Austin has played a significant role in the development of their town, and in return Sears and Williams have changed the face of the capital city.

"...Alamo City days, worked with the pair in The Foreigner, the Larry Shue farce which Williams and Sears toured..."

April 12, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Cat Stevens

"...Tillerman (A&M)Cat StevensGreatest Hits (A&M)Cat StevensMona Bone Jakon (A&M)Cat StevensForeigner (A&M) It's a serious riddle, attempting to remove your..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Music Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

We Are the Thousand

Foo Fighters fans become the world's biggest band

"...moved it to Duluth and changed the band to Foreigner because they're cheaper. Instead, Rivaroli keeps what is already..."

June 3, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Vanguard

Jackie Chan goes back to being Jackie Chan in this globe-trotting action-comedy

"...last cinematic experience with Chan was Martin Campbell’s The Foreigner – a 2017 thriller that attempted to give Chan..."

Nov. 20, 2020 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Terror in the Skies in 7500

Director Patrick Vollrath on reinventing the hijacking drama

"...way more accepted in society even if they're a foreigner. "OK, you're a foreigner, but you come from the..."

June 19, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Downsizing

Alexander Payne creates a small word with big ambitions

"...character who began as an uncomfortable stereotype of a foreigner grows into the story’s most humane human being...."

Dec. 22, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Music: Summer Snapshot

Concert calendar

"...Foreigner, Cheap Trick, Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience Austin 360..."

May 19, 2017 Music Feature

Queen To Play

In this French drama, a placid, working-class woman discovers passions she never knew she possessed when she learns to play chess.

"...job – cleaning the fusty residence of a gruff foreigner (Kline, speaking French only) she spots a chess set..."

July 8, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Round Rock Express

Bob Schneider performs following Saturday's game

"...conclusion of the game. As the lead singer of Foreigner, Gramm sold more than 70 million records and recorded..."

July 1, 2011 Sports Feature by Mark Fagan

Dark Matter

A Chinese student studying theoretical cosmology in the U.S. also has a lot of dark matter occupying his head, and not even the assistance of faculty wife Meryl Streep can prevent it from taking over.

"...is enough to run anyone mad, especially a sensitive foreigner stuck in Middle America with barely enough English to..."

April 18, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

How the West Was Won

SXSWUK 2008

"..."This Band Is Killing Us," Johnny Foreigner Hip-hop You Don't Stop..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Meat Purveyors

Record review

"..."Don't You Want Me," and at other times doesn't (Foreigner's "Hotblooded"). No surprise, there: things couldn't get any worse..."

July 21, 2006 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

What Time is it There?

"...two are in mourning in Taipei, one is a foreigner in Paris, and a profound isolation links the three...."

April 26, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Public Notice

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, among other things, and "Public Notice" wants you to feel the love.

"...We know what you're thinking: "Darn! It's not a Foreigner Hoot Nite???" Nope, sorry (Note to selves: Foreigner Hoot..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Column by Kate X Messer

Confessions of a Cowboy

Working a cattle drive in Texas in the 1870s probably wasn't like what you imagine; ask Frank Harris -- he was there and he knows.

"...the book describes what it was like for a foreigner -- one quite unique foreigner, admittedly -- to work..."

May 26, 2000 Books Feature by James C. Simmons

Blow Harder

The use of horns in local rock & roll bands

"...word -- fusion. Or the other "F" word -- Foreigner...."

Nov. 19, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

The Thirteenth Warrior

"...accompanied by a 13th who must also be a foreigner. Once back in the Scandinavian forests, the group pits..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dancing About Architecture

We Got Trouble -- Right Here in River City

"...surprisingly honest turn, the press release for Journey and Foreigner gives all the names of the bands' current members..."

May 28, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Swept From the Sea

"...film), a cultured widower whose affection for the studly foreigner contains more than a whiff of suppressed homoerotic bouquet...."

Feb. 27, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Still Charmed, Shirley Manson Talks Decades of Touring and New Bionic Hip

Bandleader’s “insanity and drive” fuel Garbage’s June 18 COTA stop

"...talks of “playing America” with the wonder of a foreigner despite living in Los Angeles for over a decade...."

April 11, 2023 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Bill of the Week: Texans Take to the Capitol to Battle Discriminatory Property Bills

Who gets a piece of Texas?

"...our home ever since we moved here. As a foreigner in the United States, I have always felt safe..."

March 17, 2023 News Feature by Benton Graham

The Verde Report: Coach Wolff Candidly Assesses Austin FC’s First Season

“We're going to be better in the second year for everything that we've gone through in this first year”

"...Munich of the German second division. “I was the foreigner, so you're trying to take in new information and..."

Nov. 5, 2021 Sports Column by Eric Goodman

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