Fantastic Fest Review: Missing

Depressed dad seeks serial killer in low-impact Japanese thriller

"...of saying that what feels uneven in Shinzô Katayama’s Missing might be elements lost in translation – but absent..."

Oct. 3, 2022 Screens Post by Matthew Monagle

Who Killed Porter Middle School?

The evidence points to George W. Bush. But he wasn't alone.

"...March 6, approving a plan to start sending Porter Middle School students this fall to Covington, Bedichek, and O...."

March 10, 2006 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

What Follows Five Years of Failure at Mendez Middle School?

Making the grade

"...More expected was the mark for Mendez Middle School, which received its fifth consecutive failing grade. Usually..."

Aug. 31, 2018 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Missing

When his stepdaughter is kidnapped in Mexico, Jack Searle has to cross the border to find her

"...Missingby Sam Hawken Serpent's Tail, 384 pp., $14.95 (paper)..."

June 12, 2015 Arts Feature by Jesse Sublett

Page Two: Missing the Red Queen's Rational Rule

On this loser-takes-all election season; plus, changes in our masthead

"...labor, women's and minority rights, the strength of the middle class, and the lives of tens of thousands Iraqis..."

April 1, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Council Member Seeks to Make Homeownership More Attainable With Smaller Lot Sizes

Can Council meet the missing middle?

"...have long said they support: increased development of smaller-scale, "missing middle" housing that can be built in existing neighborhoods...."

July 21, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Council Prepares for Round 2 of the Land Use Rewrite

Calm before the code

"...city, amounted to an estimated reduction of about 5,000 "missing middle" housing units – the house-scale structures (townhomes, fourplexes,..."

Feb. 7, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Tovo and Casar Unfiltered on CodeNEXT

The Council members' full conversation with the Chronicle

"...a way that works. I think we should have missing-middle housing types, because experience here and across the country..."

Sept. 14, 2017 News Post by Nick Barbaro

Austin's Land Use Debate Returns to the Spotlight

A new draft code has risen out of CodeNEXT's ashes

"...used in other states to control housing costs for middle-to-low-income residents. Other than voluntary incentive programs, which have been..."

Oct. 11, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Land Development Code: What's New in Draft Two

A look at the latest version of Austin's revised land use rules

"...• Improved drainage regs for one- and two-unit and "missing middle" housing; missing middle projects with over 50% impervious..."

Feb. 7, 2020 News Feature by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Department of Unintended Consequences

Could the new land development code actually make Austin less affordable?

"...proposed new entitlements risk destroying much of the market-affordable "missing middle" housing that already exists in the same areas..."

Jan. 24, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

City Hall Ready for Liftoff on New Land Use Rules

It's as easy as flood protection, affordability, parking, transition zones ...

"...one will see over time more "gentle density" and "missing middle" housing – multifamily residential, and perhaps even some..."

Dec. 13, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Public Notice: Slouching Toward CodeCRONK

City manager gives Council a multiple-choice quiz for the land development code redo

"...3) Missing Middle Housing Types. "To what extent should the Land..."

March 22, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

The Trip to Spain

Exquisite food with a side of comedy and pathos

"...world sees them. Early on, Steve optimistically assesses their middle-agedness: “We are in the sweet spot.” He and Rob..."

Sept. 1, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul

The wimpy kid returns for a reboot

"...Drucker assumes the titular role of the perennially put-upon middle-schooler, Greg Heffley, presumably because Zachary Gordon, who originated the..."

May 19, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Lucía, Lucía

"...as well, which then leads one to question her missing husband’s role in this strange woman’s vibrantly duplicitous inner..."

Aug. 8, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

What Land Use Code Do We Need to Build the City We Want?

Planning a way forward after CodeNEXT

"...to the number of units," he says, referring to "missing middle" housing – in between single-family homes and large..."

April 12, 2019 News Feature by the News Staff

Point Austin: Dear Occupant

Austin welcomes all newcomers – but we don't know where to put them

"..."more than 50" such structures within its boundaries. The Missing Middle..."

Feb. 21, 2014 News Column by Michael King

Swimming Pool

Ozon’s film is like Eric Rohmer meets Brian DePalma – questions of identity and perception come to the fore, but slowly.

"...the conundrum in question has less to do with missing WMDs than missing personalities. On the other hand, both..."

July 18, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

City Hall Focuses on Housing Costs, EMS Talks

Council to consider resolution evaluating impact of zoning on housing supply

"...The middle three of these form the much-discussed "missing middle housing"..."

Dec. 3, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Actually Living With War

The latest AFS Essential Cinema series focuses on the films of the Middle East and North Africa

"...child-rearing or filmmaking, things are done differently in the Middle East – poor Riga had already survived wandering into..."

Feb. 16, 2007 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

American Woman

Sienna Miller pulls pages from a journal of loss in small town

"...From Gone Girl onward, the "missing, presumed dead" trope has been a fixture of American..."

June 14, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Love Me

Two inanimate objects search for connection in a sci-fi romance

"...first fight. Love Me feels a little like the middle floors of a Charlie Kaufman film: a seriously cool..."

Jan. 31, 2025 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

When Did the Single-Family Home Go From Being the American Dream to an Urbanist Nightmare?

One policy wonk's view of how we got here

"...single-family homes or large apartment complexes. This is the "missing middle" housing referenced so often in LDC discussions. The..."

Feb. 7, 2020 News Feature by Daryl Slusher

Transition Areas & Zones of the Land Development Code Revision

The debate over density and gentrification continues

"...neighborhoods to the urban centers and corridors is the "missing middle" – an urban fabric that actually exists in..."

Dec. 13, 2019 News Feature

Which Way to CodeNEXT?

A conversation with Mayor Pro Tem Kathie Tovo and Council Member Greg Casar

"...a way that works. I think we should have missing-middle housing types, because experience here and across the country..."

Sept. 15, 2017 News Feature by Nick Barbaro

CodeNEXT Is Coming

Special called CodeNEXT meeting signals new day forward for land development

"...necessitates increased density in the form of the so-called Missing Middle, the strata of housing units that fall between..."

Oct. 28, 2016 News Feature by Caleb Pritchard

Last Ounce of Courage

A dead veteran's family heals their loss through their "free speech" battle to save Christmas from the godless ACLU.

"...veteran who has lost his son to the current Middle East killing grounds and ends up mentoring his grandchild..."

Sept. 21, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Dictator

Sacha Baron Cohen opts for scripted comedy this time and lands many good jokes and new offenses, but the target is soft and unmissable.

"...speech on the lessons Western democracy might learn from Middle Eastern despotism offers a few moments of pure brilliance...."

May 18, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fun With Dick and Jane

The original version of this comedy was a little countercultural, a lot class-conscious, and a touch subversive; this remake is all farce when what is needed is satire.

"...Jim Carrey and Téa Leoni, but the movie is missing any insidious edge: There is nothing subtle or understated..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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