Keith Harris

2 weeks ago | racketmn.com | Keith Harris

Welcome back to The Flyover, your daily digest of important, overlooked, and/or interesting Minnesota news stories. If you use Twin Cities roads in any capacity, you’ll have noticed an increased number of vehicles—delivery trucks, Ubers, or just regular old dumbasses—flicking on their hazards while stopped illegally on the roadway. My own anecdotal reporting: There is always a car (seemingly a rideshare) stopped on southbound Nicollet between 35th and 36th.

3 weeks ago | racketmn.com | Keith Harris

The genius of Open Thread is that we outsource the work to you, our lovely readers. All I have to do is come up with a prompt once a week. Then I sit back and let your thoughtful comments fill our website. But occasionally, I take that one step further and ask you to come up with the actual prompts. And that's what's happening here. For this week's Open Thread, let me ask: What should we ask about on future Open Threads? What do you want to know about your fellow Racket members?

3 weeks ago | racketmn.com | Keith Harris

It's a rough week for new releases, with the arrival of the umpteenth Final Destination movie and a "musical psychological thriller" that's supposed to make The Weeknd a movie star. But the wonderful music doc Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted is opening at the Main, and there are plenty of older movies in theaters this week, as tributes to Val Kilmer, Judy Holliday, and Peter Boyle continue at Emagine, the Heights, and the Trylon, respectively.

4 weeks ago | racketmn.com | Keith Harris

I've talked up The Heartbreak Kid enough already, and Jeanne Dielman... doesn't need my help. But hey, both are showing multiple times this week, and that's worth mentioning. Also, looks like the Grandview is expanding its rep screenings. Forgetting You Is Like Breathing Water (2024)Alamo DrafthouseA mistress and her client have an emotionally intense session. Presented with several other short films and a discussion between filmmakers Ayanna Dozier and Zia Anger about auto-fiction. $12/$15.

1 month ago | racketmn.com | Keith Harris

Welcome back to The Flyover, your daily digest of important, overlooked, and/or interesting Minnesota news stories. Are you maybe a bit groggy from too little sleep last night? Wanna celebrate the Wolves sweep of the Lakers—and their triumph over their haters in the media? First watch this great video from Timberwolves PR “thanking” everyone who counted them out, tweet by tweet. Beautiful. Next, watch this video of Anthony Edwards, which, like all videos of Anthony Edwards, is a damn treat.