Posts in 2026
5 Standout Portrait and Boudoir Photographers in Twin Cities, Minnesota

We reviewed 5 providers using four criteria: service fit, portfolio and session clarity, local studio relevance, and visible trust signals. Because portrait and boudoir photography is not typically evaluated through a dedicated Minnesota professional licensing board, this comparison gives more weight to transparent contact information, published portfolios, reviews, experience, privacy-aware boudoir positioning, and clear service pages.

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MOVIE REVIEW: The Sun Never Sets

While his plots have been quite varied over Swanberg’s 20-year-plus career, some tale of love is almost always percolating in the background, often dwelling for long stretches at the pining level. There’s a very peculiar love triangle at the center of Swanberg’s new film, The Sun Never Sets, which epitomizes this energy; only this time, the flailing from attempted grand romantic gestures is the center of the movie, not the subplot.

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MOVIE REVIEW: Mayday

Having walking Hollywood stereotypes play walking Cold War stereotypes that try to call out and correct actual historical stereotypes turns into a fruitless exercise that ends up reinforcing all three layers of those uncorrected tropes. Even when these two main characters diverge slightly from their norms, they are surrounded by all the other tired caricatures, meaning everyone who came into Mayday pretending ends up still pretending.

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