Renaissance isn't a definition of Beyonce.

Renaissance — the album, the tour, and now the movie — is a spectacular, writes Vox senior correspondent Alex Abad-Santos.⁠ ⁠ 

Beyoncé’s dance album, released last summer, is meant to be played on booming sound systems, the kind that shake your bones and thump your heart. The concerts that followed were, by all accounts, transcendent; they were also made for cameras, allowing you to witness Beyoncé hit every beat of choreography — which she does down to a bat of an eyelash.⁠ ⁠ Seeing Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé in an IMAX or giant movie theater brings it all to life. ⁠ There’s something else happening in Renaissance, though, that elevates the experience beyond merely witnessing the biggest superstar on the planet put on the best performance of her life. ⁠ ⁠