2016 · music · tv-movie
Lemonade
Directed by Beyoncé, Kahlil Joseph, Melina Matsoukas, Dikayl Rimmasch, Todd Tourso, Mark Romanek, Jonas Åkerlund1h 5m2016
The second "visual album" (a collection of short films) by Beyoncé, this time around she takes a piercing look at racial issues and feminist concepts through a sexualized, satirical, and solemn tone.
Our read: Lemonade (2016) reads as a neutral, kinetic, inventive music · tv-movie entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Neutral, kinetic, measured music / tv-movie, inventive in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, measured.
- brisk
- inventive
- redemptive
- twisty
- signature
Watching Lemonade tonight? Spin for your lens.
Everyone on the couch spins once and gets one craft to watch for. After the credits, compare what you caught.
Your lens for tonight
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Everyone on the couch gets one craft to watch for. Spin the wheel to get yours. Sound on: the narrator reads your mission.
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How Lemonade feels to watch.
Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.
What watching it is actually like.
“You want a bold visual poem on race, love, and female power.”
Skip it tonight — You want a conventional story or avoid artistic music films.
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