The Take

This is the Take. It's where you come to understand more about your favorite movies, shows and culture. Our video essays make the story worlds you enter richer and deeper. Think: Endings Explained, Character Studies, Hidden Messages and Symbols Revealed, Actor and Director Profiles, and more.


We want to share our love of visual culture with the world. So here's our Take.

Film Reviews
TV Reviews
TV & Film
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Modern Family: Cameron Was Right About Everythi...
11 min
27
Sinners Can Save Hollywood (If They Let It...)
10 min
28
The Lilo & Stitch Ending Change Controversy, Ex...
11 min
29
The Truth About the Lopsided Love Trope, Explained
14 min
30
Is Covert Narcissism Killing Critical Thinking?
16 min
31
Thunberbolts, Explained: When The Biggest Battl...
12 min
32
Did The Internet & Dating Apps Really Ruin Dating?
14 min
33
Sinners, Explained | Music, Symbolism, & Ending...
17 min
34
Why A Minecraft Movie *Didn't* Flop - How It Be...
11 min
35
Desperate Housewives Edie: an Underrated Icon A...
11 min
36
Unpacking The Handmaid's Tale Season 6 (Episode...
17 min
37
The (Actual) Snow White Problem, Explained
12 min
38
The People Pleaser Problem: Why They're Miserab...
15 min
39
HIMYM: The Truth About Lily & Ted's Big Fight (...
11 min
40
Shows You Need to Watch If You Love Sex and the...
15 min
41
This Movie Could Have Been Great, But... | The ...
12 min
42
In Defense of Community's Britta (She's Actuall...
14 min
43
The Oscars' Best Actress Sexualization Controve...
13 min
44
Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy, Explained
14 min
45
Kendrick Lamar & The Art of Being A Strategic H...
11 min
46
The Emilia Perez Backlash, Explained
14 min
47
Anora, Explained: The Controversy & What the Mo...
11 min
48
Why The TikTok Ban Does Actually Matter (Even I...
11 min
49
The Real Tragedy of First Wife Syndrome (& The ...
12 min
50
Youngest Child Syndrome, Explained: The Hidden ...
13 min