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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The KPop Demon Hunters Phenomenon, Explained | ...
16 min
27
Samantha Would Have Saved Sex and the City Rebo...
12 min
28
"Immortality Tech" Is Coming, But... Do We Real...
14 min
29
The Truth About Being "Too Much" | Trope, Expla...
14 min
30
And Just Like That... A Terrible Ending To Sex ...
35 min
31
The True Terror of Weapons | Movie Review, Symb...
11 min
32
The Financial Reason Behind Why It's So Hard To...
12 min
33
Rachel, Penny & The "Sitcom Hot Blonde Trap", E...
13 min
34
The "Gen Z Stare" Controversy, Explained
10 min
35
The Struggling Artist Trope, Explained: Why Mov...
12 min
36
The Sabrina Carpenter & Sydney Sweeney Controve...
12 min
37
Why Superman 2025 Actually Works
Analyzing why the one thing that's made some people so angry with Superman is actually the reason that the film works...
12 min
38
Our Shifting Perception of Color, Color Blindne...
11 min
39
Why Rich People Are Labeled Geniuses (Even When...
15 min
40
Why Looking for a Job Is Miserable Now (But So ...
11 min
41
How A Character That Wasn't Supposed To Exist M...
14 min
42
Modern Family: Cameron Was Right About Everythi...
11 min
43
Sinners Can Save Hollywood (If They Let It...)
10 min
44
The Lilo & Stitch Ending Change Controversy, Ex...
11 min
45
The Truth About the Lopsided Love Trope, Explained
14 min
46
Is Covert Narcissism Killing Critical Thinking?
16 min
47
Thunberbolts, Explained: When The Biggest Battl...
12 min
48
Did The Internet & Dating Apps Really Ruin Dating?
14 min
49
Sinners, Explained | Music, Symbolism, & Ending...
17 min
50
Why A Minecraft Movie *Didn't* Flop - How It Be...
11 min