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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Gone Girl - Why Amy's Fury Still Resonates 10 Y...
12 min
27
Why Modern Teen Girls On Screen Are *So* Terrif...
10 min
28
Scary Teen Girls: Harnessing Her Rage to Reclai...
13 min
29
Good for Her Horror: The Power of & Problem wit...
11 min
30
Fight Club Explained - Surprising Things It Sti...
13 min
31
Modern Family: Haley Was Secretly Way Smarter T...
10 min
32
Joker Folie a Deux’s Biggest Problem (*Isn’t* T...
10 min
33
Why Everyone Is So Afraid Of Teen Girls, Explai...
12 min
34
Agatha All Along Explained: Analyzing Every Maj...
11 min
35
Gossip Girl: How Dan Was Right About Everything...
13 min
36
KAOS: How It Updated Ancient Myths for Our Mode...
15 min
37
The Perfect Couple Isn't What Anyone Expected (...
9 min
38
How Dramedies Broke The Emmy Awards, Explained
10 min
39
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Review: The Deepest Wei...
10 min
40
What Movies, TV & Society Get Wrong About Intro...
14 min
41
Underconsumption Core: Sustainable Solution, Co...
10 min
42
The One Thing That Could Fix Emily In Paris | S...
12 min
43
Industry - Harper, Explained: Selling Your Soul...
14 min
44
Second Chance at Stardom: Actors' Biggest Comeb...
11 min
45
Why Millennial Middle Age Already Feels More Yo...
11 min
46
Gossip Girl: Blair Waldorf Was Right (More Than...
14 min
47
Commitment Phobia, Explained: Why So Many Movie...
13 min
48
Annoying Main Characters: Loveable, Relatable &...
13 min
49
The Struggle of Being the New Friend, Explained...
10 min
50
What Curly Hair Represents In Movies & TV (& Ho...
10 min