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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Thunberbolts, Explained: When The Biggest Battl...
12 min
52
Did The Internet & Dating Apps Really Ruin Dating?
14 min
53
Sinners, Explained | Music, Symbolism, & Ending...
17 min
54
Why A Minecraft Movie *Didn't* Flop - How It Be...
11 min
55
Desperate Housewives Edie: an Underrated Icon A...
11 min
56
Unpacking The Handmaid's Tale Season 6 (Episode...
17 min
57
The (Actual) Snow White Problem, Explained
12 min
58
The People Pleaser Problem: Why They're Miserab...
15 min
59
HIMYM: The Truth About Lily & Ted's Big Fight (...
11 min
60
Shows You Need to Watch If You Love Sex and the...
15 min
61
This Movie Could Have Been Great, But... | The ...
12 min
62
In Defense of Community's Britta (She's Actuall...
14 min
63
The Oscars' Best Actress Sexualization Controve...
13 min
64
Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy, Explained
14 min
65
Kendrick Lamar & The Art of Being A Strategic H...
11 min
66
The Emilia Perez Backlash, Explained
14 min
67
Anora, Explained: The Controversy & What the Mo...
11 min
68
Why The TikTok Ban Does Actually Matter (Even I...
11 min
69
The Real Tragedy of First Wife Syndrome (& The ...
12 min
70
Youngest Child Syndrome, Explained: The Hidden ...
13 min
71
New Girl - Jess Day & Finding Confidence *Witho...
11 min
72
The New Year's Eve Kiss Obsession, Explained
11 min
73
The Cheating Creative Trope - When Art Imitates...
10 min
74
Holiday Rom-Coms' Problem Isn't Being Formulaic...
14 min
75
Nightbitch, Explained: Motherhood is Wild
11 min