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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Clueless: How Cher Was Totally Right About (Alm...
10 min
52
Legally Blonde: Elle Woods' Guide to Self Confi...
12 min
53
Euphoria: What's Really Wrong With Nate Jacobs ...
13 min
54
A Quiet Place Day One Explained & Review: Symbo...
11 min
55
The Bikeriders Explained & Review: the Real Sto...
11 min
56
Gilmore Girls Lane Kim: The Rebel That Was Forc...
12 min
57
How I Met Your Mother: Everything Ted Got Wrong...
12 min
58
Movie & TV Vacations, Explained: 1% Luxury to R...
14 min
59
Sex and the City: Samantha & Charlotte's Surpri...
12 min
60
The Bikeriders, Explained: the Real Life Story,...
11 min
61
Modern Family: How Gloria Was Right About Every...
11 min
62
House of the Dragon, Rhaenyra vs Alicent: Their...
20 min
63
Mean Girls: How Regina Was Right About Everythi...
11 min
64
Why Millennials Seem To Be Aging So Slowly | Ex...
11 min
65
The Yoko Ono Trope, Explained: Why She's Hated ...
11 min
66
Euphoria: How Maddy Was Right About Everything
13 min
67
Hit Man & The Forced Flop Problem: Why Streamer...
12 min
68
Gilmore Girls: How Rory Was Wrong About Everything
12 min
69
Movies & TV 's Unrealistic 30s Personal Finance...
11 min
70
Back To Black: Why The Controversial Amy Wineho...
15 min
71
Why Everyone On Screen Kind Of Has The Same Fac...
12 min
72
The O.C. - Seth Cohen Was Wrong About Everythin...
13 min
73
The Hot One Trope, Explained: Why She's Chosen ...
12 min
74
Seinfeld's Elaine Benes: Morally Grey, Majorly ...
17 min
75
How Toxic Productivity Took Over Our Entire Lives
14 min