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
52
Why Modern Teen Girls On Screen Are *So* Terrif...
10 min
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Scary Teen Girls: Harnessing Her Rage to Reclai...
13 min
54
Good for Her Horror: The Power of & Problem wit...
11 min
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Fight Club Explained - Surprising Things It Sti...
13 min
56
Modern Family: Haley Was Secretly Way Smarter T...
10 min
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Joker Folie a Deux’s Biggest Problem (*Isn’t* T...
10 min
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Why Everyone Is So Afraid Of Teen Girls, Explai...
12 min
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Agatha All Along Explained: Analyzing Every Maj...
11 min
60
Gossip Girl: How Dan Was Right About Everything...
13 min
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KAOS: How It Updated Ancient Myths for Our Mode...
15 min
62
The Perfect Couple Isn't What Anyone Expected (...
9 min
63
How Dramedies Broke The Emmy Awards, Explained
10 min
64
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Review: The Deepest Wei...
10 min
65
What Movies, TV & Society Get Wrong About Intro...
14 min
66
Underconsumption Core: Sustainable Solution, Co...
10 min
67
The One Thing That Could Fix Emily In Paris | S...
12 min
68
Industry - Harper, Explained: Selling Your Soul...
14 min
69
Second Chance at Stardom: Actors' Biggest Comeb...
11 min
70
Why Millennial Middle Age Already Feels More Yo...
11 min
71
Gossip Girl: Blair Waldorf Was Right (More Than...
14 min
72
Commitment Phobia, Explained: Why So Many Movie...
13 min
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Annoying Main Characters: Loveable, Relatable &...
13 min
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The Struggle of Being the New Friend, Explained...
10 min
75
What Curly Hair Represents In Movies & TV (& Ho...
10 min