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 Perfect Couple Isn't What Anyone Expected (...
9 min
52
How Dramedies Broke The Emmy Awards, Explained
10 min
53
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Review: The Deepest Wei...
10 min
54
What Movies, TV & Society Get Wrong About Intro...
14 min
55
Underconsumption Core: Sustainable Solution, Co...
10 min
56
The One Thing That Could Fix Emily In Paris | S...
12 min
57
Industry - Harper, Explained: Selling Your Soul...
14 min
58
Second Chance at Stardom: Actors' Biggest Comeb...
11 min
59
Why Millennial Middle Age Already Feels More Yo...
11 min
60
Gossip Girl: Blair Waldorf Was Right (More Than...
14 min
61
Commitment Phobia, Explained: Why So Many Movie...
13 min
62
Annoying Main Characters: Loveable, Relatable &...
13 min
63
The Struggle of Being the New Friend, Explained...
10 min
64
What Curly Hair Represents In Movies & TV (& Ho...
10 min
65
Clueless: How Cher Was Totally Right About (Alm...
10 min
66
Legally Blonde: Elle Woods' Guide to Self Confi...
12 min
67
Euphoria: What's Really Wrong With Nate Jacobs ...
13 min
68
A Quiet Place Day One Explained & Review: Symbo...
11 min
69
The Bikeriders Explained & Review: the Real Sto...
11 min
70
Gilmore Girls Lane Kim: The Rebel That Was Forc...
12 min
71
How I Met Your Mother: Everything Ted Got Wrong...
12 min
72
Movie & TV Vacations, Explained: 1% Luxury to R...
14 min
73
Sex and the City: Samantha & Charlotte's Surpri...
12 min
74
The Bikeriders, Explained: the Real Life Story,...
11 min
75
Modern Family: How Gloria Was Right About Every...
11 min