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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Gossip Girl: How Dan Was Right About Everything...
13 min
77
KAOS: How It Updated Ancient Myths for Our Mode...
15 min
78
The Perfect Couple Isn't What Anyone Expected (...
9 min
79
How Dramedies Broke The Emmy Awards, Explained
10 min
80
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Review: The Deepest Wei...
10 min
81
What Movies, TV & Society Get Wrong About Intro...
14 min
82
Underconsumption Core: Sustainable Solution, Co...
10 min
83
The One Thing That Could Fix Emily In Paris | S...
12 min
84
Industry - Harper, Explained: Selling Your Soul...
14 min
85
Second Chance at Stardom: Actors' Biggest Comeb...
11 min
86
Why Millennial Middle Age Already Feels More Yo...
11 min
87
Gossip Girl: Blair Waldorf Was Right (More Than...
14 min
88
Commitment Phobia, Explained: Why So Many Movie...
13 min
89
Annoying Main Characters: Loveable, Relatable &...
13 min
90
The Struggle of Being the New Friend, Explained...
10 min
91
What Curly Hair Represents In Movies & TV (& Ho...
10 min
92
Clueless: How Cher Was Totally Right About (Alm...
10 min
93
Legally Blonde: Elle Woods' Guide to Self Confi...
12 min
94
Euphoria: What's Really Wrong With Nate Jacobs ...
13 min
95
A Quiet Place Day One Explained & Review: Symbo...
11 min
96
The Bikeriders Explained & Review: the Real Sto...
11 min
97
Gilmore Girls Lane Kim: The Rebel That Was Forc...
12 min
98
How I Met Your Mother: Everything Ted Got Wrong...
12 min
99
Movie & TV Vacations, Explained: 1% Luxury to R...
14 min
100
Sex and the City: Samantha & Charlotte's Surpri...
12 min