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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Desperate Housewives: How Susan Became The Show...
13 min
77
Gilmore Girls & The Truth About Emily - Old Mon...
13 min
78
The Penguin's Sofia: Saving Gotham or Becoming ...
12 min
79
Movies Every Teen Girl Should Watch 🍿🤩
16 min
80
Gen Z Are The New Millennials (But That Isn't A...
12 min
81
Weeds' Nancy, Explained: What Actually Drove He...
14 min
82
The X Files, Dana Scully & Skeptics Who Secretl...
26 min
83
Gone Girl - Why Amy's Fury Still Resonates 10 Y...
12 min
84
Why Modern Teen Girls On Screen Are *So* Terrif...
10 min
85
Scary Teen Girls: Harnessing Her Rage to Reclai...
13 min
86
Good for Her Horror: The Power of & Problem wit...
11 min
87
Fight Club Explained - Surprising Things It Sti...
13 min
88
Modern Family: Haley Was Secretly Way Smarter T...
10 min
89
Joker Folie a Deux’s Biggest Problem (*Isn’t* T...
10 min
90
Why Everyone Is So Afraid Of Teen Girls, Explai...
12 min
91
Agatha All Along Explained: Analyzing Every Maj...
11 min
92
Gossip Girl: How Dan Was Right About Everything...
13 min
93
KAOS: How It Updated Ancient Myths for Our Mode...
15 min
94
The Perfect Couple Isn't What Anyone Expected (...
9 min
95
How Dramedies Broke The Emmy Awards, Explained
10 min
96
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Review: The Deepest Wei...
10 min
97
What Movies, TV & Society Get Wrong About Intro...
14 min
98
Underconsumption Core: Sustainable Solution, Co...
10 min
99
The One Thing That Could Fix Emily In Paris | S...
12 min
100
Industry - Harper, Explained: Selling Your Soul...
14 min