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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Why Millennial Middle Age Already Feels More Yo...
11 min
77
Gossip Girl: Blair Waldorf Was Right (More Than...
14 min
78
Commitment Phobia, Explained: Why So Many Movie...
13 min
79
Annoying Main Characters: Loveable, Relatable &...
13 min
80
The Struggle of Being the New Friend, Explained...
10 min
81
What Curly Hair Represents In Movies & TV (& Ho...
10 min
82
Clueless: How Cher Was Totally Right About (Alm...
10 min
83
Legally Blonde: Elle Woods' Guide to Self Confi...
12 min
84
Euphoria: What's Really Wrong With Nate Jacobs ...
13 min
85
A Quiet Place Day One Explained & Review: Symbo...
11 min
86
The Bikeriders Explained & Review: the Real Sto...
11 min
87
Gilmore Girls Lane Kim: The Rebel That Was Forc...
12 min
88
How I Met Your Mother: Everything Ted Got Wrong...
12 min
89
Movie & TV Vacations, Explained: 1% Luxury to R...
14 min
90
Sex and the City: Samantha & Charlotte's Surpri...
12 min
91
The Bikeriders, Explained: the Real Life Story,...
11 min
92
Modern Family: How Gloria Was Right About Every...
11 min
93
House of the Dragon, Rhaenyra vs Alicent: Their...
20 min
94
Mean Girls: How Regina Was Right About Everythi...
11 min
95
Why Millennials Seem To Be Aging So Slowly | Ex...
11 min
96
The Yoko Ono Trope, Explained: Why She's Hated ...
11 min
97
Euphoria: How Maddy Was Right About Everything
13 min
98
Hit Man & The Forced Flop Problem: Why Streamer...
12 min
99
Gilmore Girls: How Rory Was Wrong About Everything
12 min
100
Movies & TV 's Unrealistic 30s Personal Finance...
11 min