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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Clueless: How Cher Was Totally Right About (Alm...
10 min
77
Legally Blonde: Elle Woods' Guide to Self Confi...
12 min
78
Euphoria: What's Really Wrong With Nate Jacobs ...
13 min
79
A Quiet Place Day One Explained & Review: Symbo...
11 min
80
The Bikeriders Explained & Review: the Real Sto...
11 min
81
Gilmore Girls Lane Kim: The Rebel That Was Forc...
12 min
82
How I Met Your Mother: Everything Ted Got Wrong...
12 min
83
Movie & TV Vacations, Explained: 1% Luxury to R...
14 min
84
Sex and the City: Samantha & Charlotte's Surpri...
12 min
85
The Bikeriders, Explained: the Real Life Story,...
11 min
86
Modern Family: How Gloria Was Right About Every...
11 min
87
House of the Dragon, Rhaenyra vs Alicent: Their...
20 min
88
Mean Girls: How Regina Was Right About Everythi...
11 min
89
Why Millennials Seem To Be Aging So Slowly | Ex...
11 min
90
The Yoko Ono Trope, Explained: Why She's Hated ...
11 min
91
Euphoria: How Maddy Was Right About Everything
13 min
92
Hit Man & The Forced Flop Problem: Why Streamer...
12 min
93
Gilmore Girls: How Rory Was Wrong About Everything
12 min
94
Movies & TV 's Unrealistic 30s Personal Finance...
11 min
95
Back To Black: Why The Controversial Amy Wineho...
15 min
96
Why Everyone On Screen Kind Of Has The Same Fac...
12 min
97
The O.C. - Seth Cohen Was Wrong About Everythin...
13 min
98
The Hot One Trope, Explained: Why She's Chosen ...
12 min
99
Seinfeld's Elaine Benes: Morally Grey, Majorly ...
17 min
100
How Toxic Productivity Took Over Our Entire Lives
14 min