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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Euphoria: What's Really Wrong With Nate Jacobs ...
13 min
102
A Quiet Place Day One Explained & Review: Symbo...
11 min
103
The Bikeriders Explained & Review: the Real Sto...
11 min
104
Gilmore Girls Lane Kim: The Rebel That Was Forc...
12 min
105
How I Met Your Mother: Everything Ted Got Wrong...
12 min
106
Movie & TV Vacations, Explained: 1% Luxury to R...
14 min
107
Sex and the City: Samantha & Charlotte's Surpri...
12 min
108
The Bikeriders, Explained: the Real Life Story,...
11 min
109
Modern Family: How Gloria Was Right About Every...
11 min
110
House of the Dragon, Rhaenyra vs Alicent: Their...
20 min
111
Mean Girls: How Regina Was Right About Everythi...
11 min
112
Why Millennials Seem To Be Aging So Slowly | Ex...
11 min
113
The Yoko Ono Trope, Explained: Why She's Hated ...
11 min
114
Euphoria: How Maddy Was Right About Everything
13 min
115
Hit Man & The Forced Flop Problem: Why Streamer...
12 min
116
Gilmore Girls: How Rory Was Wrong About Everything
12 min
117
Movies & TV 's Unrealistic 30s Personal Finance...
11 min
118
Back To Black: Why The Controversial Amy Wineho...
15 min
119
Why Everyone On Screen Kind Of Has The Same Fac...
12 min
120
The O.C. - Seth Cohen Was Wrong About Everythin...
13 min
121
The Hot One Trope, Explained: Why She's Chosen ...
12 min
122
Seinfeld's Elaine Benes: Morally Grey, Majorly ...
17 min
123
How Toxic Productivity Took Over Our Entire Lives
14 min
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Analyzing 3 Body Problem's Deeper Symbolism
15 min
125
"Content Creator" Finances Onscreen v Real Life...
14 min