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.
After The Hunt: Provocative or Pointless?
After the Hunt (2025) · Jan 3, 2026
One Battle After Another: Ending Explained, Symbolism You Missed, That One Controversy & More
One Battle After Another (2025) · Nov 25, 2025
Bugonia: Symbolism, Ending & Deeper Meaning Explained
Bugonia (2025) · Nov 14, 2025
Gone Girl - Why Amy's Fury Still Resonates 10 Years Later
Gone Girl (2014) · Oct 29, 2024
Gossip Girl: How Dan Was Right About Everything (Unfortunately...)
Gossip Girl (2019) · Sep 24, 2024
Gossip Girl: Blair Waldorf Was Right (More Than She Gets Credit For)
Gossip Girl (2019) · Jul 31, 2024
Clueless: How Cher Was Totally Right About (Almost) Everything
Clueless (1995) · Jul 15, 2024
Legally Blonde: Elle Woods' Guide to Self Confidence 💅💁♀️
Legally Blonde (2001) · Jul 14, 2024
Mean Girls: How Regina Was Right About Everything (Unfortunately...)
Mean Girls (2004) · Jun 12, 2024
Back To Black: Why The Controversial Amy Winehouse Biopic Doesn't Work | Explained
Back to Black (2024) · May 21, 2024
Dune: Part 2 and Paul's Dark Turn, Explained
Dune: Part Two (2024) · Mar 5, 2024
May December: Analyzing A Shocking True Story & Problematic Trope | Controversy Explained
May December (2023) · Nov 21, 2023
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, A Total Analysis | Total Take
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) · Oct 5, 2023
How Barbie Found Power in Being “Ordinary” | FEMINISM
Barbie (2023) · Sep 14, 2023
Barbie: How Greta Gerwig, Margot Robbie & Co. Saved Barbie From Being Boxed In
Barbie (2023) · Jul 27, 2023
Netflix’s Queen Cleopatra: Conspiracy Docuseries and The Decline of “Truth”
Truth (2015) · May 13, 2023
Dune: Part Two’s Trailer Reveals Paul Atreides’ Tragic Turn
Dune: Part Two (2024) · May 3, 2023
Elvis: What Baz Luhrmann Left Out… and Why
Elvis (2022) · Mar 12, 2023
How Magic Mike Complicated the Male Bombshell | Last Dance
Last Dance (2023) · Feb 11, 2023
Wakanda Forever: Shuri's Amazing Transformation
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) · Feb 7, 2023
You’ve Got Mail - In Defense of Joe's "Toxic" Traits
You've Got Mail (1998) · Dec 24, 2022
The Notebook - Madly In Love, But Toxic As Hell | Mixed Messages
The Notebook (2004) · Nov 13, 2022
The Socialite - A "Heroine" We Love to Hate-Watch
The Socialite (2017) · Oct 1, 2022
The Devil Wears Prada - How Andy Predicted the Girlboss Era
The Devil Wears Prada (2006) · Sep 27, 2022
Gossip Girl - Serena and the Nice Rich Girl Fantasy
Gossip Girl (2019) · Sep 20, 2022
Donnie Darko - What's the Meaning of Life?
Donnie Darko (2001) · Jul 19, 2022
The Handmaid's Tale - What's Come True and What Hasn't (Yet)
The Handmaid's Tale (1990) · Jul 16, 2022
Everything Everywhere All At Once - Every Symbol Explained
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) · Jun 16, 2022
Cruel Intentions - Kathryn, A Misunderstood Villain
Cruel Intentions (1999) · Apr 9, 2022
West Side Story - All The Differences Between The Films
West Side Story (1961) · Mar 23, 2022
West Side Story - All The Differences Between The Films
West Side Story (2021) · Mar 23, 2022
Clueless - Cher, Master of the Argument
Clueless (1995) · Feb 2, 2022
Sex and the City - Why Carrie Should Have Chosen Aiden
Sex and the City (2008) · Jan 29, 2022
Don't Look Up's Real Message and Ending, Explained
Don't Look Up (2021) · Jan 26, 2022
Gossip Girl - Why Chuck and Blair Deserve Each Other
Gossip Girl (2019) · Jan 21, 2022
Tangled - How Girls Get Gaslit
Tangled (2010) · Jan 20, 2022
Bridesmaids: Why Helen Has No Friends
Bridesmaids (2011) · Jan 9, 2022
Forrest Gump: The Myth of America
Forrest Gump (1994) · Dec 15, 2021
The Devil Wears Prada: Miranda Priestly - A Defense of Perfectionism
The Devil Wears Prada (2006) · Nov 24, 2021
Mean Girls: Regina George, The Psychology of a Dictator
Mean Girls (2004) · Nov 17, 2021