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The Long Take Review

by Jen Sopchockchai Bankard

Four college professors talk film — providing insight, not assigning homework. thelongtake.substack.com

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You Can See Everything Review

From its secret surprise screening at the Telluride Film Festival to its successful $15 million opening weekend, You Can See Everything seems to have created an unprecede

Oct 21
2 h 21 min

Digger Review

When Warner Bros. announced that four-time Oscar winner Alejandro González Iñárritu would be teaming up with legendary movie star Tom Cruise, Oscar pundits were abuzz wit

Oct 15
2 h 08 min

Primetime Review

Former Dateline NBC journalist Chris Hansen, of To Catch a Predator fame, claims that nothing in Lance Oppenheim’s new film, Primetime, actually happened. He has made a p

Oct 6
1 h 49 min

Vulture Movies Fantasy League Recruitment Episode (2026)

If you’re like us and you love movies but also want your cinephilia validated by points awarded in an online competition, then you’ve come to the right place! Every year

Sep 28
1 h 18 min

Summer Superlatives 2026

Summer’s coming to an end, and for those of us invested in the health of the box office, it was a great one. In fact, the U.S. box office broke an all-time record with 4.

Sep 22
1 h 17 min

The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art Review

On September 22nd, director George Lucas and business leader Melody Hobson will unveil their brainchild, The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, to the general public in Los A

Sep 14
2 h 19 min

Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma Review

Whether or not they are personally into the films of Jane Schoenbrun, critics largely agree that the director of We’re All Going to the World’s Fair (2021), I Saw the TV

Sep 8
1 h 52 min

2019 Oscar Fairy Flashback

For many Oscar pundits and fans, the 91st Academy Awards, held on February 24, 2019, and honoring the films of 2018, became the most notorious when Green Book, a heartwar

Aug 28
1 h 48 min

Spider-Man: Brand New Day Review

Why is Spider-Man: Brand New Day spinning webs around the summer box office? How is it breaking all kinds of records? We keep returning to this question throughout this w

Aug 22
1 h 44 min

The Odyssey Review (Part Two!)

It’s been a month since Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey arrived in theaters and nearly three weeks since we put out our first episode reviewing it. We’re happy to report

Aug 14
2 h 12 min

The Invite Review

You know, you have ONE troubled production that culminates in Harry Styles allegedly spitting on Chris Pine and that’s all critics want to remember you for. That may very

Aug 9
1 h 51 min

Tom Holland's Spider-Man Retrospective

Happy Spider-Man weekend to all who celebrate! Our review of Spider-Man: Brand New Day may take a little while because I’m on vacation for the next couple of weeks, but,

Jul 31
2 h 17 min

The Odyssey Review (Part One!)

Lightning does strike twice sometimes. Thank Zeus, Christopher Nolan has done it again with his epic sword and sandals adaptation of Homer’s The Odyssey. After the enormo

Jul 27
1 h 52 min

Raiders of the Lost Ark 45th Anniversary Special

If you’ve listened to our show for any sustained amount of time, you’ve probably heard me play a tiny snippet of the Indiana Jones theme anytime Greg brings up our favori

Jul 14
2 h 25 min

Toy Story 5 Review

Pixar films, and especially those in the Toy Story franchise, have always excelled at pitching to both kids and adults. Toy Story 5 takes that feature to the next level b

Jul 1
1 h 38 min

Disclosure Day Review

The truth is really out there! This week on the show we talk about Steven Spielberg’s latest cinematic statement on extraterrestrial life, Disclosure Day. In theaters now

Jun 22
2 h 47 min

The Steven Spielberg Draft

Here at The Long Take Review, we are incredibly excited to see master filmmaker Steven Spielberg return to the sci-fi thriller genre for the first time since War of the W

Jun 13
2 h 53 min

Obsession Review

The box office is booming, but, weirdly, it’s not because there’s a new Star Wars film in theaters for the first time in seven years. Two low budget horror films that hav

Jun 8
2 h 09 min

The Mandalorian and Grogu Review

The Internet can’t seem to decide if The Mandalorian and Grogu is actually doing well at the box office so far. Many news article frame the opening weekend as a failure,

May 27
2 h 08 min

Star Wars Movie Rankings

Star Wars is about to return to cinemas with Jon Favreau’s The Mandalorian and Grogu, which is just days away from its opening weekend. To celebrate Star Wars on the big

May 20
2 h 59 min

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