Robert McKee’s 2019 Oscar Predictions
The Oscars are here, so too are McKee’s predictions for this year’s big winners for Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director and more…
What’s the Difference Between Conscious Desire, Unconscious Desire, and Need?
Robert McKee teaches the difference between desire and need in characters, with reference to the film CARNAL KNOWLEDGE.
What Has Caused the Crisis in Storytelling Today?
Robert McKee explains the state of story today, and how writers committed to studying the craft can take advantage of this.
MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS (2018)
The enmity between Mary and Elizabeth becomes a kind of legal argument that drags on for 40 years. Scenes are thinly disguised prosecution v defense debates over whose queenship is legitimate.
THE FAVOURITE (2018)
Robert McKee's "Works/Doesn't Work" Review THE FAVOURITE Written by Deborah Davis & Tony McNamara It Works. (Spoiler Alert!) THE FAVOURITE is my favorite for the Best Picture Oscar in 2019. Here's four reasons I would love to see it win: Always remember, a cliché...
How Complex Should a Crime Thriller Protagonist Be?
Robert McKee teaches the different dimensional requirements of Crime / Thriller protagonists, with reference to SHERLOCK HOLMES and MR BROOKS.
Widows (2018)
This excellent film merges the Heist (one of the fourteen subgenres of Crime) with subplots of Social Drama, Political Drama and Domestic Drama and uses this mix of genres to revitalize tired conventions.
Has There Been a Rise in Formulaic Storytelling?
Robert McKee discusses the difficulties of producing truly excellent writing and the history of this common problem.
Does a Story Always Need to be Believable?
Robert McKee teaches how “impossible” stories aren’t necessarily “unbelievable”.