Veteran US screenwriter William Goldman has been one of the auteur theory's harshest critics.

BBC: Cannes keeps faith with auteurism

It may be one of the casualties of the auteur theory and the general solemnization of directors that some of the most talented people now just start shooting a script as if big ideas and directorial vision were enough to hold a movie together.

NEWYORKER: Rough Rides

Fangoria was a strong advocate of auteur theory, the entrails brigade.

NEWYORKER: A Psychotronic Childhood