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

BBC: Cannes keeps faith with auteurism

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

NEWYORKER: A Psychotronic Childhood

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