You *Want* Me On That Wall: A Response To 'High-Rise' Director Ben Wheatley's Criticism Of Film Critics

These days, it seems like almost every week some filmmaker or actor goes viral with a new quote “bashing” film critics. This phenomenon has probably always existed, but naturally has a higher profile now, thanks to the current “___ EVISCERATES ___!” media ecosystem. Just to name a few recent examples, there was that scene in Birdman , then there was Jesse Eisenberg’s short fiction in The New Yorker , and this week it was High-Rise director Ben Wheatley .