Accusation in the mirror. DARVO. We can call it out as obvious shenanigans to ourselves. For his acolytes and defenders, they are lemmings following the drumbeat of their own media.

Thank you for saying this plainly.

While I'm ranting: It takes time, nurturing, strategy, and deep knowledge of release patterns and regional idiosyncrasies to nurture a film from, say, October deep into awards season. That's how smaller movies used to make money. And I'm not seeing a lot of distributors eager to put in that effort.