(Somehow this post disappeared earlier. No idea why. Apologies.)
• Mother’s Day is coming, so here’s a list of the 40 (yes, 40) best movie moms. [Premiere]
• Has “Wolverine” skewered the intelligent superhero movies? [The Guardian]
• With Cannes around the corner, Tim Robey spotlights the best Palme d’Or winners of all time. [Daily Telegraph]
• Stu VanAirsDale stands up for Sony Classics honchos Michael Barker and Tom Bernard against the jolly mean giant, Nikki Fikke. [Movieline]
• Screenwriter Larry Gross attempts to take yours truly to task on a passing comment that obviously had more behind it by spewing assumption after assumption with verbiage that would bring Bill Strunk to tears. [The Hot Blog]
• Peter Bart writes up former CBS programming head Mike Dann’s new memoir. [Peter Bart]
• Steven Zeitchik presents the MTV Movie Awards as an Oscar cautionary tale: when populism runs rampant. [Risky Biz Blog]
• Back to business. Sasha Grey to follow up “The Girlfriend Experience” with “This Ain’t Star Trek XXX.” [/film]
• Erica Abeel chats up Carlos Cuaron on his latest work. [indieWIRE]